In the first panel, Ozzie sits contemplating what to write in his gratitude journal. In the second one, Earl arrives with a ball in his mouth and barks gently. A heart floats up from Ozzie's head in the second panel. In the third panel, Ozzie's chair sits empty, his pen on top of his open journal. Above the frame, we see lines from his journal with a single word: "Dogs."
11 November, 2024

Lest We Forget

by Doug Nix
in Poetry

In fields of Flanders, poppies grow, Amidst the trenches, row by row. From Vimy Ridge to Ypres town, Our brave Canucks laid their lives down. Beyond the Somme, their courage shown, On battlefields, they’d never known. Passchendaele’s blood-soaked ground, Echoes still with wartime sound. In Normandy, they stormed the shore, Defeating tyranny and war. In…

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12 July, 2024

Melbourne, VIC, AU

by Doug Nix
in Stories, Travel

I visited Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, at the end of November 2023. This was my first international trip since the start of the pandemic and my first trip to Australia. I was travelling to Melbourne for ISO standards development meetings.

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12 September, 2023

Ford’s Election

by Doug Nix
in Politics

Election – A Haiku by wristPin Beautiful leapingA sad conservative winProgressive dreams lost

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15 June, 2022

Metric system

by Doug Nix
in Politics, Stories

The USA, along with 40 other countries signed the the Treaty of the Meter in Paris in 1875. In the late 1960s, both the US and Canada decided that continued use of the Imperial system of measurements, or inch-pound system in the US, didn’t make sense since the rest of the world worked and lived…

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15 December, 2021

Tokyo 2019

by Doug Nix
in Stories, Travel

In the fall of 2019, I travelled to Tokyo to attend some standards development meetings. At the time I left, there was no indication that the world was about to head into a pandemic. The coming storm Just before I was about to leave Canada, I learned that there was a massive typhoon headed out…

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10 July, 2021

Expertise

by Doug Nix
in Stories

I heard this excellent little story recently about expertise and why experts and consultants are worth what they charge.

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1 April, 2021

Canoes

by Doug Nix
in Fun, Recreation

Paddling a canoe is one of my favourite ways to spend some time, alone or with someone. I first learned to paddle a canoe as a young Scout leader in the 1980’s in Guelph, Ontario. Another young leader, D’Arcy Grant, taught me the basics and helped me grow my skills over the years. His friendship…

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22 March, 2021

Laughs

by Doug Nix
in Funny
WHite sign with blue lettering, reading NOTICE Thank you for noticing this notice, yur noticing this notice has been noted

A post about things that make me laugh.

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