Randy | April 13, 2013
There is a sign by the main drag in Bedford, Nova Scotia right now that makes reference to a historical event – that the first telephone in the community was installed in the office of the local physician. This begs the question of exactly who, in the name of Hell, was expected to call it? [...]
Randy | March 24, 2013
My dear and most honoured Friend Ryszard, Wherever you are, I hope this letter finds you well and in good spirits. As always, and without further delay, let me express to you my undying gratitude for everything good that is in my live, as personified by Diana. When last we spoke, damn but it’s hard [...]
Randy | February 22, 2013
Last evening Mrs. LFM and I watched the most recent episode of Supernatural. There was a scene in a private club for witches, and as the camera followed our stars through a room, it passed over a well turned out couple who were engaged in a game of chess using only their minds to move [...]
Randy | February 21, 2013
By now it should be well known that I hold Crows and Ravens in the highest regard. They’ve inspired me more than a few times, and hold every promise, as with any Esteemed Friend, of continuing to do so. I have stood enthralled in the teeth of gale force winds, watching Crows swoop, spin, tuck [...]
Randy | February 13, 2013
In last week’s edition of Worldly Wisdom Wednesday, I spoke of the The True Arte of Intelligent Discourse, and identified it as but a subset of the larger Discipline called Manners. Moving forward from there, let’s dig a little deeper. Why are Manners important? Because they garner approval from society, as well as from individual [...]
Randy | February 8, 2013
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of an event for which I will be forever thankful to the Universe – the birth of my Beloved Diana, half a world away in Poland. Nearly a year ago, I commemorated her birthday with a poem. One of many she’s inspired, and will come to inspire. Yet this year of [...]
Randy | January 30, 2013
Speak the word “education” and the most common image conjured is that of a set of knowledge and skills conveyed under the auspices, and bearing the stamp of approval, of some official grantor of credentials. People seek to learn by enrolling in classes so they can emerge bearing a certificate or diploma they can display [...]
Randy | December 29, 2012
Word is that the first major snow storm of the season is set to land on our region overnight tonight. Many rail at the injustice of it all when this inevitability descends, and every year people suffer consequences up to and including death from ill conceived attempts to defy Nature. Here at the LFM camp, [...]
Randy | December 27, 2012
The cool breath of autumn that arrives here in Nova Scotia sporadically in September, always make me want to go hunting, and the drive gets stronger as the onset of Winter makes its presence known. Whether or not I plan to go afield with intentions to take game, I find myself called to go and [...]
Randy | December 25, 2012
There’s a dark, joyful lustiness to this time of year that, for Mrs. LFM and I, begins as September yields the field to October, and doesn’t really end until the glorious din of another Spring supplants it. Here’s our gift of the day to you all. A Song of Winter By LFM The equinox of [...]