WRIGHTS LANE

I would never have thought that as I got older I would have to find ways to manage my energy.  Up to a year or so ago, I honestly believed ...

From Southampton with (brrrrr) love Photo #1:   Shoreline ice beginning to form north of the Southampton Harbour.  Not a sunbather in sigh...

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about a closed mind as opposed to an open mind and how we are inviolably self-regulators of thou...

Lucy made good use of "Boxing" Day . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BONDS THAT MATTER "Faith of our fathers, living still We wi...

Wishing all Wrights Lane readers a "Christ blessed" December 25th. Due to Rosanne's health issues we will be spending Christ...

. O nly three two   one   zero (0, zilch, nil)  shopping days  before Christmas?...Awe come on!  It's here already? As hard as it i...

I was having my usual coffee over The Toronto Star this morning.  Flipping through the pages of the Entertainment/Living Section, a strang...

. I was pleased this evening to see the Toronto Maple Leafs honouring good old Red Kelly, along with relative youngsters Bob Nevin and Mi...

Buying her a present?...Be careful! I'm giving this post over to my late father, Ken Wright (1899-1952).  As a frequent contributor to...

Nativity scene from my Christmas collection. Virginia O'Hanlon I'm giving in to an impulse to write about Christmas -- Santa ...

T his morning I heard from a friend who was deeply disappointed, even disillusioned, that something she really had her heart set on was not ...

I have been reading in recent days about how our high schools are turning out students who are ill-prepared for many university programs.  ...

Sometimes you have to distance yourself I could not stay away.  The "new direction" in which I was heading has led me back to W...

. 10:26 P.M., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 2009:  I have been struggling with the impulse to write this post for the past 48 hours.  I have had to d...

I  was teasing Rosanne earlier today and giving her a hard time about something, one of my favorite (?) things to do. She was in no mood ...

This past weekend with its clear sunny skies and virtually no wind, was perfect for raking up fall leaves, in fact there was a constant l...

. I came home late this afternoon with a Tim Hortons coffee for Rosanne. Not too surprisingly, she was fast asleep in her recliner chair. ...

REST IN PEACE MY GOOD FRIEND My friend Richard Latam of Aylmer passed away at the St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital on Sunday, October 25...

A fter I posted the previous Wrights Lane item the other day (What Have We Done To Ourselves?) , in which I more or less lamented the declin...

I should not do so much thinking and delving in to certain issues facing us in today's society.  More often than not, I end up perplexe...

Updated Saturday, October 24/09 The monthly meeting of the Dawn Township Historical Society on Wednesday evening, Oct. 21, at Rutherford,...

...and the Queen(ie) of Fairy Lake . I walk only 100 yards from my home to pay daily visits to the Queen of Fairy Lake. Her Royal Highn...