I was just sitting here counting on my fingers and realized that it has been eight months since I posted anything here… notice that I say ‘posted’: I have written some stuff, but it just seemed a so trite and pointless that I let it languish in a digital limbo, and sort of lost interest in the whole ‘blogging’ experience. And the loss of interest could be construed as a bit odd given some of the events that have affected me and mine…

It seems about time to get back on track. ‘Got a lot of things to comment on… there is the birth of my granddaughters (yes, TWO of them within 5 weeks of each other!), a number of world class disasters, the Canadian political scene at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, my work life, the evolution of technology, Scotch, and of course my ongoing battle with cancer. Although I must admit that the cancer thing isn’t much of a battle anymore. It really has degenerated into silly little ‘informational’ skirmishes…