Posts by mheff
The Shirley Years part 5
Hi everybody! More people than I thought have been waiting for this next installment of The Shirley Years. I began the series with no other aim than to chronicle and archive the era for Shirley and myself. But I’ve been getting feedback from unexpected sources expressing interest and gently nudging me to quicken the pace.…
Read MoreTouched By A Cat Angel
I travel quite a bit. Up until the pandemic, I was averaging over 90 days a year and some years more than 100. In 2010 Patti began to travel as well for her job. The Dilemma So who would take care of our house cat, Lillie, and the two outdoor cats, Dex and Rooney? All…
Read MoreMorrison Lake
My uncle Joe Kelly had a cottage in Muskoka when we were growing up. Muskoka is an area of 6735 square kilometers in central Ontario. Its most southern boundary lies about 160 kilometers from Toronto. If you’re lucky, and the traffic is up to speed, you can do it in an hour and 40 minutes.Morrison…
Read MoreGenie In A Bottle
Molasses (slow as) I haven’t written about the “Dating Game” in quite a while. There’s a good reason for that. During my last go-round with online dating, I, against the odds, met someone special. I wasn’t at all optimistic that a few months of interviewing people would pay off. It wasn’t that I didn’t enjoy…
Read MoreThe Cat Colony
Review March 2, 2021 After thirteen years, the group of at least twenty feral and stray cats that my ex and I managed has dwindled to just four. Some we found homes for, a few were taken by animal control, and I suppose some just reached the end of their lives. Because we captured most…
Read MoreThe Shirley Years part four
In December of 1977, Shirley called me with news of a tour in Atlantic Canada starting the first week of January. Very popular in the Maritimes, she was to headline nine shows. We needed a band. I called a drummer I knew, my old friend Gary Craig and he suggested a bass player, Bob Wilson,…
Read MoreLockdown Almost Locked Up
I have a little more time on my hands than usual like most people these days. Sometimes to amuse myself, I dig back into my past and recall some of my life events like they were movies. It takes little effort as I have a good episodic memory that can retrieve events in detail, complete…
Read MoreReturn To Albuquerque
Hi everyone! If you’ve been following my blog, you might remember the story of the white knuckle flight home from Scottsdale, Arizona, early one June morning in 2017.The post is available in the archive under the “Blog” tab. It’s called “Left At Albuquerque,” and you’ll have to scroll down a ways to find it.We made…
Read MoreFirst Rant Of 2021
How was everyone’s holiday season? If you’re like me, it probably wasn’t very traditional. The first time in eight years that my family wasn’t together for Christmas dinner and the first time ever that we didn’t get together at least once during the week of Dec. 24 to Jan. 1.We followed the rules set out…
Read MoreBring On Jan. 1
Hi everyone!Let me tell you what’s been going on in Heff world these past months. Beer, Sudoku, crossword puzzles and Netflix. Last February was the last time I had played a concert until Friday, December 18, when we (Gord and band) did a live stream from the El Mocambo in Toronto.I had a few “oh…
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