Monthly Archives: June 2020

In a Virus Age,

staying human, focused, organized, and connected to Nature are top priorities. Too many people succumbing to ultra-frivolous distraction, crime, and mental illness because of a lack of these four.

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“The Four Just Men”–classic tv series on DVDs

I used to watch this 23 minute b & w weekly series which ran from 1959 to 1960.  (Great opening sequence and music BTW.) Based on Edgar Wallace’s novel, these four men fought together in one memorable 1943 WWII episode. … Continue reading

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A Gorgeous Body of Work!

Exquisite, beautiful music by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767). 29 CDs every bit as satisfying as a Strauss collection. Features Canada’s Tafelmusik on CDs 1-4 which is a high recommendation to begin with. Nice music to have playing in the house … Continue reading

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A Lost Grammatical

continuing in public and mediaspeak. Fewer/less increasingly blurred. Fewer refers to a number that can actually be counted as in fewer cases. You wouldn’t say less cases, but you’d say less sunlight.

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Ecclesiastes in COVID Times:

“And a time to refrain from embracing” –“Turn, Turn, Turn”–The Byrds (Pete Seeger’s song)

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Kool-Aid and the Sewer Guys

When I was 9 thereabouts, the sewer and sidewalks came to Wallasey Street in Winnipeg one hot summer. It was quite the summer spectacle, the year before I started my paper route, guys all over the street in front of … Continue reading

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The New U.S. Statues

will include Rosa Parks, Oprah, Al Sharpton, Elijah Cummings, John Lewis, Kamala Harris, Corey Booker, and many other new generation blacks. Any Trump statue will likely be greeted by shotgun blasts a la Trump rhetoric.

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Trump Coding

No masks= “fine people”, rednecks, Trumpers, MAGA types, Confederacy flag-wavers ,  vigilante gun groups, the NRA, GOPs, death-lovers Masks= Dems, anti-Trumpers, “low-lifes”, looters, Trump-pronounced “losers”, folks who like life

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Ants

really don’t like being sprayed by vinegar. I find that spraying vinegar around patios, driveways, and sidewalks keep their numbers down. Non-toxic. Works. If you have an anthill, a kettle of boiling water usually ends the reign/occupation.

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Another Lost Spelling Distinction

I keep seeing media using the present tense spelling of “lead” (leed) as the past tense as in “that lead to his impeachment trial”. Of course, that spelling would be pronounced “leed” for such usage/s. If you want to refer … Continue reading

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