Monthly Archives: October 2021

“Bike riders are an endangered species

on the streets of Edmonton.”-RD

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A Great “Gatsby” Line from the Intro

“A sense of the fundamental decencies are parcelled out unequally at birth.” An ironic line certainly, but which I have long taken to mean that a sense of what is decent (and right|) is not known, understood, and appreciated by … Continue reading

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“Earth’s the right place for love.

“I don’t know where it’s likely to go better.”–Robert Frost, “Birches” (despite all the hate, greed, selfishness, meanness, cruelty, violence, war, prejudice, discrimination, evil, division, paranoia, stupidity, ignorance. corruption, atrocities, depravity, and man’s “heart of darkness”.) “Men alone are quite … Continue reading

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“What Makes you Angry, RD?”

Deena Hinshaw shrugging her shoulders announcing over 30 dead or a child dying with “conditions” as if to suggest these people were ‘write-offs’ or likely to die anyway. Very cold and, superiorly nasty. (“I’m all right, Jack”. My 2-martini lunches … Continue reading

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Capt. Kirk used basic metaphors today:

light (life) and black (death).The Blue Planet, indeed, is very small and fragile against the enormity of unforgiving space.The time to activate more climate change is Now.

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Bruce Cockburn: 4 great new songs

On top of things as usual. Canada’s great songwriter, still.                                                          Perspectives on … Continue reading

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1 of about 7 truly good E.E. Cummings’ poems:

who knows if the moon’sa balloon,coming out of a keen cityin the sky—filled with pretty people?(and if you and i should get into it,if theyshould take me and take you into their balloon,why thenwe’d go up higher with all the … Continue reading

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Rat-free Alberta No More

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Those invasive pigs have now moved from

the Alberta legislature to Elk Island Park.

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Good for the Nobel Committee

refusing to buckle in to requests for an artificial quota boosting the number of female winners. Winners should be selected based on their achievements and merit, not gender political correctness.

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