Face Photos from Readers
Thanks to John Whitman for this slightly dismayed face from downtown Ottawa.
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Posted: 2025 Mar 28
Category Archives: Through the Calendar
Duff Gibson & Jeff Pain: Where Are They Now?
In honour of Canada Day 2015 (just two years to go to the sesquicentennial!), here’s an update on Duff Gibson (no relation) and Jeff Pain, last seen in these pages teaching us about ourselves by going downhill, headfirst, on a … Continue reading
White Men Can’t Celebrate
If you do happen to see me standing on the furniture — well, I hope you’ll overlook it, just this once. I’ll be back to normal on Tuesday, I promise. Continue reading
Hearts, Bears and Roses
An unexpected question about Valentine’s Day leads to the truth about relationships. When is Valentine’s Day this year? The retired air force colonel and I are herding cats — aka running a proposal — and have taken a mental-health … Continue reading
Twenty Thirteen
Another year begins. Will it be music to our ears, or a discordant crash of noise? Will it be the sparkle of new beginnings, or the comfort of old traditions? Will it be obligation, or invitation? Continue reading
The Gift of Wonder
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts We have some things in common, my next-seat neighbour and I: we are both female, we are both bored. She, however, is about 7 years old; I am … Continue reading
The Gift of Clear Thinking
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts Did you hate math class? OK, you econometrics, engineering, IT, math and physics majors reading this (all five of you!) are excused from answering this one. You arts, … Continue reading
The Gift of Juxtaposition
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts From Harper’s Index to Small Dead Animals, juxtaposition offers new ways of looking at things, and enables us to comment while retaining the ability to deny having done … Continue reading
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The Gift of Perspective
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts People seem most eager to give us the gift of perspective right after life has given us something lousy, when things are going for fooey. Nothing matters very … Continue reading
The Gift of Ambition
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts Now that we’ve taken a day or two and evolved ourselves into perfectly reasonable beings with entirely realistic expectations, maybe we’re in position to truly enjoy the gift … Continue reading