Weetabix: The Song My old friend Andy McClelland is a brilliant singer/songwriter. Recently Andy has taken some of the silly song lyrics and doggerel that I’ve written and turned this dross into some golden tunes. Our most recent collaboration is “The Weetabix Song” that Andy has created based on a satiric little piece that I..
Returning home… Adieu à notre belle vie française After two and a half years of living in beautiful Dijon, France, a city that we have grown to love, my wife and I are returning to Canada for keeps on Easter Sunday. Friends on both sides of the Atlantic – and our two sons as well..
Atteindre le sommet de la liste globale des pires ventes mondiales Reaching the pinnacle of the international worst seller list English to follow : Mon livre – la version anglaise ainsi que la version française – a franchi une nouvelle étape : Il a battu de nouveaux records en atteignant le sommet de la liste..
Weetabix Each and very morning, my wife needs a quick fix; She’s compelled to devour her Weetabix. Breakfasts in her native Slovakia were much more eclectic; When she came to Canada at age 10, out went the authentic. A ship without mooring, she ingested every sort of North American comestible; Her parents, non-plussed, found..
What’s in a name? Becoming SpongeBob “Sticks and stones will break my bones/ But names will never hurt me.” (An old adage which is a bare-faced lie) When I was barely eight years old and living in Georgetown, Ontario, an earth-shattering upheaval shook my identity to the core: I lost the name my parents..
Seen but not heard My father’s attitude toward children was simple: They were to be seen but not heard; Or preferably not seen… nor heard. That was the simplest solution of all for Jim McBryde. Dad had a particularly hard spot For rambunctious boys, Especially from my mother’s side of the family; Cousins Johnny..
Les immortelles de montagne commonly bloom in springtime near where we live in Burgundy, France. Here is a Haiku poem honoring these lovely, delicate flowers. Les immortelles de montagne/ Everlasting flowers Gracing the chilly heights Of mountains in early spring Immortals defy death. Les immortelles have many other names in English..
Le temps passé avec vous fut bref mais tordant Robert McBryde https://robertmcbrydeauthor.com/ Récompensé à perpétuité par sa progéniture par le prix du vêtement d’hiver le plus embarrassant, ainsi que par une médaille d’or pour l’accent le plus bizarre dans une langue étrangère, Robert McBryde s’est tourné vers la création d’histoires pour trouver du réconfort. S’inspirant..
Random thoughts upon turning 72 The end is in the beginning… Short but very funny La version française de cette vignette suit la version anglaise. Even before my Slovak father in law reached my age, he would repeat with ritualistic regularity, “In a short time I be dead.” (Za krátky čas budem mŕtvy.) ..
The Trial of Duddy Kravitz This is Academy Award week and one the films in line for best picture is a brilliant courtroom drama titled Anatomy of a Fall ((Anatomie d’une chute). My family has always loved courtroom dramas. So I created trials with and for my students. Here is a piece about Duddy..