Author Archives: rdavies

Peruvian blueberries and Equador bananas with my Life cereal.

that Biden and his son should be publicly hanged. The annual Christmas spirit and message is tragically missing States-side as (T.E.D.) the Trumpian Evil Delusion continues to spread and metastasize. Peace and sanity at Christmas, anyone?

BBC’s “In Our Time” podcast-discussion called Metaphor” hosted by Melvyn Bragg. The ultimate presentation on what metaphor is, how it works and has been used, with examples from many famous writers and works from 2500 BC to today. Includes Homer, … Continue reading →

and continue to lie to Albertans throughout this fall and winter about the state of flu and Covid viruses in the province. If you put out no stats, you can’t be taken to task, right? This habitually duplicitous pair deliberately … Continue reading →

Turtles are much softer and, therefore, more easily edible than they originally were.

Daughter’s Xmas card of her pet rabbit.

(one of my foundational early encounters with the sublime through literature) “Sublime” means elevated, inspiring awe, lofty, grand, exalted, transcendent, wondrous, marvellous. My interest in the sublime began with Shakespeare’s Macbeth in grade 11 and Hamlet in grade 12. Also … Continue reading →

Buy a poinsettia. They will often last into the spring BTW if you want to keep the plant. We put ours in the dinette so it greets us at breakfast, lunch, and supper–two of those sittings being darkish during December-January. … Continue reading →