Category: Rambling On

I don’t seem to be painting much recently.  I’m busy learning how to draw. Or perhaps I’m learning I always could draw and I’m learning that perfection isn’t that important. I previously told you about a little course I took called Drawing Without Talent through Sketchbook Skool. I was delighted with the results and wanted to learn more.  Danny Gregory... Read More

Some people are lucky, and some people are not. I spent the majority of my life never winning anything. Well, that’s not quite true as I did win a record album from a radio station once when I was a teenager. That got me all excited, but I never did get it. I expected it to arrive in the mail,... Read More

For the second time this weekend someone has asked for my opinion and then likely not been pleased when they got it. Are you one of those people who, when asked how you like someone’s new outfit or hairstyle, tell them it looks great while internally you are cringing and wondering what on earth they were thinking when they spent... Read More

There is something called the game of life. I’m sure you’ve heard of it. Most of you play it well without actually thinking about it. But what is it? Like any other game, it has rules. You have to follow certain rules to play any game, especially if you are playing with other people. If you don’t they will tell... Read More

When a man has time on his hands and you aren’t watching him, he will create a project that you are not necessarily ready for. That’s basically what happened here. We have lived in this house for forty years now, and the old carpet had seen better days. Actually, it had some sun faded spots when we moved in, but... Read More

Back in the days when I wrote a weekly column for one newspaper or another, I used to say that it gave me something to think about besides what to have for supper. That’s a big decision, you know. Planning meals and cooking them so that everything is ready at the same time is hard enough, but making sure there... Read More

Every year I find all kinds of people who have been routinely missing out on some major medical expenses. I tell them about that and they say they never knew they could claim such things. Well, I’ve decided to tell all of you, so listen up. When I mention claiming medical expenses I often hear, “but we don’t ever have... Read More

It’s been a long time since I visited Almonte, Ontario, but the merchants found a way to coax me to come, and now it is inevitable that I will return every chance I get. I had never entered a contest on Instagram before, but when I saw all the loot the Almonte stores were offering as a prize for their... Read More