Monthly Archives: October 2022

The first three this blog has well-expounded on and their influences via 1984 (1948), Brave New World (1932), and “The Waste Land” (1922). All three men and their works exerted an amazingly prescient influence in predicting what we’ve been going … Continue reading →

1970-71, my Modern American and British Drama course at U of A, on my way to a BA (double major: English, History) Near the start of the course, we read “Riders to the Sea” and The Playboy of the Western … Continue reading →

to the trucker convoy types. First things first, eh? ‘Priorities’. CBC headline this morning:New Alberta premier says unvaccinated ‘most discriminated against group’ after swearing-in She has immediately declared herself and curried favor with southern rural rednecks. That is who she … Continue reading →

the phrase “Get Crackin’” refers to the sound your knees make when you stand up! Mobility is #1 for any senior. To move often, even in the night in bed somewhat. Mobility/movement is (continuing/continued) life. Our ubiquitous/prevalent sedentary lifestyles mitigate … Continue reading →

should have their “heads on pikes” and that they should be ‘taken out’.  So, as a principle applied equally across the board, that logically means that…. What do you think? Or just “Lock him up”?

Thanksgiving Monday. Family, memories, laughs, turkey, cranberries, stuffing, and pumpkin pie.

“You have a basic need for solitude some of the time.” (My 1966-67 ‘Brando year’: with hair makeup, for my simultaneous play/operetta lead- roles run in gr. 12) Solitude is likely a natural outcome of my only child/childhood and teen … Continue reading →

totally misguided, out-of-touch City Council is very busy, as usual, planning more (expensive) bike lanes, wasting the citizenry’s dough.