Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 9, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 9, 2004

Dinner With Family & Friends

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 9, 2004 – Tonight was Thanksgiving dinner at my brother’s house. An assortment of the usual gang was in attendance. Eric – Dorothy – Eva and Linda (of Moby Dick Book Club fame) – Peter, Linda’s husband, Mark a friend of Eric’s from Ryerson and yours truly.

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 8, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 8, 2004

A Delicious Autumn Day

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 8, 2004 – It’s one of those early October days that I absolutely love. Cool and crisp in the morning – breezy by noon – warm by three o’clock and sleeping weather by evening. I had a late morning meeting and I drove up the Bayview Extension, with my sun roof open and some lively tunes playing on the radio.

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 7, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 7, 2004

Guilt-Free Living

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 7, 2004 – I’m not there yet, but I’m working on it in fast and furious fashion. Okay perhaps not that quickly, but one day at a time. Carpe Diem is Latin for “seize the day” and that goes quite nicely with “just for the next five minutes” and all the other saying that we mere mortals use to try and keep ourselves on track in life.

Who Broke The Lamp

Who Broke The Lamp

Who Broke The Lamp – I was working in my office early this morning  when I heard a mighty crash downstairs. Upon investigation I discovered my three dogs sitting beside a shattered lamp shade. The base was still in tact – but the magnificent antique tiffany-style shade was shattered into one million little pieces.

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 6, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 6, 2004

Glass Flowers & Wooden Tulips

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 6, 2004 – I absolutely love fresh flowers, and if I was filthy rich – or even clean and rich – I’d have them in every room of my house, all the time. While I work on the rich bit, I have some alternatives that serve me well.

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 5, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 5, 2004

Moving Ahead

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 5, 2004 – I’m especially fond of the old saying, and here I paraphrase rather badly, about “insanity” being the repetition of behaviour that obviously doesn’t work, with the expectation of a different outcome. I think to myself, “That would never happen to me”. Well, folks – I’m coming clean, I have indeed been known to engage in this very thing.

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 4, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 4, 2004

Talking To Scrummie

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – October 4, 2004 – When I went on my fact-finding mission to Unionville last week – you remember, the one where I sat in the sunshine, had lunch and tried to figure out what I’d like to do when I grow up – I bought a small Innukshuk to keep the big guy I already have company.