He arrived at the bank just after it opened, wearing a straw hat and carrying a weathered smile that had…
Let’s face it, coffee is the only drug society not only allows, but celebrates. It’s the lifeblood of civilization, the…
You can keep your English, your French, your Spanish, even your Mandarin. The true universal language, the one that transcends…
Selective hearing isn’t a flaw, it’s a coping mechanism with years of field testing. It’s how relationships survive, how marriages…
If you live in Costa Rica as I do, or you visit every so often, you will see them: a…
Teachers deserve hazard pay. Forget the chalk dust, the endless paperwork, and the math problems that make grown adults question…
It had been one of those long days that seemed to take more than it gave. The kind where the…
You ever notice how we’re all part-time actors, and nobody told us? We wear more masks than a ski lodge…
We often think of “rituals” as something ancient or ceremonial, performed by monks in a mountain temple or elders around…
I have never been one for heat. Living in Penticton, British Columbia, for 30 years, I always felt summers were…