Author Archives: rdavies

Celine Dion posed nude for Vogue and the millions who were ‘slavering’ to see her in the all-together! (Funny what constitutes headlines of the day and hard news these daze.)

much more important, significant, and meaningful than one’s little, limited/limiting work and work world.

Christie Blatchford’s column today, “Khadr Doing All Right Without Our Money”, in National Post. She is so right about phony-baloney Canadian social-progressive notions: “A young jihadist is now a hero in Canada for killing an infidel–and look, he got a … Continue reading →

there are the things one chooses to do regardless of others’ feelings, opinions, reactions, input, agendas, and manipulations. ‘To thine own self be true’ has long and always worked as a credo for a true individual and for heroes. (Terry’s … Continue reading →

magpies and crows in residential neighborhoods. A relentless, bothersome screeching and caw-cawphony. At this point, Alberta has definitely gone to the birds. Oddly enough, a male Northern flicker dropped by the feeding tray. Don’t usually see those till autumn and … Continue reading →

our master of public speaking, Justin, doesn’t know his basic geography of this country. Alberta has been a province for over a century. A slap in the AB NDP face?

Friday in Edmonton. Now the home A/Cs can be pulled out as it finally heads toward 30! Hard to imagine (for many Edmontonians)what it would be like to live in Phoenix or Vegas in the summer. And hard, too, to … Continue reading →

  “Canada is the only country in the world that has never had a national identity.” –Marshall McLuhan –“Historically, a Canadian is an American who rejects the Revolution.” –Northrop Frye, Letters in Canada, 1952 “We have often been told of … Continue reading →

A brief, respectable, respectful exit on his own terms, magnanimously facilitated by his devoted, loving son Adam. Nine goodbyes. A distinguished finale by one of Canada’s great artists, poets, and performers who is now definitely a contender for the top … Continue reading →