Definitive Signs of SpringĀ 

Nature - life, finds a way.  How true a statement that is indeed.  Despite the snow surrounding the tender shoots, daffodils are triumphantly sprouting towards the glorious spring sunshine, unabated and unabashed.  Another month and they'll be fading away, allowing the peonies to step into their deserved late spring spotlight. 

Confessions of an Outlier

I don't want to be a member of the 'in crowd'.Ā  I'm an outlier.Ā  I'm a small and big 'C' conservative, ['m an outlier.Ā  I live in the country - and love it: I'm an outlier.Ā  I dislike urbanity in all it's grey concrete and forced natural settings. I'm an outlier.Ā  I like winter, the …

Inhuman Resources

I too have been ignored by HR personnel and interviewers following an interview: no follow up, no response to thank you emails and queries of whether a candidate has been selected.Ā  This article underscores just how much this slight from interviewers and human resource reps can have negative repercussions on their organization-agency-company. For those who …

Are we really that stupid?

This article demonstrates that we as a species are becoming as dumb as rocks in my opinion. Ā I understand the scourge of violence affecting all corners of society, I get it, but before everyone has a hissy fit over a billboard ad, I ask people to use some common sense, to think, conjure up some …

Late Winter Beauty – March’s ‘Lion’ brings sunny skies

If you live in Central Ontario, you know that winter doesn't really end with the arrival of March.Ā  I remember a May 2-4 weekend that was spent looking out the window at a wicked winter storm ravaging newly emerged leaf buds and shocked daffodils. I've learned long ago to enjoy what winter brings, good and …