Oliver Moorcraft-Sykes is an acclaimed spiritualist, scrivener, and amateur orthodontist living and writing in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His accomplishments are too many and varied to list, but suffice it to say that he’s done everything that George Santos has done, and then some. Should you have any questions or concerns about his writing, please do not hesitate to try and contact him.
All living is hard living, there are no two ways about it. This world will knock you about pretty good if you don’t develop the skills to properly navigate it; there are simply some things you just need to know to survive and thrive. Unfortunately, we are not born with these skills, with this knowledge. … Read more »
With the corpse of 2023 still relatively fresh in its grave, the bitter taste of January blood in our mouths, I find myself thinking back on the recently passed New Year’s Eve celebration. For me, the last evening of the year will always be freighted with high expectations. I believe this stems from the times… Read more »
When I was walking home in the early hours of the first day of 2024, a sports car drove by in the lightly falling snow. It was a fine machine. Sleek and built for speed, streetlights reflected in its chrome, headlights flashing, tail lights glowing, heading confidently towards its destination; a vision of the way… Read more »
As I get older, I place increasing importance upon self-improvement in both body and mind. Rarely a day goes by when I am not seriously reflecting upon all the ways that I can become even more self-actualized and humble. In pursuit of this progress, I incorporate gleanings from a variety of sources into my daily… Read more »
If I am a hedonist—and I definitely am—I partly blame Aladdin and his magic lamp and the secret cave of wonders that he discovered. Or, at least, an amateur theatrical pantomime adapted for children from the story, which is included in One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, that famous collection of Middle Eastern folktales. I… Read more »
Ah, Lady Luck. So much of what happens to us in life is reliant upon random chance. In fact, the caprices of fate begin to play their part from the moment of our conception onward, in the form of the genes we have inherited and the unpredictable ways in which our brains and bodies develop. … Read more »
Well, the holiday season is finally here. Of course, it’s a nice idea to lean heavily into whatever vibes of comfort and joy we can generate over the coming weeks. Overall, it’s been a shitty year in more ways than you could count, and 2024 doesn’t exactly look like it’ll be all rainbows and parade… Read more »
There is nothing more repugnant to me than whatever is genuine, authentic, and heartfelt. Give me the artificial and the sham any day of the week. I’m sure the universe abounds with life forms that are not given to chicanery, deviousness, falsity, and deceit. Human beings are not amongst them. Let me give you a… Read more »
One of the great joys of growing older is relishing an ever-deepening understanding of what I like and don’t like. Hollandaise sauce, dark chocolate, smoky bourbon, Calvin & Hobbes, golden retrievers, Hitchcock films, Louis Armstrong and Shakespeare, for example, are all sources of deep pleasure to me that demand to be embraced. Long speeches, Costco… Read more »
The arrival of November’s biting winds foretells the inevitable onslaught of another wicked boreal winter. Even as I write this, the power lines are down and the lights have gone out. Dear old Mother Nature is howling up and down the avenue, throwing great handfuls of sleet against our windowpanes, giving us all yet another… Read more »