“Whether a friendship ended with a move across the country; a first love dissolved with graduation; the job transfer necessitated office goodbyes; declining health brought on shorter conversations until there were none; someone’s empty chair signalled a painful transition, it is wise and encouraging to keep in mind – no, to keep in your heart that our souls go on. Once bonded, especially with love, there is no breakage between your soul and...

“You’ve put the money down for the overseas trip you’ve always wanted to take. You’ve finally decided to wear that color. Though you’ve been told as a kid you can’t carry a tune, you’re joining the community choir anyway. Never having stepped foot in a gym, you’re signing up this fall. A meat and potatoes fan? You’re eating sushi on Friday. Asked to present on your fav topic, you’re doing it even though you’re scared silly. A neighbor has been...

“A memory, a situation, a song, an encounter, a dream, a return to a familiar place prompts a flashback to a cascade of feelings. Are they feel-good or not so very happy?  Do they pull you back into something or someone that you thought was long forgotten, removed and dissolved? Not so! Like a ghost, they’re back to haunt – perhaps tantalize you. You have to admit despite the tugging and even the pleasure, you’re not the same person you...

“Is it your imagination or are you experiencing more animals coming up to you than before? Are they looking at you longer as they peer from behind a tree? Are they swooping in closer and lower than you remember? Are there more of them than you typically see on a walk in the neighbourhood or hike in the woods? No, you’re not imagining things, the animals are approaching us. They are observing you and figuring out whether you are ready in...

“” Sign, sign – Everywhere a sign -Blockin’ out the scenery – Breakin’ my mind – Do this, don’t do that – Can’t you read the sign?” These lyrics come from the song released in 1970 by Five Man Electrical Band. They’re just as relevant today as then: road signs, directions, traffic lights, warnings, pedestrian crossings, billboards, speed cameras…add orange pile-ons and construction barriers to the...