Monthly Archives: October 2021

were transcendent trips and soul-clearing workouts. I listened to this with negative capability at 5 a.m., and experienced inner peace and blissful tiredness by the end. You also learn the basics of sitar music along the way as he periodically … Continue reading →

ornery non-vaxxers don’t care about themselves, their friends, families, and children and are personally prepared to risk or spread serious illness, hospitalization or death. Vaxxers, on the other hand, respect the rights of others to live safely and have the … Continue reading →

In grade 5, Mrs. Shaw’s class was studying Canadian history and she initiated a virtual run from Winnipeg to Vancouver. If you wished–on recess, before class, and at noon-hour, you could run laps around the school field. I recall that … Continue reading →

returning to the profession, provincial governments are trying to import more nurses. Quebec is even advertising in several other countries. (I imagine some people will come for the chance of better living conditions and higher salaries. If bonuses are offered, … Continue reading →

or so it seemed a while back when a mysterious envelope turned up on my front step apparently for me. I eventually opened it up to find that some agent 3 hours away thought Alphonso lived here! (One look at … Continue reading →

for using a cane she needs to walk. No, no one is given any respect anymore, especially eminent personages. There are, no doubt, crazy ‘politically correct’ Canadians out there who would like to pour a can of red paint over … Continue reading →

have suggested that older people as well as patients with comorbidities ‘deserved’ to die because they were of a certain age. i.e. older. Hinshaw speaks and sounds like a robot, an automaton, a machine. Callous and unfeeling as in the … Continue reading →

I like how CNIB states that it automatically takes courage in attitude if one is blind. And that the challenge must needs facilitate an independent spirit. Certainly courage and an independent spirit would be basic for anyone with a challenge … Continue reading →

burned down (Lytton) or poisoned (Iqaluit).”-RD