Monthly Archives: December 2019

My late mother walking ahead on the path with me at Christmas in the 2000s between Emily Murphy and Hawrelak Parks.

“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 →

This here skating biz, it`s enough to put anyone on edge. Bladed ballet for some– kissing ice for me. My program is necessarily a short one: squeezed feet & aching sacro-iliac. My style arched & forever braced for collision. Free … Continue reading →

This is the hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best, Night, sleep, death and … Continue reading →

All the President’s Men directed by Alan Pakula. But another strong movie about American still-relevant political process is 1962’s Advise & Consent, directed by Otto Preminger, concerning a controversial nomination by the President for a Secretary of State. Corruption, skeletons … Continue reading →

Many quotables relevant to our Trumpian times: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” “What bloody man is that?” “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” “Or have we eaten of the insane root/That takes the reason … Continue reading →

N8TIVE

is widespread fear in everyone, everywhere. People are worried about dying, aging, losing their looks, having their vehicles stolen, having Christmas packages stolen off the front step, having their homes broken into, having their kids abducted or run down, being … Continue reading →

The amount of trolling, agendas, and partisanship show that loathing and hate are stronger than ever in our society.

(by George, he predicted it all) which is being used ruthlessly and more corruptedly by the Trumps and other dictators of the world, is that language manipulation and control are the keys to whatever con jobs they wish to foist … Continue reading →