Monthly Archives: February 2025

If it be your will

If it be your willThat I speak no moreAnd my voice be stillAs it was before Music. Many friends and family over the years were invited to choose a song, and join in at Dad’s side, by Dad’s music stand. … Continue reading

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Further to Fly

Relentlessly tumbling over and over in my mind’s ears today as the sorrow of the heart seems extra heavy- a snippet from one of Dad’s favourite songs on Paul Simon’s Rhythm of the Saints album.. There may come a timeWhen … Continue reading

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Valentine’s Day: Dad suddenly enters, stage left

Today Mom shared with me she unexpectedly found a note a couple of days ago (Valentine’s Day) from Dad in my old bedroom at the house, a room she has been in and out hundreds of times since August. Suddenly … Continue reading

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Minus 30C Blues

Above, a car that slid off into a field has been towed to a windrow, but the tow appears to have snapped. A car coming toward me that had blindly entered my lane is crossing back over to get around … Continue reading

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First day, paper route/January, grade 5

It all went welltill I got to the endof Thompson Drivewhich ran out of housesat the edge of the prairie. 518 was next on the listbut Thompson properended in the 400s.In -30 I trudged aimlesslyback and forth on Nesspondering the … Continue reading

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“Feb-uary made me shiver

with every paper I delivered.Bad news on the doorstep.I couldn’t take one more step.”–Don McLean (“American Pie”) Dad originally posted this February 1, 2021 on a cold February morning. Feeling this deeply today…

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