WRIGHTS LANE

G eorge Mogridge  (1787 – 1854) was a prolific 19th century writer, poet and author of children's books and religious  tracts .  I have ...

"Yes, I cry and feel an intense loneliness that is beyond comprehension.  I can be surrounded by people, even laughing, yet feel like m...

I derive great comfort from my collection of old books, the majority being handed down to me by late family members, primarily my parents a...

I t is so very important that we all try very hard not to dwell in the past.  It gets us absolutely nowhere.  It is a different story, of co...

R osanne has always surprised and amazed me with off-the-wall things that she says.  Regular readers of Wrights Lane well remember numerous ...

A boy, hospital waiting room and a coffee I was sitting in the ambulatory care department of the Owen Sound Hospital along with at least 3...

I am amused by door-to-door sales people.  Sometimes I ignore them.  Sometimes I tolerate them.  Sometimes I have fun with them.  It all de...

Dear Mr. Harper: Please find below a suggestion for fixing Canada's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to banks who wil...

H ow many times have we heard the expression  "Life is a journey, not a destination"? I heard this quote recently, and it sudde...

Saugeen River Range Light overlooking Lake Huron. W e are delighted to learn that The Honourable Peter Kent, Canada’s Environment Minist...

In keeping with the "things happen for a reason" theme introduced in my previous post, I ran across this little story and thought...

I have always been sensitive to the issue of being a good listener.  Giving undivided attention to the other party during a conversation, in...

I read something this morning that really made me think. Happy people do not always automatically make other people happy too.  Nor can mis...

It is not my intention to bore readers with talk about my recent total hip replacement surgery, but...something funny and most unusual has h...

Author Herman Roote (right) leads a dance of honour. W e in white society have little appreciation for the heritage of our First Nations...

We Canadians are a nation blessed with a rare, precious and distinct advantage. We have an egalitarian worldview woven into the very fabric...

HI EVERYBODY!...BACK HOME WITH MY NEW HIP AND DOING JUST FINE.

10:34 p.m., Sunday, June 17:  In exactly 10 hours time I will be going under the knife (saw?) in the OR at the Owen Sound Hospital.  I don...

Hip replacement surgery date of June 18 coming up fast. Wrights Lane will be closed down for a while as I prepare for pre and post- op prior...

T echnically and officially, most of us are grown up adults.  We are not little children.  We are responsible, for better or worse, for our ...

Cindy and Madi My daughter Cindy posted the following on her Facebook page today.  (Madison is my seven-year-old grand daughter.)  I tho...

Over the course of the next week I will be wrapping up a few web site loose ends before entering hospital in Owen Sound for hip replacement...