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Sandra Oh, Where Have You Been All My Life?
I just finished watching the Netflix series, Killing Eve, and instantly fell in love with the lead actress who played Eve. Sandra Oh, where have you been all my life? Let me explain. Sandra Oh is an award-winning actress born in Canada in 1971, when I was thirty-one years old, and it’s the same year…
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Here Are Some Suggestions For All MLB Fans
As a young boy in the 1950s and ’60s, I loved playing baseball with my friends at Connaught Park on Jarvis Street in Oshawa, Ontario, my hometown. In fact, in those days, we also played football at the same park, although not for an organized team. It was just several kids in the neighborhood. We…
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Moonshine in the Maritimes – The Final Chapter
Originally published March 2, 2015 Readers of this blog will remember my original ‘Moonshine in the Maritimes’ story from March 2, 2015 – a blog that was both painful to write and impossible for me to complete its final chapter. But don’t ask me to re-publish the original blog – I deleted it one night…
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Here’s A Home That Celebrates Halloween All Year – Part Two
Please read Part One before reading this part. So, after Annette had breakfast, she got ready to accompany me on the drive to the ER department of Surrey Memorial Hospital. She also took Buddy for his walk because we knew it might be hours before we returned home. Although Buddy had eaten earlier, he had…
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Here’s A Home That Celebrates Halloween All Year Long – Part One
Yesterday, on my way to my cardiologist’s appointment, I took a shortcut about two blocks from her office. I noticed a house almost hidden by its massive Halloween display covering the entire front yard. Obviously, the home’s occupants celebrate Halloween all year long. Usually, when something captures my interest, my tiny brain flashes back to…
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Here’s Why The Miracle I Wanted Happened!
Although I never pray for myself, I only pray for others. I was hoping for a miracle when I met with Dr. Anderson, my ear, neck, and throat surgeon, yesterday. I had been anxiously awaiting for a month, since I last met with him and got the lab results from the two biopsies that were…
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Why Our Being Together Again, Warmed My Heart
Originally published September 22, 2015 In the last three years that I’ve been writing these stories (blogs), I have never written anything about my younger brother Ricky (Eric), until we got together again in Oakville, on Labor Day in 2015. Despite a University education, a promising career, a wife, and two awesome kids – Jennifer…
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This Is My First Date in 40 Years Part 1
Originally published June 17, 2015 I was getting nervous about this, my first date in almost 40 years, and here’s how it all happened. Saturday, June 13th Although we had seen each other a few times in the past 20+ years, we were always in the company of other people. But this was different –…
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Here’s Why Cancer & Tears Changed My Life
Originally published June 14, 2022 I used this story title to inform my readers about the love and support I received during the painful radiation and chemotherapy treatments in 2009. When I started writing a public journal of my loves, fears, cancer, and tears, I wanted to show why cancer and fears changed my life…
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Here’s Another Fell Down But Got Back Up Story
Sometimes, “bad luck always comes in threes,” my dear Ma used to say. She was superstitious, and now I am too, because it happened to me this morning. So, here’s another fell but got back up story. The misadventure began during a night of restless sleep. Buddy, my dog, didn’t help by waking me up…
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Why My Absence On Social Media Has Finally Ended
This morning, I ended my indefinite leave of absence on social media. Last night, I couldn’t sleep because I was feeling so lonely. I missed connecting with many friends, family, in-laws, and outlaws. Last week, when I was rushed by ambulance to the ER, I didn’t know if I would survive because of my many…
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Danny’s Taking An Indefinte Leave From Social Media
Although I will not be active on social media because of pressing health and personal issues, I hope to continue updating and writing new stories on this site.. However, I might not be able to respond to your comments, but I will be accepting emails. I need to strengthen my resolve in dealing with my…
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This Stranger’s Kindness Helped Make My Day!
Originally published April 17, 2015 I had just parked my car at the beach in White Rock, BC, and was going through my usual checklist before starting my daily power walk on the Promenade. It was a beautiful day, and I wore a jacket, shorts, and a t-shirt. However, as I exited the car, I…
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Here’s A Car That Might Make You Envious
Originally published March 24, 2015 On the first leg of my daily walk along the promenade and beach in White Rock, I noticed a shiny, red Rolls-Royce pulling into the parking lot, and it almost made me envious. Oh, here we go, I thought, ‘another rich, spoiled, yuppie showing off his car! Suddenly, I felt…
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Here’s How My Day Started Great But Almost Ended
My day started with my walk with Buddy, my dog. However, sixteen hours later, I was rushed to the ER with a heart problem, Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), and for a few tense hours, I thought the end was near. My last AFib was on October 27, 2024, and it was the third one I had…
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Sometimes It’s Better to Expect The Worst…
Today, I got up at 3:00 AM, and felt a lump in my throat. However, I often get the same feeling, and when I cough to clear it, I fill a paper towel with lots of blood in clots. However, at 7:30 AM, I had an appointment with the surgeon to get the results from…
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My First Pet Was Not A Dog
Originally published February 24, 2012 I have always loved animals – particularly dogs, but my first pet was not a dog. I got my first pet when I got my place to live in Oshawa in 1968 while attending high school. My family had moved from Oshawa to Georgetown that summer, but I decided to…
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Here’s Why I Think I’ve Won The Lottery!
