As Ian Sees It

 I have nine grand children.  All of them in some form of school and all of them starting the next school year between yesterday and Tuesday.  I have two children who are teachers and they are also back in school.   The very idea of school brings a couple of things to mind.  Firstly,  I am a sucker for nostalgia.  I don't mean to get lost in the past,  but I do love the feelings the recall of certain things give me.  Secondly, August and September are my favourite months.   I have always enjoyed the warm days and cool evenings that come to this part of my home and native land in those two months.  I love the colours.  In August the crops are ready to reap.  They turn to golden and they wave with the winds.  In September, the leaves turn.   The leaves are mostly yellow in these parts but some local flora such as the Mountain Ash turn a beautiful Auburn/reddish colour.  A goodly amount of the lower brushes are...

   A little over half way through the XXXIII Olympiad and we have seen some pretty incredible things.  Like Simone Biles,  who is so powerful, so in control, so complete.  And for all her physical talents have done for the discipline,  let us not forget what her recovery and her addressing the mental journey she has taken this last four years has done for athletes around the world.       Of course, if you're a fan of swimming from any country,  Canada's Summer Macintosh has been pretty jaw dropping.  A 17 year old as well versed on giving an interview as she is swimming the butterfly,  or being a team member.        The fastest man in the world 100m will always be the draw,  and this time the fastest man in the world was five thousandths of a second better than the second fastest man in the world.  Then out of nowhere a B.C. kid, years younger and less experienced than the rest of the field won a g...