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 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 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 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 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 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...
PF LeggeMar 8, 20193 minWhere is everybody?It is still cold and snowing in southern Ontario as winter drags on. I have read that spring will come early this year, but it hasn’t...
PF LeggeMar 1, 20192 minPushing ThroughPushing through is something that a lot of type A personalities do. The concussion experience has taught me that there are some...
PF LeggeFeb 8, 20192 minSnow DayWe got a ‘snow day’ this week. There was freezing rain for about 12 hours and they closed the schools. I still get that little thrill...
PF LeggeDec 20, 20182 minBlackjackI just finished listening to the actor Rex Linn read ‘Blackjack’, a western by Robert Knott based on characters created by Robert Parker....
PF LeggeDec 13, 20182 minJust like JKI read an article this week that made me laugh. It wasn’t supposed to be funny, but it was to me in an intentionally ironic way. It was...
PF LeggeNov 23, 20182 minWild CardsReading one of the Wild Card (https://www.goodreads.com/series/40686-wild-cards) books by George RR Martin. Very good. Creative smart and...
PF LeggeNov 16, 20182 minWinter is comingIt snowed this week, and stayed. Pretty early even for us. Got to be global warming. Of course, my mind eventually went to the phrase...