Memoir - The Prairie Maritimer

Turning sixty-five has been a kick in the teeth in a way I never would have expected

Reading time:8 mins read
Post published:2024-04-21
Post category:Memoir
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

Nothing focusses the mind like having the end in sight, but beware of the cost

Pachelbel, the CBC, and the liberal arts: A surprising connection

Reading time:8 mins read
Post published:2024-03-31
Post category:Memoir
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

Notwithstanding pre-existing personal bias and a considerable amount of immaturity, I was able to hear Pachelbel’s Canon and listen to the CBC news right afterward with an entirely different mindset.

Peter Lougheed and me

Reading time:6 mins read
Post published:2024-01-26
Post category:Memoir
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

He was a giant in more ways than a young university student in the early 1980s, who grew up elsewhere, could possibly realize, but in ways that have endured.

Bus driving adventures

Reading time:10 mins read
Post published:2023-12-23
Post category:Memoir
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

Everyone has “one of those days” at work from time to time and driving a motorcoach with more than 50 seats can present its own set of challenges in that regard.

Memoir: essays on identity, home, and life in the “last quarter”