Tarmac Meditations #72: Overnight Summer had Ended

I woke up that morning to find that overnight summer had ended. The morning wind brought a hint of winter chill and the lake was flat. The fog lay heavy in the weeds, blue in the absence of sunlight. The steel boats tied to the floats had a resigned … Read more →

How To Deal With Coffee Withdrawals

Coffee isn’t good for everyone. If you have heart problems, high blood pressure, a sleep disorder, or suffer from anxiety, your doctor may ask you to quit coffee cold turkey. Dealing with coffee withdrawals can be a challenge. Here are five tips to help alleviate the suffering as you overcome your coffee dependency.

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Tarmac Meditations #70 – Martin, Howard and Ed

Did the Martin Trail and across Foxhollow yesterday morning. Easier and a bit faster. Quiet and moonlit. The creek is high with snow melt and winter rain. The lights of town fragment in the mist. Real becomes fairy tale at the edges. In my relentless … Read more →

Doc Jocks: Dr. Ronald J. MacDonald

The Fastest Doc In Canada – “What a grand doctor he’ll make”, the old folk said. “He’ll just grab up his bag and set off on the run, and be half way there before a horse could be hitched up. He can beat any horse.”

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Tarmac Meditations #69: Broke the String

Woke up this morning, more like came to, long night in the jungles of my memories...How did Dylan know what he knew when he was 21 or 22? "I ain't sayin you treated me unkind...you sorta wasted my precious time, don't ya think twice, it's all right" … Read more →

Tarmac Meditations-New Years Part 2

‎"I hear America singing..." Walt Whitman. Equally, " I hear you singin' in the wires..." Jimmy Webb. I love the color of the fog this morning, the temperature of the light transforms morning in the valley into a sacred moment, a pause at the end … Read more →

Diary of a Smoker

I guess I consider myself “old school” and like to be somewhat reserved yet open to new things and situations. But something changed: I met something who was white but really caramel colored inside and I let her inside me. She knew all my secrets … Read more →

Tarmac Meditations: Comin’ 2012

New Years 2012: shot a race by the midnight riverside, went home to sleep for a few hours, dreamt some dreams, more nightmarish than serene.  Went back to the riverside, shot another race and caught some dreams, came home to rest, and found, sadly, … Read more →

You Really Can’t Do It All

Is multitasking leading us into an attention deficit recession? Tess Wixted offers some great advice, food for thought and some excellent additional reading on this important subject.

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Pablum and the History of Children’s Health

George Burden tells us how the history of a cereal is entwined with the history of a hospital in Canada for sick children.

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