Yesterday morning, before I had my coffee I opened the fridge door and stood there. “What am I doing here?” I wondered aloud, (not to be mistaken for “Why do I exist?). It took me a few seconds to remember the item I wanted, and I moved on to make breakfast. … Read More »Why Am I Here?
Today The Heiress seems such a simple story— a Harlequin romance, without the feel-good ending—but at the time, it got my attention, and I remembered it for decades. The movie was filmed in 1949, but didn’t reach the northern Canadian community where I lived until I was thirteen, in 1952. … Read More »“The Heiress”, Smash Hit of 1949
The first sign of impending old age, and it’s twin, Alzheimer’s, the pundits say, is the tendency of older people to put less effort into their social network. “Mum doesn’t go out much anymore”, adult children worry, “Her circle of friends is getting smaller and smaller.” It could be her… Read More »Culling Your Relationships As You Age
Across the western world, one of the greatest concerns of the Lucky Few was providing a social safety net for future generations, something which had been non-existent for them. Advancing security for the most vulnerable, and putting an end to poverty and inequality for future generations were their proudest achievements.… Read More »Elders Ask “Why Don’t Young People Vote?”
In a list of significant movies of 1948, So Dear to My Heart hardly makes the cut, and doesn’t even merit a full page on Wikipedia, but for me, a girl living on a farm in northern Canada, it was spectacular. True, it was the first movie I had ever… Read More »So Dear To My Heart-The Movie
Attitudes and Acrimony Across the Generations We all know about the attitudes some younger people have towards elders—who hasn’t felt the frustration of being ignored by servers in a restaurant, or the sting of being spoken to in a condescending manner. A few weeks ago, I took a few minutes… Read More »Attitudes and Acrimony
In the summer of 1959 I discovered a book, Bonjour Tristesse that radically altered my idea of relationships. Françoise Sagan, a young eighteen year old author, spoke about what it felt like to give yourself over to love, in this case, not a lover, but her father. Hers was an obsession… Read More »Ships That Pass in the Night – Relationships We Have Lost
Looking down across the harbour on this beautiful July morning, I see dragon boats slicing through the water, kayaks skimming over the top, young women jogging, and teenagers skateboarding, but no sign of the Lucky Few. It is almost eleven o’clock— where are they, and what are they doing? In… Read More »What Hobbies Do For the Lucky Few
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