Monthly Archives: February 2024

Concerned today about the beauty and pristineness of farmland (protecting her base’s interests) while letting coal mining of the beautiful Rockies go ahead.

His 1950 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. Innumerable, interesting historical and cultural allusions. Some political incorrectness and frequently irreverent. Full of insights and much relevance to today‘s world. He begins by outlining human nature’s basic acquisitiveness, rivalry, vanity, and power. Eventually gets … Continue reading →

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself. You see things, you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and … Continue reading →

Certain things have to be, the sun has to rise. Everything we are is at every moment alive in us. I am still feeling kinda temporary about myself. All you can do is your best at any one moment. I … Continue reading →

“I think what we have to ask is what sort of a social pattern and what sort of political regime is best calculated to help the individuals within the society to realize the maximum extent of their desirable potentialities. I … Continue reading →

Old movie title starring Jack Lemmon. Today my Sikh neighbour’s grown-up son came over while my wife was shovelling the front driveway with two feet of drifted snow and basically took over and did most of the job. (I did … Continue reading →

Classy-looking fold-out, slipcased book. Hokusai’s 46 (10 extra were commissioned later) views of Mt. Fuji done in the 1830s, featuring “The Great Wave” (on slipcase cover below). below: Inside the slipcase, a booklet (on left) introducing the series and explaining … Continue reading →

to coal mining companies. So much for the environment, redneck Alberta-style. “Git yer mountain while it lasts!” “Kill Natural Beauty! Make a fast buck!”

Skip to my loo? 3-way stop in Ellerslie has now become a 4-way stop of quite another kind. Another Edmonton Beautification Project: “It’s All about the Go.”

(Popular hit parade song, 1969, by Joe South) La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da La-da-da, da-da-da, da-dee La-da-da, da-da La-da-da, da-da-da Whoa, the games people play now Every night and every day now Never meanin’ what they say now Never sayin’ what they … Continue reading →