Monthly Archives: November 2020

To reflect on how our lives so far were made entirely possible by the sacrifice of Canadian millions in wartimes. We would not have the peace, the freedom in childhood and youth, and the financial prosperity of adulthood if not … Continue reading →

personal and group agendas. “And why should I pay any attention to yours, when mine is the most important agenda of all?”

W1440 AM, Wetaskiwin. They play oldies from the ’50s to ’70s, including a good selection of Canadian oldies.

Howie Meeker’s passed at 97. The legendary HNIC broadcaster who brought unabashed enthusiasm to covering The Game.

from which I am still trying to awake.” –Richard Davies

(on left) my father, Delmar (Del) Vernon Davies (1926-1998), in Royal Canadian Navy (Sept. 9, 1943 to Apr. 23, 1946 and–in its Reserve–Sept. 13, 1960 to Sept. 12, 1965). He also served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from Mar. … Continue reading →

It’s going to be another long cold winter and it is always pleasant to have lights and color to warm up the the dark winter nights of our discontent–this year the winter of our Covid discontent, for sure.

held their Sunday press conference at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping parking lot across from a cremation centre (Think Covid deaths) and an adult book store (Think Trump’s myriad sex scandals). A far cry from the campaign opening with him … Continue reading →

Many Macbeth quotables relevant to our Trumpian times. Italicized ones still relevant today: “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 … Continue reading →

after the blizzard