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Cat underfoot in Book Two
The truth is that I like to sit around, barbecue, drink beer and float in the pool. It is no wonder I cannot seem to get anything done. My needs as a retired man are like those of a baby. Sleep ...
YouTube launched on February 14, 2005. Google purchased it on November 13, 2006. I became a YouTuber somewhere in between those two dates. Twenty years ago. A long time to be using iMovie. I ...
My ‘to do’ list is getting longer and longer. I have no excuse except for procrastination and laziness. So I went to Amazon and ordered a couple of sealers for the truck cap and rear door. The...
Not circling the drain or the airport, but in a holding pattern; I feel like I am waiting, in limbo. I am at the gate, pre-boarding but I don’t have a destination. It’s not bad. Drifting. It’s...
Business as usual in Book Two
It has been regular going around here. I’ve been out on my bike, doing the northern loop up to the expressway on Tuesday and yesterday doing the southern loop down around the golf course. The no...
Peace not trucks, cars and heavy equipment in Book Two
It is just another average morning except the guy on the corner is having a tree taken down and it is garbage day and I am out on the front porch at the busiest time of the morning - coming up t...
Hot yesterday. Summer came in like a lion. Hot again today and I suppose tomorrow. So says the forecast. Heatwave. Yea! We turned on the air conditioner for the first time last night. Funny how...
Destination unknown in Book Two
Summer is here and I have no plans. I am waiting for the Kelowna condo to close so I can plan out everything that comes after that. It is the only upcoming appointment that I have, but I don’t k...
You're a handbag in Book Two
My father used to call my sisters and me luggage. He never explained it and being kids we never understood that it was a metaphor. He was carrying us through life. We were his burden. We used ...
I am stuck. The problem is that we have a big house in a great part of town with room enough for a mother in law and an adult child. (I suppose that’s two problems.) I’m retired now for more tha...
Not so big in Japan in Book Two
Start with this: You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. All things end badly, (otherwise they wouldn’t end.) Those thoughts are related. We live in worlds of our own c...
Joe in Norway in Book Two
Joe is in Norway and Allen is in Taiwan. I get texts, and emails with photos from Joe and instagram messages and YouTube notes from Allen. Allen has made 3 YouTube videos already, though he just...
Drinking a beer at the car wash talking on the phone in Book Two
Now that I am retired, I prefer weekdays to weekends. I like it that everyone is going about their business, going to work, going to school and I am free to do what I do, which is a whole lot of...
How much you give me? in Book Two
It’s funny how times change. We went and looked at used vans yesterday. A regional dealer. It is all he does - vans. Big ones, little ones, tall ones, short ones, high milage ones, low milage on...
Boring. So simple. in Book Two
I was thinking just now how busy I used to be twenty years ago, when the kids were young and I had an office job that I had to get to. I don’t know how I did it. I could never do it now. Today...
communicating with yourself in Book Two
For me, this is where it starts everyday. Just a quick mind dump, not the stuff on top, the stuff I did yesterday, the trails and tribulations of being a human on planet earth. I try to not to b...
I hate it when people tell me stuff I already know. I know everything So don’t tell me stuff It seems to be an Asian thing, obeying the rules, being pedantic, reminding others of things th...
set the mood in Book Two
So I have a good friend that I have never met. Allen. It’s one of the joys of having a Youtube channel, lots of online friends. One guy that I met said that having a YouTube channel was an exc...
What else is there? in Book Two
If I don’t want to talk about the neighbours and the neighbourhood and I don’t want to talk about Youtube or van building, and I don’t want to talk about the routine things I do like read books,...
always change in Book Two
It started with ‘would Friday morning or afternoon work better for you?’ That’s a sales line. The either/or close. So I was highly alert for more. And there were more - the takeaway close. ‘The...
money for nothing in Book Two
My friend Allen must have money problems. Aspirational money problems. He has enough money. I’ve seen all the stuff in his garage. He spends too much. So a few months ago, Allen started a Yout...
Youtube and chill in Book Two
There is a boomer couple who have been traveling and making videos for a few years. They sometimes pop up in my feed when they are in China or Taiwan. I can’t stand to watch them. Their videos a...
Vanlife 2.0 in Book Two
I don’t know where the time goes. Weird. Especially since the days are so long. Summer solstice. I was still out on the front porch when the patio lights came on. Shortly after 9pm. The sky was ...
The missus has a birthday coming up and I am fresh out of ideas. The two areas I usually go to are the garden and the pottery studio. But that’s not going to work this year. The missus did a pre...
Life has changed in Book Two
June the first and the weather could be worse. It is clear and cool, a little windy but I am out on my front porch in my hoodie and sweatpants, wool socks and fake crocs. It is just warm enough ...
