Monthly Archives: February 2023

“Money is nor required to buy one necessity of soul.” –Thoreau “It is better to live rich than to die rich.” –Samuel Johnson “Every man has his price.”–Sir Robert Walpole “Versatility is a curse, One-dimensional people make a lot of … Continue reading →

“The mass of men [and women] lead lives of quiet desperation.” Today for sure. “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”–Henri Matisse. Attitude is still #1. “All is flux, nothing stands still. Nothing is permanent but … Continue reading →

Rather than allowing women in swimming pools to be naked down to the waist, a common sense solution to the imagined discrimination would have been to have men wear tops. Equality sans controversy.

From Haydn’s 160 CD collected works: listening to the String Quartets, a form Haydn innovated, which was taken up by the likes of Mozart and Beethoven, both friends of his in his time.

by Canada’s top literary couple: Margaret Atwood: “Longed for him. Got him. S–t.” Graeme Gibson: “Thought I was right. I wasn’t.”

when opportunity presents itself as I have always done. Those kinds of opportunities are rapidly diminished in our brave new misleading, diluted, sanitized-for-public-consumption world. As the woke censors and politically correct snowflake generation of editors zero in to cleanse all … Continue reading →

What world problems, wars, and conflicts?  ……………………………………………………………….. Always ‘keep putting back into yourself’ daily on many levels and keep focusing first on personal health and survival plus an ample dose of relaxation, pleasure, and peace. First responsibility is to self … Continue reading →

As in Pinsent, one of Canada’s most popular, iconic actors, Newfoundland’s most famous ‘son’, who starred in Away from Her, winning rave reviews. Canadian tv series 1963-65 Forest Rangers 1968-72 Quentin Durgens 1978-79 A Gift to Last 1989-93 Street Legal … Continue reading →

Mordecai Richler’s Barney’s Version. A very funny, entertaining Canadian movie as well, incidentally. The ending:“Before his brain began to shrink, Barney Panofsky clung to two cherished beliefs. Life was absurd, and nobody ever truly knew anybody else. Not a comforting … Continue reading →

Best known for his many tv appearances on The Jack Parr Show, The Andy Williams Show, and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Jonathan Winters (1925-2013) was a popular American stand-up comedian/master of voices, sound effects, facial expressions, and mimicry … Continue reading →