I saw a couple of monarch butterflies today. They were fuelling up on dandelions in the little patch of greenery behind the building where I work. I don't think I've seen a monarch since I was a child. I would have thought Toronto was bit far north for them this late in the year but maybe not ( Read more... )

Well, I've been out of the hospital for two weeks now and I do seem to be getting better though still troubled by numerous discomforts, particularly late in the day and at night.

If you happened to read my last (currently friends-only) post you may remember that I was badly under the weather back in March and April. The antibiotics the doctor ( Read more... )

I said quite some time ago that I might write a chatty entry at some point. Well this is it!

( ...and it's almost novel-length to boot! )

This fall, at the time of the next provincial election, we (voters in Ontario) are almost certainly going to be asked to vote on a proposal to adopt a form of proportional representation called MMP (Mixed Member Proportional). I just wanted to write something to express my thoughts about this ( Read more... )

It occurs to me that someone coming across this might be wondering what's happening these days in the world as it relates to me outside my head ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning from a dream of somewhere very familiar to me, but somewhere I couldn't quite place. I puzzled over it while my frantically time-efficient morning routine had its habitual way with me. I could picture the interior of the place clearly, but beyond being able to identify the time in my life when I would have known it, and an ( Read more... )

I had a peanut butter and honey sandwich for lunch again today.