Author Archives: rdavies

He is suddenly rigging the leadership vote in a desperate move to win, crookedly, GOP style. *This was all planned out ahead of time as a backup plan, you can be sure. He had this gerrymandering worked out ahead of … Continue reading →

Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and … Continue reading →

  “Some people like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.”

Like Trump or Putin, self-righteously declare your enemies to be traitors regardless of how many betrayals of your own people you have facilitated or of how many attacks you have led on law, justice, and democracy.

the Trump/UCP/truck convoy/freedom convoy supporting federal PCs become totally irrelevant till 2025. It is doubtful there will be another out-of-control Ottawa rally. And no PC-led non-confidence votes have a prayer. If anything, it’ll give PCs a longer window to fully … Continue reading →

Originally broadcast on BBC, Civilisation did not reach Canadian tv till 1971-72, when I was in my last university year, training to become a senior high English teacher. By this point, I had taken many English and History courses and … Continue reading →

in use for ourselves and family. Something that started with owl, woodpecker, and wolf books two weeks ago. Too often these books can lie dormant, unperused, otherwise. This week: left to right: Monet, da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Van Gogh.

to a new TV box. Forced obsolescence via Shaw cable. Many fine programs we’ve had to review one last time most likely. Show such as several New Year’s Vienna concerts with the excellent Philharmonic and the Vienna Ballet. “On the … Continue reading →

2003, black & white, backyard

like teachers, nurses, and doctors is a shameful sign of how they are mistreated by the dumbass, overly-paid politicians of the UCP. There is no proper understanding or appreciation of the tremendous social work these people do. Nowhere else in … Continue reading →