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Chickadee coaster Dog calendar Frosted penguin decoration Hanging artificial flowers 2 paper flower bouquets made by daughter Himalayan salt lamp DVDs with animal characters Wooden wall plaque bought in mountains Woven farm scene in wall picture frame, done by mother-in-law … Continue reading →

have no empathy, no sympathy, and certainly do not love either kids or dogs.

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Paul Anka Margaret Atwood Frederick Banting Barenaked Ladies Robert Bateman Alexander Graham Bell Pierre Berton Billy Bishop the Bluenose Robert Borden Lenny Breau General Brock the amazing Building of the first transcontinental railway (CPR) and the Trans-Canada Highway Raymond Burr … Continue reading →

(Fireworks from Mill Woods Park seen from our front bay window) Canada remains a better-than-average country to live in. (Certainly way saner and less violent than the States!) Many fine people built this country (including John A. MacDonald–the Father of … Continue reading →

Bobby Darin. Given a death sentence for a rheumatic heart as a kid, he heard his doctor say he was not expected to live beyond 16. Later in life, he would find out this his mother was not the woman … Continue reading →

The recent spate of hate crimes against Muslims in Edmonton. The vandalizing of Pope John Paul II’s statue locally (correctly condemned by First Nations Assembly). Even the vandalizing of John A. MacDonald statues can also be viewed as irrational hate … Continue reading →

(The Classic Summer song by Seals & Crofts) (sipping my daughter’s sensational margaritas on her Ellerslie deck, last summer) …………………………….. “Summer breezeMakes me feel fineBlowin’ through the jasmine of my mind” I can remember singing this one in the old … Continue reading →