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St. Patrick’s Day, 2024: First Bike Ride

A bit breezy and cold (6C), but sunny streets are dry enough to justify pumping up the tires. Full circle. Riding the bike at 74 always takes me back to my Wallasey St., Winnipeg youth, after I got my old … Continue reading

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1965: Everything you need to know about Haiti and its gangs running amok

was described and prophesied by Graham Greene in this ‘unfunny’ novel nearly 60 years ago. Again, a case of literature and writers (other e.g., Shakespeare, Yeats, Huxley, Orwell, Bradbury, et al) predicting the dark world we live in now.

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“Let ’em drive 2 hrs. to the crowded Red Deer hospital!”

Danielle Smith’s flippant solution/’answer’ to the desperate hospital shortage now that the promised city hospital won’t be built despite an ample budget. (Queen Danielle’s middle finger\Marie Antoinette rejoinder to Edmonton and its populace)

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A Day to Celebrate: March 17!

(Daughter’s wabbit into the spirit of things) (it’s all about the classic Irish folk tunes; 2 great CDs) (Creme de menthe pie, an old favorite) (Creme de menthe parfait, a decadent March 17 treat with ice cream; here, maxed out … Continue reading

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In actual fact, UCP is not just dismantling AHS,

they have neglected, ruthlessly dismantled and destroyed health care in the province. And they are destroying family practice and driving out doctors in our province. Several doctors in our area are shutting down their practices this year, for instance. Frankly, … Continue reading

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Process, Context, and Choice

Our lives and any moments or situations you care to name are simply a combination and interaction of three things: process, context, and choice. Life and its many episodes consisting of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months is nothing … Continue reading

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Auto Reflex/Remarkable Heroism

The 80-year-old do-gooder Red Deer man, who stopped to help a Vancouver Island woman having car trouble in the dark, then pushed her off the road as a vehicle careened directly toward them. According to family comments, he was a … Continue reading

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The Trump Tyrant Poem (as prophesied by Shelley)

I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and … Continue reading

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Percy Bysshe Shelley at His Most Inspired: “To a Skylark” (1820)

To a Skylark Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud … Continue reading

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Where would we all be without

common sense, rational and critical thinking, commonly accepted rules, decency, and the benefits of civilization, kindness, and looking out for others?

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