The heat goes on... it's too hot for me to spend any time out on my deck - the most time I've been spending there is to water my plants and try to keep them alive. We may get a bit of a break this weekend, but I'm already longing for the pre fall days of September....

I wished you all a belated Happy Canada Day last week, and this week my post itself is belated. I'll blame my tardiness on the heat - it's been roasting here with no letup in sight. I hope wherever you are you are able to keep cool, and maybe even take time off to go...

Belated Happy Canada Day! And greetings to you all from US Independence Day! I used to live in Detroit and I loved that they had a week-long celebration of both holidays call Freedom Festival. The ship I was on would go out and anchor in the river to help enforce the...

Well, summer is definitely here - officially with the Solstice last week as well as meteorologically with the temperatures we've experienced recently. And we're getting our usual summer weather pattern with heat and humidity during the first part of the day,...

Happy Juneteenth everyone! I like this holiday for several reasons. First of course, is that it is a celebration of a truly happy event. Second, it is on a fixed date, so it will fall on a different day of the week each year. I kind of liked having my work week split...

I've had a bit of a whirlwind few weeks - a short but fun trip to the midwest last weekend to visit a dear friend, went to my niece's high school graduation yesterday, and keeping busy with plenty of work. I'm looking forward to taking a break, and completing this...

Happy June everyone. We all know how quickly time is marching on, so I won't mention it, but we're entering my least favourite time of year for the weather - hot and humid. There will still be a few periods of lovely, sunny, clear, dry days and cool evenings, but I...

Sorry for skipping last week - no travel or anything interesting - just several extra long days at work that kept me from even looking at my personal email until Friday. I hope everyone was able to enjoy the recent holiday weekends and get your summer off to a fine...

Well they're making progress in removing the bridge wreckage and reopening the port, which is a huge relief. It's really been an amazing effort and fascinating to watch. Now we have many years of work to rebuild a new bridge, and lot of work to make sure it doesn't...

Greetings from Atlantic Beach, Florida! Not my favourite weather here - a bit on the hot and muggy side for me - but still quite pleasant. I'm here for a work conference and about half the attendees are Canadian. Haven't met anyone who does this puzzle, but I'll...