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John Wayne.  An iconic man’s man.  I remember the first time I saw a John Wayne movie when I was a boy.  True Grit.  It was the late 60’s and my dad took us to the 17th St. Drive In, in Calgary.  We had an old wood paneled Ford station wagon – sleeping bags in the back for when we …

A very good friend of mine is an excellent artist. He paints full-time and makes his living solely through the sale of his paintings. He can paint anything, but for whatever reason he is captivated by river rocks. A number of years ago, before he became the accomplished painter that he is today, he told me a story of an …

Actually, ‘life’ is a contact sport. Decades ago I coached football.  And, years before that I played football.  Sometimes I joke that I used to be a really good athlete about 30 pounds ago. Football is a true contact sport.  Hitting – physical contact – is a major part of the game.  Hitting is not an incidental aspect of the …

Clint Eastwood. An iconic man’s man. The kind of man every man would like to be and every woman would like to be with. Well, at least that is what his movie legend would suggest… However, there is no denying the impact that Clint has had on North American culture through the plethora of movies he has made, and the …