Monthly Archives: December 2017

At this point on the darkest day of the year, the blog will shut down for family focus. My eye surgery follows the day after New Year’s and I won’t be back for a while, leaving time for recovery and … Continue reading →

they make it so easy to pick up and donate food packages year-round to the Food Bank for only $5 or $10. Imagine the grateful unfortunates who will be happy to eat this Christmas. It doesn’t take that much to give … Continue reading →

(Christmas Day) The car stopped in front of Ganma and Ganpa’s house. It was dark. Dada lifted me out of the car chair and set me on the snow. I walked to the house which had many lights on. Ganpa … Continue reading →

“Looking through my bedroom window, out into the moonlight and the unending smoke-coloured snow, I could see the lights in the windows of all the other houses on our hill and hear the music rising from them up the long, … Continue reading →

of preferred illusions. We are largely secret to one another, playing roles and giving (un/convincing) performances. We present fronts, by and large, of our preferred images of ourselves. Regardless of whatever depth of socialization, all of us are conscious of … Continue reading →

there is an illusion of real intelligence and wisdom. Human intelligence is often sadly lacking these daze as we come to depend more and more on machines. There is a notable lack of focus as people, by and large, endlessly … Continue reading →

(a man who never did one damn good thing for anyone else in his flawed, colonialized life?) ………………………. …contextualize, perspective, and balance, don’t you think? John A. MacDonald’s name has been stripped from a prize because of a/the pc agenda, for … Continue reading →

(“One touch of Nature makes the whole world kin.”–Shakespeare) Tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, etc. We kid ourselves a lot of the time that we are in control of things, our lives, and worlds we inhabit. But Nature remains the … Continue reading →

of cruelty and inhumanity on Earth daily and historically. That will never change. We can only do our best to help, not hurt those around us, particularly those closest to us. This is most manifest in December each year.

“We all have expiry dates. Some of us will die today, some tomorrow. Some next month, some 15 years from now. No one gets out alive.” We should never kid ourselves or dwell in ignorant bliss. Especially at Christmas as … Continue reading →