Monthly Archives: June 2021

(Fireworks from Mill Woods Park seen from our front bay window) Canada remains a better-than-average country to live in. (Certainly way saner and less violent than the States!) Many fine people built this country (including John A. MacDonald–the Father of … Continue reading →

Bobby Darin. Given a death sentence for a rheumatic heart as a kid, he heard his doctor say he was not expected to live beyond 16. Later in life, he would find out this his mother was not the woman … Continue reading →

The recent spate of hate crimes against Muslims in Edmonton. The vandalizing of Pope John Paul II’s statue locally (correctly condemned by First Nations Assembly). Even the vandalizing of John A. MacDonald statues can also be viewed as irrational hate … Continue reading →

(The Classic Summer song by Seals & Crofts) (sipping my daughter’s sensational margaritas on her Ellerslie deck, last summer) …………………………….. “Summer breezeMakes me feel fineBlowin’ through the jasmine of my mind” I can remember singing this one in the old … Continue reading →

Hot town Summer in the cityBack o’ my neck gettin;’ dirty and gritty Been down Isn’t it a pityDoesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city All aroundPeople lookin’ half-deadWalkin’ on the sidewalk hotter than a matchhead (1966, The … Continue reading →

during the pandemic. The general consensus. So much for turning kids over to technology and assuming kids can navigate sans teachers or with online teachers.

Headline yesterday: ‘Toxicity’ and ‘obstructionism’: Trudeau tells Canadians Parliament is dysfunctional

Arizona, New England, and Cannon Beach, I shall not be travelling to the States ever again. Too many crazies. Too many armed people. Too much violence. Too many meltdowns on planes. Saner days: At Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West in … Continue reading →

Kenney still trying to woo the disenchanted Alberta populace with three lotteries: “O frabjous joy! Callooh! Callay!”

The recent passing of an old senior-high ELA teaching friend, Robin Smith, 78. Robin and I started our teaching careers in Glenn Martin’s Ed CI class, 1971-72. He stood out in our class with his pipe and intelligent questions and … Continue reading →