Not sure if FB will let me publish this post? It was on the news tonight that they have come up with a new mor humane method of implementing the death penalty in some US states. The whole concept creeps me out. I remember when the death penalty was removed from the justice system in…

When I was about twelve and my brother ten we asked our mother whether she’d ever learned anything at all about her father; what country he was from and how and when he died. Mom had been regaling us with tales about her childhood in a Victoria, BC orphanage where she and her sister were…

The House With Nobody In It By Joyce KilmerKilmer wrote this poem in 1914 and in April 1917, he enlisted and was deployed to Europe to fight in WWI. He would not survive as he was K.I.A. by a German sniper’s bullet on July 30, 1918 in France. He was 32 years old. “Whenever I…

There is a lot of discourse this time of the year as to what Christmas is all about. I think we all can agree that , first of all, the holiday celebrates and commemorates the Birth of Jesus Christ. All else is trivia. But the trivia is important too. For a short period of time,…

The othe sometimes it is hard to feel.(Love) And when you want someone to feel it, it can be impossible My friend Claire wrote the following: if you truly believe Love is in there at the centre of your being, then the reason we can’t feel it is due to distraction. If we look at…

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peacethere may be in silence.As far as possible without surrenderbe on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietlyand clearly;and listen to others,even the dull and the ignorant;they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons,they are vexations to the spirit.If you compare yourselfwith others,you…

Column #1 I am counting my blessings this Christmas season.Every day something to be thankful for! Who said getting old is a pain….Well it is…but in between I’ve been having so much fun. Playing carpet bowling at the Legion, playing (and watching) some rousing shuffleboard games at the Lodge. Then there was the Carol Sing…

I still have copies of Battling the Elements and Other Odd Habits for sale ! I’ve been thinking about humour lately, having just compiled an anthology that is full of it. There is very little between the covers of “Battling The Elements and Other Odd Habits” that is factual or educational. Hopefully, it will twig…

I ‘m watching “The Last Waltz” on Tubi Channel. Tt’s about the 1970s Rock & Roll group “The Band” . Robbie Robertson , their singer and songwriter, has just passed away at the age of 80. I am finally beginning to like the music that my kid’s liked back in the day! Some Fraser Lake…

According to US statistics, deaths from Covid in 2023 escalated from 1,642 in children under 18, to 46,036 in the 40 to 49 age group. From there on up, numbers zoomed to 201, 940 for those in the 50 to 64 year old bracket, and then up to 307,169 for those 85 and older. Since…