More Children’s Books That Should be Banned

a a Hop on Pop Reason: Promotes family violence. a Harold and the Purple Crayon Reason: Encourages vandalism and defacing of public property. a Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel r Reason: Stereotypes hard-working Irish-American immigrants. r Green Eggs and Ham Reason: Biased against mice, foxes, and goats. a Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing [...]

I Can Write an Inspirational Post About ANYTHING…

a WOOD Think about this wood. No, really. Stop and THINK about it. Like us, it is battered and aged. Because like us, it has weathered the storms of life. But there is harmony and structure there. Despite the hardships it has suffered, the wood remains strong and resilient. It reminds us not to go against [...]

Friar’s Easy Recipes for Bachelors who Hate to Cook

a Tartine au Pain Blanc – Take two slices of squishy white bread, made of bleached processed flour – Smear one slice with sugar-laden trans-fat peanut butter, in clockwise strokes – Smear the other slice with a red jam made of high-fructose corn syrup, in counter-clockwise strokes. – Assemble the pieces into one sammitch.   [...]

Boredom = Inspiration

Most productive thing I accomplished all week, actually.

Saying Hi To An Old Friend

I did my annual pilgrimage to Lake Superior a few weeks ago. The Bear seemed to enjoy the lake. So did I. It’s like going back to an old friend and saying “Hi”. a And it’s impossible NOT to feel relaxed when you’re in her presence. It’s better than going to a therapist.    Maybe [...]

Friar’s Cynical Answers to Time-Honored Adages

“You can do anything you want…if you just put your mind to it.” Okay, so there’s only one  Olympic Gold Medalist.   I guess that means all the other atheletes who didn’t win,  really didn’t want it that badly, huh? “God doesn’t give us anything we can’t handle.” Tell that to suicide victims. “Things happen [...]

20 and 1/4 inches

On my last post, one of my loyal readers commented: “I was disappointed not to see any pictures of fish or paintings of food.” Well…I haven’t done any paintings lately.    Sorry, I can’t help you there. But I do have a new fish picture. I hope this is okay…and lives up to your expectations.

Travels with the Bear: Exploring Some of the Back-Roads of Northern Ontario

I often take photos of Junior Bear in such spectacular locations like a mountain peak somewhere in the Canadian Rockies, the shore or Lake Superior, or Yellowstone Park.    But there are times we also like to visit boring, plain, out-of-the-way places,  just to say we’ve been there.   Like some of the small towns in [...]

World’s Lamest Northern Pike

a And I caught him. a a a