Salt Spring Island British Columbia (BC) Blog Directory
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Latest Blog Posts from Salt Spring Island, BC
- Balance or Focus by elderly electic gentleman. on Nov 21, 2009
I was privileged several years ago to be part of an interview team for applicants to medical school in a major Canadian university. These were applicants that had already traversed the long list, where marks were the consideration, and our job was to...
- The Church Bazaar by elderly electic gentleman. on Nov 21, 2009
This morning the pianist and I are taking our culinary efforts to our church bazaar. The convenor is an exacting taskmaster and the purchasers are certainly of a highly discerning nature when it comes to the culinary arts. I have tasted a sample of t...
- The Wet Coast by elderly electic gentleman. on Nov 20, 2009
This is monsoon season on the wet coast in the Salish Sea. We have had a solid week of heavy rain and wind and another week to come of the same. Lotus land is soaked through and through and all the water can only gain the surface of the full sponge.
- Goodbye ain't Au Revoir by elderly electic gentleman. on Nov 18, 2009
The pianist and I are selling our home we have lived in for 32 years, since, it is now too much for us to look after! We want to turn the page and start afresh in our mid 70's. Still, one's decisions in these matters are always conflicted with the lo...
- Failed Handyman by elderly electic gentleman. on Nov 16, 2009
The pianist asked me to change three lightbulbs in our spotlights yesterday, which I did. She commented that since retirement I have become a bit of a handyman. Now that is truly pathetic, that a man who can change a lightbulb is considered by his wi...
- Alchemy by elderly electic gentleman. on Nov 15, 2009
When I was five years old and living a life of crime, an alchemy occurred and I went from sounding brass to gold. C G Jung, the alchemist of the mind, would have fully understood. I have some early memories of this period but my mother filled in the...
