New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “WHY NAGASAKI?”
Just before noon on August 9, 1945, an American B29 warplane appeared high over the historic Japanese port city of Nagasaki. Its only mission?...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “OUTSIDE THE BOX”
Writers try to avoid using clichés. These figures of speech generally become trite and stale with overuse. The phrase “thinking outside the box” easily...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “GOOD TO SEE YOU—??”
Our esteemed premier is considering inaugurating Stage Three as the Province continues its systematic recovery from COVID-19. Most citizens will welcome greater social freedoms...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “SYSTEMIC RACISM?”
I have delayed commenting publicly on the ongoing, loud and impassioned debate about race relations here and in the USA. My silence did not...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “VERA LYNN: 1917-2020”
For a beleaguered British population, 1940 ushered in the darkest days of World War II. France had quickly surrendered to the relentless German blitzkrieg...
New Perspectives – Guest: Welcome to my Garden – ‘Wrensong’
Welcome to my Garden
by Jean MacGregor
The birch is old and showing its age as it continues to preside over the garden, overseeing its evolution...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “American Dirt”
By fully extending her arm through the unguarded border wire, a desperate teenaged Honduran girl symbolically clutches a handful of soil from the US...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “DOUBLE DUTY MOMS”
The slender, auburn-haired young mother was trying to enjoy a relaxed restaurant meal with her husband and two kids even while she kept an...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “STAY AT HOME?”
Day after long weary day, we fight to keep the invisible wolf from our door. The battle takes place primarily on the front doorstep....
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “NORMAL-LESS”
They tell us this is the “new normal.” I don’t like the term. Currently, there is precious little that is “normal” about life across...
