Baba's Beach Podcast

Episodes

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   Baba’s Beach Podcast #32 – Memories

   Memories aren’t the full story for anyone. They are more of a highlight reel of our lives. This is probably why four people will never remember a shared event in exactly the same way. If at all. What we remember is more a matter of perspective about an event. How important it was. Like a green...

   Dec 2, 2021

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   Baba’s Beach Podcast #31 – Orvieto

   Wherever you go, whatever you see, it is the food, the wine and the sound of laughter that will be your best souvenir. Continue reading →

   Dec 1, 2020

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   Baba’s Beach Podcast #30 – His Greatest Gift

   Toronto is called cold and heartless by most of the country. It is big and life doesn’t slow down for many of the people there. But it does have a heart. It’s just a matter of taking a few minutes … Continue reading →

   Dec 1, 2019
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   Baba’s Beach Podcast #29 – and wonder why you waited so long

   One of my favorite quotes is from Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town “Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don’t talk in English and don’t even want to.” … Continue reading →

   Dec 2, 2013
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   Baba’s Beach Podcast #28 – Welcome to middle age

   That kid you saw staggering down main street, hooting and puking on Canada Day may well be the doctor you’ll see in emergency next week. He’ll be wearing the white coat and you’ll be the one barfing as a kidney … Continue reading →

   Dec 1, 2012
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   Baba’s Beach Podcast #27 – Win or lose, it’s the best game in the world…but mostly when we win.

   Yes, it is genetic. The Swedes are fast, the Russians are machines but nobody plays this game like the folk that invented it. There is field hockey and even pool hockey but skating on a winter morning, on a pond, … Continue reading →

   Jun 13, 2011
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   Baba’s Beach Podcast #26 – And then she just exploded

   It’s one of the big no-no’s to tie a podcast to one season as they can be listened to at any time of the year. So, this isn’t actually a Christmas podcast:it’s about the spirit of forgiveness which, in my … Continue reading →

   Jun 12, 2011
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   Baba’s Beach Podcast #25 – Ahem

   Just another Yankee with a Maple Leaf on her back-pack While still engaged to mom, dad whisked off to the University of Washington to get a BA in theatre. Mom and dad corresponded faithfully until one day Dad mentioned working in … Continue reading →

   Jul 1, 2009
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   Baba’s Beach Podcast #24 – Under (de)construction

   To Michelangelo the process of his art was to look at a block of marble atdawn in order to see the figure it contained and then to take away allthe pieces that didn’t belong. I seem to be a work in … Continue reading →

   Jun 22, 2009
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    Baba’s Beach Podcast #23 – Bombing a Better Tomorrow

    Something good can be found in just about anything, I guess. Sulfadrugs and penicillin came out of the First World War; RADAR, plasticsand synthetic fuels from the 2nd. The Vietnam War brought about a revolution in technological support for the disabled–I … Continue reading →

    Jul 2, 2008