Originally published March 15, 2014 The first thing I screamed after hearing the news on the radio was, “Maybe I won last night’s lottery!” Here’s what the announcer said: The winning lottery ticket of $50 Million belongs to someone in Langley, BC! I not only live in Langley, but I also always buy lottery tickets…
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Here’s Why Saying Goodbye Made The Sky Cry
Originally published September 25, 2014 On this day four years ago, I called my dear Mom in Ontario to tell her I was coming to Toronto to visit with her. Ma was in the hospital again, after suffering a second stroke. Although she seemed happy to hear that I was coming, she also sounded exhausted.…
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Being The Odd Man Out Is Challenging
Originally published June 1, 2023 Being the odd man or woman out is challenging for most people, and I regrettably belong to that group. However, I am also thankful that I have lived a life that has been this long and eventful. Not everyone has had the experiences I have enjoyed in my 73-year life.…
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The Legend Of A Great White Shark
Originally published September 8, 2014 The crowd of onlookers grew by the minute, and it was only a matter of minutes before the Great White Shark made her first appearance in the Pacific Northwest in more than five years. Some believed that she had died long ago, but they had shown up anyway – in…
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Some Folks Know Diddly Squat About Me
Originally published August 22, 2014 Have you ever noticed that there’s always a new and catchy word or phrase making the rounds? How fast do people jump on the bandwagon to use it as often as possible in every conversation until the word or phrase becomes old hat? During the years I worked in the rat…
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An Open Apology To The Younger Generation
Originally published August 16, 2014 A few months ago, I bought an app for my Blackberry to block unwanted spam in emails, text messages, and phone calls, and why this story is actually an open apology to the Generation Z population. I don’t remember being prompted to set the criteria for preventing spam emails, but…
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A Reason To Never Stop Believing In Yourself
Originally published July 31, 2014 Today, I will get my new headshots done at Kevin Clark Studios. It’s been four years since I last had them done, and well, I’ve got less hair, less weight, and more wrinkles. I had been waiting until I got my lower partial plate to hide the missing front tooth,…
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Here’s My New Love After Just One Look!
Originally published February 14, 2024 After each of my several previous love affairs ended, it caused a broken heart that I thought would never heal, but in time, it did. One of the lessons I learned early in life is that you cannot control fate by trying to fall in love. If it was meant…
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What I Learned From The Biopsy Results Today
Originally published September 6, 2025 After waiting on pins and needles, here’s what I learned from the biopsy results today. My surgeon explained that the lab results didn’t indicate cancer, but he strongly questioned the lab’s assessment. Dr. Anderson believes that it is cancer, and after examining me again, he is convinced it is cancer,…
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Will You Still Love Me After I’m Gone?
Originally published April 28, 2022 I have decided that this will be my last blog/story before I go for major surgery on May 5th, and if things go south, I was wondering: “Will you still love me after I’m gone?” Yesterday, I spoke with an RN for about an hour about the pre-admission. I learned…
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I Am Cryin’ A Final Goodbye For Holly Golightly
Originally published September 5, 2023 This morning, I had planned to say goodbye to my Holly Golightly (put her to sleep), and I was writing this a few minutes before I took Holly to the vet’s office. She’s been battling Cushing’s Disease for a few years, and she is now totally deaf and almost blind.…
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I Made A Huge Mistake In Believing
Originally published on July 8, 2023 On Thursday, July 6th, I made a huge mistake in believing I could attend the scheduled Vancouver Venturers’ Club walk in Richmond and be able to walk with everyone without fear of embarrassing myself by using my walker. But I did embarrass myself and regretted attending the walk ever…
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It Is Almost Fall And I Love Autumn
Although the first day of Fall is not until September 22nd, I already feel Autumn in my heart and spirit. There are six more sleeps before I meet with Dr. Anderson, my ETN surgeon, to get the lab results from the biopsy from my tongue/throat on August 25th in Vancouver. The waiting is the worst…