The Morning Dawdler: Questions for you to answer in your own time over your favourite cuppa. Is it easier or harder for you to make friends online rather than offline and why do you think this is? The only people… Read More ›
Friendship
THE CHRISTMAS TREE DILEMMA
I’m Not Doing It! by Rich Paschall In every relationship, there are agreed tasks that each person must do. These may naturally come about out of habit. One person cooks, and another does the dishes. One person sweeps the floor,… Read More ›
APPROACHING AN ANNIVERSARY
I woke up this morning having a conversation with someone in a dream. I was explaining how Garry wanted a “real” wedding while I wanted to elope. So of course, we had a “real” wedding. Garry told me what he… Read More ›
WHY I’M A BAD FRIEND
Coffee Morning Question Time Here are the questions: Are you easily irritated by people? If so what annoys or irks you the most? This is like asking why we can’t be friends. Easily irritated? Let us count the ways! As a… Read More ›
WHO WE ARE NOW
And Who We Were Not, by Rich Paschall Perhaps it is different now, or different in some places at least, but when I was growing up some decades ago, we were expected to be a certain type of person. I… Read More ›
MY BEST FRIEND CALLED
She doesn’t live far away, but we rarely see each other in person. Why? Because we are old. That’s why. Her husband has Parkinson’s. She’s got glaucoma. One kid has a heart problem while the other is in a wheelchair…. Read More ›
SPEAKING A NEW LANGUAGE
UNE NOUVELLE LANGUE par Rich Paschall What if you could wake up tomorrow and be able to speak a new language? Suppose you did not have to work at it at all. There would be no boring repetition of words… Read More ›
THE DEPARTURE
A Time Passage story, by Rich Paschall It was a gloomy summer evening. The rain was falling steadily. The street lights were coming on and the soft glow fell through the front room window. Riley did not notice the street… Read More ›
DO OVER – RICH PASCHALL
What Would You Change? by Rich Paschall If you could do your life over, what would you change? Would you choose a different career? Would you choose a different house or apartment? Would you consider living in another town? Another… Read More ›
AN ADVENTURE TO THE NORTH
Oh, Canada! by Rich Paschall When I mentioned to some friends that I would be going to Toronto, they asked me if I was going to drive. It is a reasonable question. You can reach there in a little over… Read More ›
TRAVEL COMPANION – RICH PASCHALL
Friends and Companions, by Rich Paschall “In life, it’s not where you go. It’s who you travel with.” – Charles Schulz If you can travel with someone and come back as friends, then you have a good travel companion. I have had… Read More ›
FRIENDS AND RELATIONSHIPS
Regrets, part III, by Rich Paschall I regret those times when I’ve chosen the dark side. I’ve wasted enough time not being happy. – Jessica Lange When you have the perspective of many years, you might look back on past… Read More ›
REGRETS, PART II
“Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.” – Jonathan Larson (Playwright and Composer) It is hard to forget the mistakes or missed opportunities of the past. They often cling to us like wet t-shirts. We would like to just… Read More ›
WHERE WOULD YOU TRAVEL? – RICH PASCHALL
What if the pandemic was over? by Rich Paschall Suppose the pandemic was past us. Suppose travel restrictions were lifted. If you could go anywhere at all, where would you go? Where would your sense of adventure lead you? Would… Read More ›
A GRADUAL CONGREGATION: FLASHBACK FRIDAY FROM 2/11/19
FLASHBACK FRIDAY – FANDANGO’S FLASHBACK FRIDAY It turns out, there are a lot of variations of congregate meaning “to get together, join together, group together, party hearty.” With some fish, it also means collaboration to make baby fish. Or is… Read More ›
QUICKLY BEST FRIENDS
It has nothing to do with hooking up or any other kind of sex. It has to do with becoming the closest of friends with a complete stranger for one afternoon, then never seeing him or her again. One year,… Read More ›