I like dilemmas, or at least talking about them. I tend to leave the ‘ethical’ adjective aside as that sidetracks the fun and tends to heat up the conversation. Here’s a dilemma one reader presented to me recently. Three couples share a ride in a car owned by couple A. They got a flat tire…

I listened to an interview with Graham Norton, a noted TV chat host I occasionally watch on the BBC. Funny guy. He was talking about a traumatic life event when he was about 20 years old. He was stabbed and almost died. The Grim Reaper missed him by a whisker. Without consciously thinking about how…

I was laughing with my wife about a standing joke we share. Often when we go for a drive, we end up having an ‘adventure.’ It usually involves getting lost because of construction, spontaneously wanting to try a shortcut or a longcut, or out of spite, we ignore the charm of the British navigating voice….

 I read about how we remember traumatic events and how each brain takes a different approach. This has profound implications for how we help folks who have been traumatized. This includes people who have come to our shores to flee torture and who have witnessed horrors I would find hard to think possible. We have…

I heard about this story and was dumbfounded. It seems to be true. Even if it isn’t, it is a fun story. One day Lucille Ball, yes, the actress and famous for the ‘I Love Lucy’ show, for those younger-older folks. Lucy was driving home from the dentist after having a temporary filling installed, pending…

I was giving some thought to how we label things, particularly familiar things. ‘Follow the money’ is often a good beginning. I was always under the assumption that rapeseed was changed to canola for marketing purposes. The Town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan changed its motto from ‘The Land of rape and honey’ to ‘Opportunity Grows Here.’…

I now have the words to describe how I cope in the current times. Some days I was looking at my life through a foggy windshield. I found I was, at times, languishing. It was a sense of stagnation. Languishing was causing me to lose focus, and my motivation was reduced. I wanted to stop…

I was listening to a podcast about the links between scientists and experts. Stay with me now as this rabbit hole gets more exciting and will end in a request for a soup recipe. Just so we are on the same page – or knowingly on different pages, I think of a scientist as the…

I came across some stats that you might find interesting. They researched those aged over 50 in mid-2020, a few months after covid started to become real. I wondered how I have changed over the life of the pandemic to date. Come along on this ride with me. They found that 65% had a cell…

I reflected on an article in a small community’s newsletter about a lady who was born on St. Patrick’s Day. This connection led her to a life-long interest in St Patrick and related historical folks. I thought I’d pull my own version of that alluring thread. I actually did this last February and am now…