Author Archives: rdavies

Misericordia Hospital, that is. People dying can have family and friends in a room which has a fridge and even the capacity to order in personalized meals. They need not be alone or separated from those closest to them. I … Continue reading →

“One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or another … Continue reading →

totally unnecessary fire, he thought, as the fire rescue zoomed by him in this frosted-over van.

The Westminster Dog Show on the tube and Family Day weekend in AB.

The guy minus a forearm who built his own working forearm out of Lego from 18 on. Now that’s creative technological innovation.

The top CBC TV foreign reporter of all time who survived the Holocaust, got educated at UBC, and worked for CBC up till recently. Went to all the trouble spots of the past last half-century. Amazing guy, amazing life.

Any more doubts about climate change?

It had been months since he had seen his parents and home. The city skyline gradually came into sight after a long flat prairie drive. Suddenly he was passing the familiar landmarks as he entered the outlying district where he … Continue reading →

Way-Way Beyond Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock Life and lifestyles today–how fast-changing everything is everywhere, all the time. ‘Give us this day our multitudinous daily changes’. The present shocks these are creating are more numbing, distracting, and confuting than anything Toffler … Continue reading →

(excellent recording with Trial by Jury bonus) (an indelible memory) (two of the school leads) (I and some of the male chorus dressing in Home Ec room) (In Brigadoon, I played Jock McVeigh and was used as a ‘serving tray’ … Continue reading →