A little note to the nice lady who helped me across the parking lot at Speedvale Plaza last night: You’re awesome. You couldn’t have helped me any better. In fact, you need to train everybody who I’ve complained about. First, you asked me if I needed help. Then you asked me where I was going, …
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Trixie Gets A Novel
I don’t think Trix has gotten a post all to herself in a while. I think she’s due. I always knew that she responded to different people in different ways, but I’ve noticed something else. Among the people she loves, even they get different kinds of affection. There’s me. I get the dancing around me, …
August Long Weekend Audio
Boy oh boy do I have a monstrosity for you! Remember how we said our Canada Day audio would never be heard by the world? Well, that still holds, so we decided to try again. And we created something even longer and crazier than that one! We didn’t mean to, honest. We just sat down …
Observations From The Train
We took a train yesterday to meet some of Steve’s family at a spot half-way between us and them. We got to the station really early, partly because we took the bus there and buses only run every half-hour, and partly because the train got delayed. Here were some of the things we saw or …
Eyebrow-Raising Customer Service
I had something happen to me last night that I thought deserved a mention. I went into a convenience store that I know well so I could buy milk. It’s the convenience store near where I used to live when I lived next to the cool neighbour before he passed away and I experienced Stupidhead …
Truckin’
Hey there nice trucker guy who is sitting idling in a parking lot, apparently waiting for me to step off the curb and cross it. Can I come talk to you? I need to explain something to you. I really appreciate the gesture of you waiting for me so I can cross, but we have …
Touchy Subject
I had something happen to me yesterday that I thought deserved a blog post. I went to the post office to mail something. When I left, I told Trixie to find the door. She walked over to what she thought was the door, but it wasn’t. A person came over and said they’d help me …
Hey, Blind-Lookin’, Whatcha Got Cookin’?
I was going to write this down yesterday, but my brain just could not think about writing for some reason. I was out at a volunteer appreciation gathering Tuesday night at the place where I go help that guy learn how to type. There was lots of food and lots of people and everyone seemed …
Happy Belated Birthday Trix
Ok, here comes the post in honour of Trix’s birthday. On April 9, she turned 5. My pooch is 5! Nobody believes me that she’s that old, but she is. I can scarcely believe that it’s been three years that I’ve had her. But the blog doesn’t lie, hahah! So let’s do a general update. …
Talking Blind Man’s Blues
Jen sent me something that I think needs a spot up on this old blog. I give you the Talking Blind Man’s Blues. It says it’s by Chrissie Cochrane, but I swear Chrissie a. is female and b. doesn’t sound like that. But it’s a good song and it made me chuckle. And it also …