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The Word of the Wise
My main reason for documenting these poems is so that I never forget that things that influenced who I later became. For me, this is less about the poem, and more about the friendship that led to the poem being written.
The 11th Anniversary of Duke’s Poker
Duke’s Poker is a poker club that I started 11 years ago on Pokerstars.com. The club originally started with a small group of friends and colleagues that played every Sunday night.
Winter 2021
Normally, winter in London Ontario is something to hunker down and get through. This year seems different. And I am not specifically referring to the pandemic or that we are locked down. What I am referring to is this year’s weather.
Mother Earth
Another poem from the “Nothing Book”. This was a journal I kept from age 18-22. I remember there was a couple of years in my teens, where creative surges pushed me to write down my thoughts.
Opening a WWII Military Foot Locker
While clearing out my mom’s house after she passed, we came across an old WW II military foot locker that was my step father’s fathers. Opening it led to a treasure trove of cool artifacts.
Always Good for the Soul
One of my 2021 goals, as the sole remaining keeper of the family stories, is to write out my memories of my family and friends. This post is looking back at my favourite furr-family members. Cleo – A Chesapeake Bay Retriever: I barely remember Cleo as I was age 3 or 4. My parents got…
Happy Birthday, Allison!
January 17, 2021 will be the 5th birthday since my baby sister, Allison Elizabeth Spiller, died. She would have been 57 this year. I am reminded of her passing on an almost daily basis. With my Mom’s passing two years ago, I gained the dubious honour of becoming caretaker of the family stories. I feel…
Celebration of Life – Linda Payne
Yesterday was the two-year anniversary of the passing of my mother, Elizabeth Linda Payne (nee Austin). We held a celebration of her life a week after her passing in London, Ontario and recorded a video of the speeches given that day, but I have not done anything with the video since. The time has come…
Spiller Family versus the Spiders
When we chose to install video cameras to monitor our property, we were not sure what we expected to see. We were certainly not expecting an invasion of spiders…