Author Archives: dperras56

Encounters With An Obituary

Posted on April 22, 2020 by dperras56

The young liquor store employee was earnestly marshalling his customers and repeating his instructions to each one. He looked eerily familiar. “Did anyone ever tell you that you look like Charles Manson?” I inquired. “No”, he replied curtly before launching … Continue reading →

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That’s Entertainment

Posted on April 9, 2020 by dperras56

Bear with me here, this is something that I’ve wanted to unload for some time. I swear to the universe that a lot of people want to live in fear and misery all the time. (I use the term ‘universe’ … Continue reading →

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Humble Pie

Posted on March 29, 2020 by dperras56

The other day I was sitting on a park bench drinking coffee and minding my own business, but my mug caught the attention of the guy sitting a few feet away (two metres away, I hoped.) My mug has the … Continue reading →

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A Modern Dinosaur

Posted on December 17, 2019 by dperras56

“You don’t believe girls should even play hockey, do you, Dad?” My daughter Rachelle was chiding me, once again, a couple of years back. “Well, I,… uh,”. Whatever I said, it didn’t strengthen my case of trying to convince her … Continue reading →

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Unstated Opinions

Posted on October 15, 2019 by dperras56

“The trouble with Lucius,”he said, putting his feet up on the deck after his cousin had gone,”is that he thinks politics is a fight for justice. Politics is a profession.” Marcus Tellius Cicero – Roman lawyer, orator and politician -27 … Continue reading →

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Life Skills

Posted on September 11, 2019 by dperras56

“I think you have Asperger’s”, my wife said to me. If you’re not into the latest psychological mumbo-jumbo, it means basically that you have a one-track mind. It’s a new kick she’s on. I tell her it’s because if you … Continue reading →

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Getting Through the Night… and the Day

Posted on July 23, 2019 by dperras56

The little guy lowered his hand after I called out his name. He was wide-eyed and exuberant. “My dad woke up in the middle of the night and he had to pee. And when he went into the bathroom and … Continue reading →

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A Stitch in Time

Posted on June 27, 2019 by dperras56

I told the plastic surgeon that I wanted to look like Paul Newman in the the 60s. Not when Paul Newman was in his 60s. Paul Newman in the 1960s. You know.. his heyday of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance … Continue reading →

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Barroom Humour

Posted on August 31, 2018 by dperras56

“All parents are an embarrassment to their children.” (novel) The Rosie Project Sometimes I’m grumpy, foul-tempered, negative and impatient. At least that’s what I’m told. And apparently not everyone appreciates what I consider to be a marvelous sense of humour. … Continue reading →

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Apple Pie

Posted on August 17, 2018 by dperras56

“Baseball and hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet,” rang the t.v. commercial back in the 1960s when I actually had to stand up and take a few steps to turn the channel. And even that would usually break into a … Continue reading →

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