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The United States of America has made me proud to have them as neighbours. The last few years have been hard for them, a president no one believed in, a war no one wanted to participate in (Canada is in the same boat here, but…

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Well, holidays are over, and my contract work is almost done, so no more extra long weeks. Things should get back to normal. My family and I spent the last week camping in our new pop-up trailer. A treat for us, since we’ve been tent…

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It seems that late winter/early spring is a bad time for the blog. Last year at this time, I commented on how things were slowing down here. I wonder if it has anything to do with the ‘long winter blues’? I do have excuses… of…

This year is the year of the Rat The Rat year is a year of plenty, bringing opportunity and good prospects. It will be marked by speculation and fluctuations in the prices of commodities and the stock market; the world economy in general will boom.

I'd like to say, now that my 'Holiday Season' is over, that I hope everyone enjoyed the absolute best of the season.  And I wish only the best to you and yours in the New Year.

This is not some of the stuff I usually have on my blog, but laughed so hard, I had to post about it. Back on September 7th, I post a video from you tube.  Here it is again… Well, today I saw a spoof on…

As I've mentioned in other places in this blog, I really like routine.  I need routine for my daily chores and for my writing.  And nothing breaks up the routines I cultivate better than a holiday. I drove out to Calgary to visit my bro,…

I thought I'd drop a note here.  For the first time since November 26, 1976, the Canadian dollar has reached parity with the U.S. dollar.  We'll see where it ends when the market closes, but it's still a special occasion.