Monthly Archives: May 2018

is small potatoes compared to what people of olde had to go through, so many artists (Milton, Monet) going blind. Additionally, macular hole surgery (which I had earlier this year) was not possible before the 1990s with the result that … Continue reading →

(two WWI houses: the childhood home (1955-1964), stripped of hedge and trees on right, garage added later) (at the 100th anniversary of my Bannatyne elementary school with Hugh, my oldest friend; Hugh worked for Boeing in Winnipeg) ………………………………………………………… Feeling the cold air … Continue reading →

doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget that the inner value–the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it’s all about.” –Joseph Campbell

a worthy Nobel Prize winner for Literature, astutely anticipated and predicted Trump’s plight back in 1965, 53 years ago: “But even the president of the United States Sometimes must have to stand naked.” –“It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding”)

Three good examples: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor Partita No. 1 in B Minor Sonata No. 2 in A Minor as played by Kristof Barati. Great composing meets great playing.

Doh! Ain’t no apps for: -common sense -intelligence -sense of humor and wit -decency -sensibility -personal depth -natural capacity to respond to beauty -creative consciousness -empathy and sympathy -civility and courtesy -gentleness, kindness and caring -natural innocence, awe, and wonder … Continue reading →

From birth (because of irresponsible parenting), at home, at the dinner table, in bed, with family and friends, at schools (which have totally sold out to the digital age), at work, in offices, in parks, at beaches, in museums and … Continue reading →

Dog-sitting Peanut while her family is in Calgary to enjoy the Thomas the Train festival at Heritage Park.

In today’s news, Dana Millbank’s brilliant satire of Trump’s imagined Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. Enjoy!