Lives & Legacy

Ignoring the risk of sounding like that old person who wags a finger in the air as they predict that someone is about to lose an eye, can we take a moment and talk about kids whizzing around on e-scooters?

Here is a take that will probably be wildly unpopular. At the very least, though, it should get a few people fired up. We are only about a week into the World Cup soccer tournament and I have already had more than my fill of the whole spectacle.

There are moments when we’re reminded we live in a civilized world, with genuinely thoughtful intellectuals, whose concern for the future of humanity is paramount. Those reminders are, sadly, infrequent these days as we navigate the chaos and dystopia of politics, economics and daily life.

The summer solstice is almost here. And if it were a thousand years ago or so, every farmer and gardener would be busy right now, preparing to observe the most important moment of their year.

Weird, stupid, funny, intense and historically inaccurate are not the words they recommend using in TV reviewer school, and yet these are all good reasons to check out the latest batch of viewing highlights. Settle in. Probably get a drink. Maybe call your therapist. And then definitely press ‘Play.’

Taxes keep climbing upward — at about the rate of inflation. Well, that is about to come to a screeching halt.

There are certain milestones in life that society collectively agrees are important. Then there are the quieter milestones. Those are the ones I have been thinking about lately.

Ah, it’s finally spring. As Tennyson wrote: “In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.”  Or in Canada, to thoughts of separatism this autumn. 

It’s been the kind of spring that makes gardeners jittery — and prone to take chances.

If you are stacking up your beach reads for the summer, here is a list of lightweight TV viewing for when you’re too tired to hold up a book or e-reader. Pour yourself a drink and press play.