When we moved into our house, the grounds were spectacular. Even in this area where seemingly everyone gardens, the former owners were masters. There were beautifully designed flower groupings everywhere,…
Twice in May we visited Monet’s garden at Giverny, north of Paris. It was a lovely experience each time, with the flowers in full bloom and the weather wonderful. The…
British philosopher John Gray thinks cats can “often teach us much more about living the good life than philosophy ever could.” As a lifetime cat owner, I can vouch for…
The United States has been living with Reaganomics for fifty years. Joe Biden wants to send that policy catastrophe to its well-deserved death. Linda McQuaig writes: “Trickle-down has never worked,”…
There is not much we can say for the Internet’s overabundance of time wasters. In early iterations of Facebook and Twitter, I tested the programs and found the idea wanting.…
I Have A Dream: surely, and unquestionably, that great speech by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is one of the most important, and most beautiful, uplifting, empowering, ennobling,…
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, May 2, 2021. The lists are compiled…
Wide Mouth Mason – Erase Any Trace
Mother’s Day 2021 got me wondering how we learn to be good caregivers – what lessons about caring did we learn from our own mothers? I asked friends and colleagues…
The 2020 Olympic Games will be the culmination of a year of failure, wrapped up into a mega-spectacle desperately pushing a message of overwhelming hope and finality. Image by Charis…
Assorted content to end your week. – Mickey Djuric reports on the growing surgical backlog resulting from the Moe government’s willingness to let COVID-19 tear through Saskatchewan’s health care system.…
The pandemic led to a brief reprieve from the austerity that has bedevilled Ontario hospital care since the great recession. After decades of being on par with other provinces, hospital…
The Complete Pelican Shakespeare (edited by Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, Penguin Books, 2002) has a short but insightful essay on the texts of Shakespeare that illustrates the choices…
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: ‘There Was a Big Battle in Here’: Lawyers Tour Capitol as a Crime Scene via The New York Times – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
It was just earlier this week that I pointed to the shenanigans being played between the Liberals and the Conservatives when it comes to Bill C-19, the governments proposed temporary…
The spectacular failures of Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party government in Alberta are almost too frequent to enumerate. Image by Canadian Dimension. Many on the social medias have given Alberta…
A nice follow-up to yesterday’s post: H/t Theo Moudakis As well, Bob Coupland of Oakville expresses some timely sentiments: Ford government’s planning entrenches sprawl at expense of environment I just…
