Norm’s Notes

  • Route 52

    There was a bus route in Ottawa, back in the day, where the morning driver was a local hero. Not because of some dramatic event, but because he spent forty years doing what he was born to do, and doing it well. City buses back then were noisy, grimy, overcrowded, reeking of diesel and sweat….

  • Taking Stock

    As 2021 winds down, we naturally turn to the new year, wondering what it may hold for us. But the more important question is, “What do we hold for the new year?” Because the truth is that to a very large extent, the new year will give us what we give it. Sure, stuff will…