I’m a cook. It was my first real job, first significant education after high school, and first real career. And while I’ve long since left the professional kitchen, …
Electric Scapegoats
We underwent an incredible cold snap over the last few days, with temperatures dipping into the -40’s. At one point on Saturday night, the provincial government sent out …
My Favourite Books of 2023
Essentialism – Greg McKeown Recommended by a friend, Essentialism drives home the point of focusing only on what matters. We’re faced with countless options on how to spend …
Peace of Mind
The other morning my wife found a small puddle of oil under her car. She had her oil changed the previous afternoon. The assumption was that the technicians …
Looking Back at 2023
What happened to the last three years? It seems like only a few months ago I was sipping coffee in the Colombian Andes, planning a return to Oaxaca …
Audiobook Excellence
Malcolm Gladwell is a great writer. He’s a master of creative non-fiction. And I’m a big fan of his work. I first read The Tipping Point a few …
Cursing Cursive
California just passed a law requiring schools to teach cursive writing to students. It’s 2024. Like most people, I learned how to write in cursive while in school. …
The Icemen Worketh
While my pocket of the world is suffering through a freakish anomaly of bitter deep freeze, I’m one of the lucky ones. As much as I complained about …
It’s Too Damn Cold
“This is why I live in a place where the air hurts my face.” It’s a fairly common meme shared here in Canada: A photo of a giant …