Monthly Archives: October 2015

violence, inequality, ubiquitous advertising, and non-stop agendas, it is a comfort to know that one’s sensibility and sanity can be restored easily on a Saturday morning by putting on the first CD of the sublime complete Beethoven Masterworks (Deutsche Grammophon). … Continue reading →

Based on Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw (itself a haunting classic ghost story), The innocents is an effectively disturbing movie about a governess looking after two imaginative young children who may have become/been ‘corrupted’ by two adults … Continue reading →

One of those myriad acceptances as one ages and begins to be more realistic or frank, and ‘lets go’. All along in the process of one’s life, governments come and go, and things keep running with, basically, interchangeable parts. Most … Continue reading →

The absolutely perfect expression of my favorite season. Can be watched anytime you want to conjure up images of fall or have fall in your living space. A true 122 minute labour of love by Tony Helsloot, which has a … Continue reading →

There are many Christmas treats, but one of the absolute best is Second Cup’s Holiday Blend Estate Tea which tastes like Christmas and the holidays and certainly can evoke that feeling and imagery year-round (if you manage to save some bags … Continue reading →

“Every man has to be his own saviour. Sometimes I feel that you really know me Sometimes there’s so much you can show me. And your life is a story like the wind Your life is a story like the … Continue reading →

A mass delusion which greatly disservices life and learning possibilities for kids. Platform obsession at the expense of significant process, true critical thinking, and significant, basic subject matter, foundationing, and perspectiveing kids beyond mere techno job training. Most educational professionals … Continue reading →

Possibilities consciousness thinking ideas Truths freedom choice “following my bliss” Process flow play curiosity Nature Beauty music great or classic films language literature poetry imagination creativity voice Genius Real People Family (live in-person) Presence sensibility Gifts of self appreciation irony humor … Continue reading →

There has never been a choice for me. I grew up in and with Nature. My favorite memories have always been always associated with Nature and its beauties. I have long known that things and screens will never love people.

(beautiful gardenia tree flower which my daughter, amazingly, raised in Edmonton; when you smell it, you have smelled the best flower smell of all–such sublime fragrance: truly soul-stirring) “You had an interesting life. What did you do that changed or influenced … Continue reading →