Story 61 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie
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When I was young, we were a family of four living in a small
apartment. At the time, especially as a teenager, I bemoaned
my lot in life and wished I lived in a far grander home like a
My mother fancied herself a philosopher. She read Lin
Yutang and Richard Needham of the Toronto Globe and Mail.
My father was an army guy, a vet who lived for hockey and
football. My mother had no one with whom she could discuss
the issues of the day until I came along. Newspaper in hand,
she would come at me as I was getting dressed to go out and
play and begin by saying, “This is quite interesting…” Then...
2022
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