WRIGHTS LANE

Come on now, be yourself! I have always more or less marched to the beat of my own drummer, more so in my advancing years.   With that...

Mother Nature cooperated with perfect weather for the 44th annual Saugeen Competition POW WOW held August 8 and 9 at Saugeen First Nation...

I was sitting on my front porch this evening, enjoying a glass of wine, when for some unknown reason the expression "Kilroy was here...

Fathers Day 2015...Hmmmm! What kind of father have I been over the course of the last 55 years?  That's a difficult question to answer...

My father Ken first showed me the light of day, March 1, 1938...In that same context, I've been looking for another glimpse of it most...

I t's a lazy, rainy Sunday...And I planned to do so many outside chores today. Oh well, I can always do the laundry and some vacuum...

Occasionally on Wrights Lane I share with readers stories about people who have touched a certain chord with me.   Now that Father’s Day is ...

Several posts ago I published a short piece on "the secret to carrying a grief suit case."  Continuing in that vein, today I give ...

 This is me most mornings after breakfast.  

T ruthfully speaking, I am a bigtime tease.   I have many ways of venting what I have come to recognize as a compulsion to tease, or one who...

I don't know what it is lately, but I have been picking up on poignant lines from television movies. There is something about them tha...

"Grief is like a suitcase lying at the foot of your bed and when you wake up and take it with you in the morning sometimes it is too he...

Abraham believed and trusted God when he risked it all and took his family to a strange land. He did not question the Almighty, he simply pa...

I listened the other night to the magnificent Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra perform the "Hallelujah Chorus" composed by G...

I recently took a five-month sabbatical from writing of any kind and refrained from involvement in the social media scene.   It was a time ...

Bonnie and Clyde Killed: May 23, 1934   Posse that killed Bonnie and Clyde On May 23, 1934, the legendary criminals Bonnie and Cl...

Y esterday I wrote about the freedom of aging...Today I write about "the stupidity of aging."  Well, I guess it could apply to any...

T he other day I was going through an old jewelry box that I hadn't opened in years...Who uses cuff links, tie tacks and clips, collar p...

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I am publishing this for my "Senior" friends because it is so well written. I do not know the author. It was sent to me by anot...