PF LeggeFeb 11, 20203 minIt all falls down.Dear Readers, An open, democratic, market based society like Canada is far more fragile than we think. In the aftermath of the 9/11...
PF LeggeAug 9, 20192 minMosquitoes and MustangsThis summer has been a good one for fireflies. A couple of weeks ago we got spectacular natural fireworks. And the cicadas are literally...
PF LeggeAug 2, 20192 minCorvettes and Caesar (not the salad)GM has brought a mid engine Corvette to market. Blasphemy say some, about time sat others. They have sold the entire first year of...
PF LeggeJul 19, 20192 minStrange or notSummer has hit, bringing hot, humid and frequently wet weather to southwestern Ontario. My life, like a lot of others on vacation, has...
PF LeggeJul 5, 20192 minBikes and BrainsFalling off your bike is not something I would wish on anyone. Well maybe Idi Amin, or Pol Pot or some anonymous torturer in a prison in...
PF LeggeJun 29, 20192 minThe First DayIt’s the first day of the rest of your life. And mine. One thing to say it, another to feel it deep down. One is left wondering what...
PF LeggeJun 21, 20192 minEnough with the SequelsAttended the staff end of the year party last night and made the speech I avoided doing during the more formal occasions I attended...
PF LeggeJun 14, 20192 minShaneShane, a western classic that was made into an iconic film starring Alan Ladd was the novel this week. It was a strange read. I enjoyed...
PF LeggeJun 7, 20192 minThe Longest DayIt was 75 years ago yesterday that the Allies crossed the English Channel and launched an assault on Nazi occupied Europe. Being Canadian...
PF LeggeMay 31, 20193 minIts been a yearThis edition makes a full year I have been writing a weekly blog. I have enjoyed it most of them time as I hope you have. It is...
PF LeggeMay 24, 20193 minFortunate FreedomI retired from teaching this week. Or, I just left the profession. Or, I became a writer (although that was a part time thing before)....
PF LeggeMay 17, 20192 minI'm not worthyLilium is back in the news. I wrote about this company a year ago and now they have their five-seater electric jet built and tested. Well...
PF LeggeMay 10, 20192 minThis is not a real person.Picture removed. This is remarkable. The face you are seeing is computer-generated. It is a result of a new approach to programming which...
PF LeggeMay 2, 20192 minShogun or Night King?I’m listening to a novel I read long ago, ‘Shogun’ by James Clavell. The audio recording is horrible, because it was done before that was...
PF LeggeApr 25, 20192 minWoke kids and UFOsThere is a 9-year-old girl living in my city who was on the front page of the only newspaper in town this morning. It seems that she...
PF LeggeApr 19, 20192 minOrder, disorder and ShazamSpring is in the air. A familiar phrase but one that felt, this morning anyway, to be accurate when I poked my head out of our front door...
PF LeggeApr 12, 20192 minIts all about the YAMy wife and I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario to see the Impressionism in the Age of Industry exhibit last weekend. It was not...
PF LeggeApr 4, 20192 minThe Coming AnarchyI was struck this week by several stories in the media about the growing crush of refugees/immigrants at the borders of the developed...
PF LeggeMar 29, 20192 minSolitaireThe Vice President of the United States has promised that the US will land astronauts on the moon by 2024. To a person of my age, that...
PF LeggeMar 22, 20192 minCould he have done it?The weather seems to have broken, at least for now. I was in Nashville last week on holiday and it got to 24 degrees on Thursday. It was...