Ahhh…the 1980’s & 1990’s. Big hair, awesome music, ugly cars, video games, the introduction of the personal computer. What a time to be alive! This was the era I grew up in and it was an interesting time to have a disability. In the 1970’s there were all kinds of laws that were passed in …
Today is February 18th, which just happens to be my sisters birthday. Although I haven’t likely acknowledged it, she was and has been a very important person in my life. She has never asked for any credit or acknowledgement for what she has done for me and maybe she doesn’t even realize how much of …
Growing up on a farm was pretty interesting. When I look back on it now, the things that excited me back then seem pretty strange to this “city boy” now. Back in the pre-Internet days, I loved when the Western Ontario Farm newspaper would show up in the mail as well as the other tractor …
A bit of background on this song… From 1999 to 2001 and I was the proud owner of a struggling small-town grocery store. I usually played the local radio station quietly to help pass the time and make the store feel less dead and dying. It was sometime in 2000 that the song “I Hope …
So…about that time that I bought a grocery store… Yes. I’m serious. I’m not sure how many parts this story could be. This time in my life holds so many great memories and a few bad ones too, so it could be 4 or 5 parts by the time I tell all there is to …
I’m a hymns guy. I love hymns. It’s not that I don’t like new worship music – it just that many songs don’t have the staying power that hymns do. I’ve always loved this song, which is most often sung at funerals, but I really don’t know why. Everyday life holds many ups and downs …
Something I’d like to start doing occasionally is highlighting a favourite song that has some meaning to me, which I will explain in each post. I absolutely love music and it can be a powerful influence in our lives. My playlist is rather diverse, spanning from the 1940s to today from various genres. Rock, Pop, …
Reader discretion is advised. If you have little ones who love animals, don’t read them this one! When I was about 8 or 9 my parents bought us a baby goose early in the spring. He was so cute; Yellow and furry when we first got him. Charlie stayed in the barn when he was …
One aspect of many a child’s formative years is learning to play an instrument or getting involved in music in some way. Generally speaking, I think it’s a great idea to get kids involved in music as a way to exercise different parts of their brain and develop some culture. From about age 6 or …
Ever since I was young I had an entrepreneurial side. I liked to figure out how to make a few dollars doing something…anything…as long as it was legal. 🙂 Jonny the bracelet maker In elementary school, it was friendship bracelets. During that time, everyone else was making braided friendship bracelets out of plastic cord and I …
