I started the day with a plan. I promised to write a new blog as I’m trying not to let the lake distract me and give me an excuse to be a bum. I excel at being a bum, by the way. So many people who don’t know me think all I do is work,..
I know this appears as a predictable post considering Mother’s Day is soon but if any of you know me or have seen me speak, or even read my book, you would know about my Mom! In fact, and with no attempt at humility, I have very often stated that my story is really my..
I have to explain that headline. The last blog I wrote was last year! I haven't been ill. I haven't quit speaking. I have gone through a bout of depression with the loss of our beloved Border/Belgian dog Raymond this Spring and that's a huge part of where my heart has been and that's significant...
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This is going to be a short post to my blog because I have more important things to do right now. My wife and business partner, Darlene, are at the 2016 edition of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers Association (CAPS) National Convention. Yes, speakers also have a convention. Bizarre, huh? Imagine the people who..
I haven’t written a new blog for a while. I’ve been “out of sorts”. I’m such a wimp! Last Spring, Darlene booked a trip for her bucket list (by the way, I don’t like that expression but works here). She has been talking about this for years. So, October 28th, she left home, meeting up..
i have to admit, with Canadian Thanksgiving approaching, this subject was so predictable it just seemed too obvious to blog about it, but a personal experience yesterday changed my mind for me. I was invited to speak to the students of the Alberta Children’s Hospital school in Calgary. It wasn’t my first time, but it..
If that headline doesn’t make you take notice, huh? But it is the truth! According to Celeste Orr, a PhD Candidate at the University of Ottawa in the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies specializing in Disabiltiy and Intersex Studies (amazing this department even exists), people like me are peddling porn by achieving what we..
Those of you who know me in any capacity probably know that I play the drums. Those of you who are my actual friends know that I was involved in what I called “My Secret British Mission” and on my social media, I also called it “The Magical Mystery Tour!” as I posted several photos..
So it may seem by the heading, "I'm much more than a circus act!", that I'm in a bad mood! I'm not. In fact I am in a very buoyant mood practically floating after seventeen days spent touring the United Kingdom. I did eleven talks (I may have gone that number wrong on social media)..
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On the 28th of May (last Saturday), I had a fascinating day. Let me re-phrase that. Most of my working days as a speaker are fascinating as every group has its own personality but this blog is about a gig in my hometown of Yorkton, Saskatchewan. It’s a place that most people have never heard..