Baseball pitchers and real life!

Jul 25, 2013

I’m not a big baseball fan. I didn’t watch this week’s MLB all-star game. But apparently there was this magic moment when a pitcher—a “closer,” to be more accurate–walked onto the mound for the last appearance of a storied career.   He pitched all of one...

Oh Canada!

Jul 1, 2013

The streets were thronged with thousands so that you could barely move in the crowd! Most were decked in red, and carried all manner of maple leafs—on their hats, their jerseys, their hoodies, the flags they waved, even their shoes. And spontaneously the crowds burst...