Stupidity
This is freeze-up season in Northwestern Ontario. This is also the time of year that my mother moved to paradise, about 22 years ago. Those two realities are related, in my mind. When I left my home in 1971 to begin living in NW Ontario, my mother had concerns for my safety. Where our family lived, freeze-up wasn’t a season. It was an occasional event that didn’t often produce enough ice to skate on the farm pond. So Mom’s repeated warning (for the rest of her life) was, “You’ll be careful on the ice, won’t you?” And my response was Read More