Monthly Archives: December 2016

we have now officially entered the McCarthy witch-hunt era again with a B.C. teacher at a private school being fired when asked his opinion on abortion by a student (he simply said he was against it). The agenda-ed witch-hunters are … Continue reading →

(used to take down elephants) revealed enough doses to kill everyone in Canada. Mankind is determined to destroy itself utterly one way or another. Pretty obvious given how good drugs there are that keep people alive and the fact that … Continue reading →

Who could ever forget “Ipanema” and the wisp, silky sounds accompanying Astrud on her husband’s song? Clearly classic, like forever. You played both sad and sweet opening up the melancholy aloneness of our hearts from the inside. Decades later, posthumously … Continue reading →

Peter Vaughan, 93, who played Anthony Hopkins’ butler-father who was becoming senile in the excellent Remains of the Day. He did a lot of UK tv work, in one case being a memorable Dickens’ villain with his long chin and … Continue reading →

when it’s too frigid for crows and magpies to bother with garbage bags: Canadian Tire, duck tape, and gasline antifreeze.

(left to right: RD, Glen Kirkland, Dean McKenzie–all of us senior high school teachers who started reading poetry together beginning in the late 1980s) My dear dead friends in Spiritus, a glorious performance poetry trio of the 1990s. We often … Continue reading →

Second Cup’s Holiday tea with its fruity scent always expresses/suggests Christmas for me. That and mulled wine. Interesting how a smell can evoke strong seasonal consciousness and memories.

Memories tend to be sans words; more images than anything else. Smells are hard-wired. Waking up to the smell of cigarettes, coffee, and toast. Of those three, it is the smell of toast that takes me back to waking up, … Continue reading →

Of course, violent individual behavior manifests itself either through violence toward others (e.g., swearing, sadism, killing)or toward oneself (e.g., suicide). One reason for violence toward others is to get money, possessions, or property (e.g., land, house). Another, more general reason … Continue reading →

quickly creates irony and ironic humor in one.”–RD