Robert R. Blondin, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, born 1949, the youngest of 12, in Callander, Ontario, Canada. I came to Toronto in 1968 and joined Toronto Police, civilian, retiring in 1999. Over those years and onward, I've written a number of poems and decided to share some of them. As for my artwork, I never started painting, drawing or sketching until my later years. I still do not consider myself to be an artist, nor a poet for that matter, just creatively inclined. Each day on this earth is a blessed day, a creative day; the ability to paint, to write, to sing, is a gift, no matter how good or bad the end result might be.