Monthly Archives: October 2016

On the grounds at Mission Hill winery, Westbank, Kelowna.

Pizza party on the weekend, sipping decantered Terroir Chardonnay from Mission Hills, Kelowna wine cellar. 2013; only 20 barrels made. Enough to turn one into a happy connoisseur.

A ‘little’ film of talking heads packed with truths, epiphanies, and insights galore. The main themes being: Are you really living? Are you really spontaneous and truly engaged with life and present process? Are you really truly conscious of how … Continue reading →

(Movement: a natural state of being and becoming reflecting a life of process.) “Keep movin’; it’s hard to hit a moving target.”

(Jules Verne issues were particularly dramatic and imaginative.) Classics Illustrated came into my world about age 10 (1959ish) and I’d have to say that it and MAD magazine were the earliest influential ‘book’ readings long after whatever Golden books in … Continue reading →

(Hitchcockian interlude with birds covering the backyard trees) (usually just see 1 or 2 max.) Some 50 or more spread out across several adjoining backyards including our own around 3 o’clock this afternoon. Never seen more than 2 max together … Continue reading →

-You are the protagonist of your own life. -The experience of beauty is important in affecting and enhancing your imagination, mind, sensibility, feelings, spirit, and soul. -It is important to have some way of expressing your feelings and thoughts, to … Continue reading →

It’s the number one movie at the weekend box office. What other criteria could there possibly be? With fewer and fewer critics working for the media everywhere, the hoi-polloi have no access to skilled reviewers’ opinions and judgements. The death … Continue reading →

with drone-owners ignoring restrictions where city buildings are or where aircraft fly, with drivers ignoring distraction bylaws, with driverless auto-cars hitting the roads, with marijuana being legalized and police having no master plan for dealing with driving under pot influence or kids and others losing … Continue reading →