There it is again, as regular as clockwork. As much as I try to “reason” my way out of it,… Read more Jam Gen Well-Being: Labour Day Blues

There it is again, as regular as clockwork. As much as I try to “reason” my way out of it,… Read more Jam Gen Well-Being: Labour Day Blues
What IS it about 4 AM? I am fortunate to sleep through most nights. But on some occasions, usually in… Read more Jam Gen Health: The 4 AM Blues
Recently it hit me that some of the greatest pleasures in life are the simple ones, the ones we so… Read more Jam Gen Health: The Small Pleasures of Life
In February 2019, in those halcyon days before anyone had heard of COVID-19, I signed up to volunteer as a… Read more Jam Gen Nostalgia: A Trip to the Kiwanis Music Festival
‘Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the Pole Not a creature was stirring – except one tired old… Read more Jam Gen Holiday Fun: The Marvellous Mrs. Claus
In January 2019, I finally did something I had wanted to do for years – I signed up for a… Read more Jam Gen Health: Writing Our Way Through the Pandemic
So 2020 has departed none too soon and here we are in the first quarter of 2021. Doesn’t feel much… Read more Jam Gen Health: The Winter of Our Discontent
Even in the good years, getting through a trip around the sun can feel like a Herculean effort. Each lunar… Read more Jam Gen Calendar: A Guided Tour Around the Sun
I knew Santa’s days were numbered when Son #1, then age eight, told me that there was a “real” Santa… Read more Jam Gen Ethics: The Ambiguity of Lying
Hear that noise? No? Me neither. It’s 9:30 in the morning on the first day of school. That sound? Dead… Read more Jam Gen Parenting: Back to School