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Basketball has changed in the past 40 years – but has it changed for the better? (Part 2)
For me, the biggest issue is how the 3-point line has changed the game.
Basketball has changed in the past 40 years – but has it changed for the better? (Part 1)
I love basketball and have loved it for a long time. Although never particularly gifted athletically, I played in high school, I played senior men’s, and I played a lot of pick-up.
Liberation in growing older
There is liberation in growing older – true in many ways, as I’m sure those of a certain age would agree
Our wood stove: Keep the home fire burning?
You need four things to get through a New Brunswick winter: a snowblower, a generator (the more wattage, the better, so it can run your whole house), a 4-wheel drive, and a wood stove.
Accepting my own limitations
A dear friend and I were having a conversation the other day, in which I mentioned that I think I’m done writing poetry.
Angst about Ukraine leading up to the 2024 US election
“I’ll end the war in 24 hours,” Trump has said. Sure, by giving Putin everything he wants, including all of Ukraine.
Thanksgiving 2024: Gratitude for those who share this writing journey with me
Writing and sharing information that either helps, informs, entertains, or evokes emotion gives me reason to get up every morning
The day in 1980 I struck a blow for Canada
Partly as a result of this anti-Trudeau sentiment, Western separatism was on the rise and a separatist party called the Western Canada Concept decided to hold a rally at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton in November 1980.