Growing Up With Pets Dad never picked me up from the junior school curling practise. When he came that day I could sense that something was wrong. There was something in is voice, a kind of hesitation when I asked why he had come when the bus could bring me home. He knew what I was […]
Control Trump with a Regency Act ( Written Early In The Presidency of Mr. Trump ) American legislators need to pass a “Regency Act”. Although the ‘president’ is not a ‘monarch’, should ‘presidential executive powers’ which are similar to royal powers be withdrawn and given to a regency if required by certain conditions? The […]
We Sold Our Carriage at Intercourse, Pennsylvania They say that you can’t sell coal to New Castle. The same could be said about selling horse carriages to the Amish in Pennsylvania. But my son, Evan and I, did just that. A Mrs Doris Ganton had an old jump seat phaeton in her barn. Under […]
The Party Is Over On Amtrak in North Dakota a guy in the lounge bar was having a drink. He wore a tee shirt with the image of a red star, hammer, sickle and slogan The Party Is Over. Was he a radical Bernie Sanders? I walked up to him and said, Hi comrade are you […]
The President Lost His Pants The Irishman was known for humour, gift of gab, fast short hand, politics, and Esperanto. He was the head of the Hansard Publishing and Recording in the Canadian Parliament. He lost his pants before his scheduled presidential speech. He didn’t have another pair. His butt was bare except for boxers: no way for […]
Jolly Jumper and Grandfather Clock As a grandfather, I see the swinging pendulum of my grandfather clock and my grandson on his jolly jumper. I am enjoying the sounds of happy chortles and the tick-tocks of the clock. My eye glasses are safe from destruction on my nose, my stomach is not beginning punched, […]