I’ve had a little trouble wrapping my head around this concept of “mandatory health insurance.” While I get the idea, and after first hand experience of the mess of American health care, I’ve been curious how “mandatory health care” works.…
Author: Gwynne Monahan
Some of my workmates took me out Friday night. I confess I’ve been hesitant to establish non-working relationships with workmates. Tricky business sometimes, and I also always had family and close friends to rely on, hang out with and otherwise…
Good day for a walk to downtown Vancouver to check out the furniture at the Sears, which is closing later this year. Found two tables: one round. One square. Any thoughts?
The book chronicles the music industry from about the 50s on through the Wrecking Crew, which played on an awful lot of popular, famous, award-winning songs. A theme throughout the book is change. Perhaps adaptation is a better word.
Yep. There are no turnstiles to board the trains. I found this rather peculiar at first. Still do. There’s no incentive to purchase a ticket, except to avoid harsh penalties if you get caught by a Translink cop. Translink trains…
The sun is actually shining in Vancouver today, with blue sky instead of just patches, or snatches between clouds. I’ve found myself rather grumpy since returning from Chicago. I’ve been chalking it up to the transition of the joys of…
I just ran across this post on NPR’s #fb page. NPR Needs the Sounds of Your City. The sounds of my city…immediate thought: the “L.” There is nothing quite like the sound of the “L” as it rumbles by overhead,…
This lack of skyline thing has been nagging at me, like a splinter in mind. I see mountains every morning on the train to work. Some days they look beautiful, majestic. Others they look menacing, threatening. And other days, just…
It’s a party. Think of Lollapalooza, crammed into the Pritzker Pavilion. I think the final count was 48,000 and some people. Party indeed. So let me back up a step. The Sun Run (misnomer) is a 10K race through Vancouver.…
I called home this morning, before going for a run. The time difference has wreaked havoc on schedules and timing, it’s been hard to connect. One thing that came out of the conversation was the total lack of breathing room.…