Monthly Archives: April 2021

(or been to see in person.) (sat beside and chatted with W.O. with memorable yellow snuff-stains on his shirt-front) -Margaret Atwood x 2-P.K. Page x 2-Randy Bachman several times-Bruce Cockburn several times-Karen Connelly-Lorna Crozier-Northrop Frye-Thomas King-Norman Jewison-Rex Murphy-W.O. Mitchell x … Continue reading →

“No Regrets about Speed of Vaccine Rollout: Trudeau”(Edmonton Journal headline yesterday) What irresponsibility, lack of shame, arrogance, gall, insolence, bravado, pomposity, impertinence, audacity, smart aleckness, effrontery, and flippancy. On this count alone, Trudeau (never mind the zillion other reasons long … Continue reading →

With the Minneapolis police union saying that resisting arrest excuse trumps female cop shooting unarmed black guy and all the crazy defence witnesses that paraded through the Chauvin trial, you’d have to conclude that, in addition to truth, facts, logic, … Continue reading →

1967’s The Stranger, director’s Luchino Visconti’s totally faithful adaptation of Albert Camus’s excellent 1942 Existentialist novella. Meursault (Marcello Mastroianni is perfectly cast) is a likable, ordinary, humble, easy-going, honest man who seems mostly like a spectator of life, going with … Continue reading →

Last week and now this week, Japan has taken top honours at the Augusta Master’s–both men’s and women’s. The world really and indelibly comes to the States and the world of golf in a huge way. Matsuyama is an exceptional, … Continue reading →

Amazon workers voted against having a union.They know Bezos would fire anyone who would not accept his shameless Dickensian 19th century job conditions.They (and their families) want to survive and get ahead.They know what side their bread is buttered on.Forced … Continue reading →

I would not think or believe that the currently viral elephant is capable of representational painting of itself unless I was present and saw it happen myself. (CGI is much too commonplace these days.) Conversely, I would, though, believe elephants … Continue reading →

With snow on the ground and nowhere to go, I flicked on Julie Andrews hosting the PBS New Year’s Vienna Philharmonic concert for Jan. 1, 1916. Excellent Strauss music, Vienna scenery, beautiful dancing, and shots of the Danube valley during … Continue reading →

when your rough hands catch onto a smooth glasses-cleaning cloth.