This has been a very difficult couple of years for me. The deaths of my sainted Aunt Dawn, Great Aunt Zorka and my beloved grandmother (Baba in Macedonian) have shaken me. I think that it will take me some time to process the loss. These were three women who were independent, strong, successful, kind, disciplined …
Category Archives: My Life
Back to blogging, with renewed purpose and enthusiasm
These have been a difficult couple of years, for several reason, the first of which is a sequence of deaths of people very close to me. I have had to think through and rethink many of the ways that I look at life, as well as my priorities. I feel like I have come out …
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Computers I have used and video games I have played
I have been a computer enthusiast since I was a young boy. My first computer was a Texas Instruments Ti99/4A on which I first learned the joys of video games and computer programming. After that we had a Macintosh SE, with a whopping 10MB hard drive. It felt like a supercomputer! My first laptop was a …
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Recipe for dinner (and leftovers lunch): Glazed trout with black rice, slaw with aioli
I made dinner last night and – true to form – fish was on the menu. Those of you who know me are aware of my overwhelming love of seafood. Appetizer: Seared Scallop with Truffle Salt This is an easy one. You heat a greased cast iron pan slowly until it reaches maximum heat. While …
Simple pleasures: Crèpes à la @AlexSevigny
I have never been much of a breakfast person. To be honest, I often will have a little of last night’s dinner for breakfast when I am on my own, as I am not a fan of cereals. Today I found myself contemplating foods I actually like for breakfast and thought I would start writing them up. I …
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Mindful of small pleasures: drinks
I sometimes take a moment to think about the things that make me happy or comfortable. I was having a conversation with a friend recently who asked me to blog about stuff that I brings me comfort. I thought that I might write about a few. As you may remember, I wrote a series of …
My new favourite handwriting tool: Adonit Jot Touch with Pixelpoint
I have terrible handwriting. Often, it is so bad that I have to spend significant amounts of time deciphering what I have scribbled during meetings or when I have written down personal observations. Recently, I discovered the joys and efficiencies of writing and drawing on my iPad with a stylus. I started with one of …
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New Year’s Resolutions 2015
Hmm… Another year has passed. A year of a few joys but many sorrows. I lost my beloved and Sainted aunt Dawn this year – much too early, in her early sixties – to cancer. It was a blow that marked me and made me truly reconsider what I feel to be important in life. The …
Time is a Luxury
When we are children, we think that time stands still. As adults, we think it races. What does this mean about how we should organize our lives… should we live for the present or for the future? Children anticipate the passage of time, looking forward to the end of the day, the end of the …
Why religion is practical
We make a lot out of the spiritual and moral sides of religion, but rarely do we discuss the practical value it adds to our lives. I thought I would spend a few moments discussing what Catholicism, my religion, brings to my everyday life. Closer family ties. I was born into a blended Catholic-Orthdox family. …