One month ago I stepped onto a plane for the first since COVID hit back in March 2020. Destination, Vancouver. Beautiful British Columbia. This trip was squeezed into a small window in the calendar. It was tight, but it worked. With the kids back to school and before a scheduled surgery, the timing was …
It can be easy to take things, a colour for example, for granted. Each colour though, has myriad hues. Myriad variations in shades and tints, tone, tinge. Today’s reflection is brought to you by the colour, and myriad greens experienced during a recent ride. A Moment Of Focus With alternating solid and dotted …
I’m just back from an overnight road trip to Bobcaygeon. It is a destination that was thrown into the spotlight by The Tragically Hip and their song that names this beautiful and quaint town. The story goes that it was named in the song being the only destination with a name that closely rhymed …
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Hello. It’s good to be back. After writing about how I languished through this year’s Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride I decided to do something about it. The languishing, that is. Shortly after the ride, my wife shared with me a podcast about languishing that offered a counterpoint – dormancy. It resonated and I decided to …
I came across a picture of my grandfather from World War II. It captured a moment when he was in the ‘chow’ line during a training exercise (I presume) back in 1942. My grandfather always affiliated himself with the Air Force. In this photo though, he was clearly part of (what was) a tank …
Let’s get back to where we started on this journey with The Little Prince; of course I mean, adulting. That’s right, it is time to have a look at those six adults the little prince came across as he moved from planet to planet, before landing on Earth. Each adult incarnates some of the …
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Life is an interesting journey, and each of us walks a different path. We all experience suffering, and see things from different perspectives. This can manifest as bias, convictions, frames of reference. It is influenced by experience, learning, and environment. It benefits from an open mind – an important theme and lesson from the …
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I touched on simplicity in my post The Little Prince: Questions On What’s Important In Life. In that post I posed the question, Do I (as an adult) understand what is important in life? I offered, among several answers, the following: ‘Possibly, simply, just to be? To sit with your ‘flower’ and watch the …
Sunsets are one of the simplest and most joyful of moments a person can experience. The closing of a day lived; the hope and anticipation in the dawning of another. A sunset is one of the most visceral of experiences that can be shared. It evokes a primal awe in the majesty of this …
Welcome to the first deep-dive on The Little Prince. I am not certain yet how far I can or will take this, but for today I think the best goal is to suss out the questions I think are important to take away and to consider from this wonderful story. With broader themes to …
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