Thursday Tidbits

Posted on June 5, 2014 under Thursday Tidbits with 2 comments

A la cart… a shopping cart

I saw this piece of handy work at an apartment last evening in Dartmouth. The tenant, Chris, is a very talented woodworker and artisan and can make something out of anything including this amazing chair fashioned out of an old shopping cart. Some people are very creative.

Have you ever walked your umbrella to work?  Sure you have. You’ve heard that rain is in the forecast and when you step outside,  you can feel it in the air. So , you grab your umbrella and off you go. Despite what the experts have predicted , not a drop of rain falls. You are certain that it will come on your way home from work and lo and behold, the sun comes out. Now, you just know the converse of this axiom. The skies can be clear and that will be the time when rain will start to fall. One of the many things that puzzles me. Thanks, Gladys, for bringing this to my attention this morning as you watched me walk my umbrella.

For all you golfers, I have a treat this coming Saturday. I have been telling you about the story that appeared in last week`s Cape Breton Star called `Mind Games.“ My favorite golf course in the world is The Cape Breton Highland Links in Ingonish. My least favorite hole in the world is the first hole on that very same course. In the story, I try to explain the strange phenomenon of how that hole got inside my  head 50 years ago. Even if you`re a non golfer, I think you will enjoy it. I bet you have something that is your nemesis. Please don`t say it`s your spouse.

Once again, I humbly suggest that you arrange a date with someone special and get down to the Capitol Theatre this weekend to watch “A Grand Seduction.“  ( I am available if you’re not fussy ) The movie was filmed in Newfoundland and the cast is a who`s who of Newfoundland ( and CBC ) talent. You will have a good chuckle. I`m thinking I might go see it again I enjoyed it so much the first time.

So I`m on my way to Louisburg the other day. It is ten minutes before Shane is due to pick me up when I get a call from a real estate agent wondering if the house is available for a showing in forty minutes time. If you want to see what happens before a showing of our house, go back a few days and check out the story “ Hide and Seek.“  I have exactly 10 minutes to “ stage “ the house. I wasn`t able to hide everything but I gave it one hell of a shot. And speaking of Louisburg, the temperature dropped a full fifteen degrees between Sydney and Louisburg that afternoon… a distance of about 35 kilometers. As we approached the town, we could see the wall of fog hovering over the community.

Now that my editor is home after a three day love in with our granddaughter in Halifax, I will be asking her politely, after suitable caffeineation, to edit the story “ Privacy in the Privy.“ This is a true story ( some of it is true ). When we were in P.E.I. on the weekend, the doorknob fell off the bathroom door with Betty inside. What would you do if you discovered a damsel in distress? And what would you do if you got locked in for three or four hours while your knight in shining armour was out shopping ( unlikely! ) or golfing? Why, you would need an emergency kit and I have devised one that is perfect for the woman in your life.

Our company, Success’N Planning is the major sponsor of a golf tournament tomorrow. This should be good for a few stories.

Have a great weekend.

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