Journalists under attack
In his daily CNN newsletter, Brian Stelter gives a summary of some of the attacks made on journalists over the last few days in the George Lloyd protests across the…
Cathie from Canada
Take off, eh!
Dear Bob and Doug, Please take off, eh! Yours,@CAFinUS pic.twitter.com/gu48YsfBYj — Canadian Forces in ?? (@CAFinUS) May 30, 2020 Not sure if anyone in the States will appreciate this but…
Say goodbye to choirs for a while
When I grew up, of course we were all in the Children’s Choir at church, and every school grade had its own choir every year to perform at the school…
Thinking about the future of Canadian food
CNN has a big story tonight about the future of the US food supply – with more questions than answers: “We don’t know what the food-service sector will look like,”…
#ObamaGreat
Here are Obama’s two addresses tonight to the HBCU and high school 2020 graduating classes. #ObamaGreat and #ObamaWasBetterAtEverything are now trending around the world. Congratulations to the HBCU Class of…
Lost years
Well, I think we have all realized now there is not going to be any “normal” anymore. The hysterical “reopen, damn it!” marches across the continent were a cry of…
Cast your bread upon the waters
Ecclesiastes 11 1Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. 150 years ago, the Choctaw people collected what was then a grand sum…
Fiddling while America burns
People in the United States are realizing that Trump and his administration have spent the last two months tweeting and twiddling their thumbs. Silly. The plan is to pretend that…
Yes, its about time
I was computerless for the last week+ so I didn’t post, but here I am again. And I am so glad that Trudeau is banning assault rifles in Canada. I…
Saving lives
Once we recognise that this is a major event in human history, it can actually help gain some perspective. And as Cuomo said “What we have done has saved lives”…
Laugh and the world laughs with you
Joe Biden could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot Donald Trump and I would still vote for him — doug wiser (@MyBigRedTruck) April 18, 2020 If you…
Stages of Grief
Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance.These are the stages of grief and I’ve been through them all since the COVID19 lockdown began. I think everyone else has going through them too.…
How I spent my summer vacation
Here’s the tweet of the week month: Today is 3 wks in quarantine w/o sugar. Walking 3 miles a day, no meat, dairy or flour! I feel great! No alcohol…
Strange Days Indeed
I wonder if John Lennon ever realized how prophetic his words would be: Nobody told me there’d be days like theseStrange days indeed. I never understood how a pandemic would…
Friday Funfest
The COVID-19 news is so depressing, beaten only by the economic news, which is absolutely awful. So here’s something a little more lighter-hearted, on a cold Friday. This is Toby…
#DieForTheDow is trending
Age-wise, I am on the wrong side of the “let’s save the economy by throwing grandma to the wolves” argument. So I have to say, I disagree with it! And…
Courage is found in unlikely places
Things are awful and they’re going to get worse – the economy is going to tank, maybe worse than it did in 2008, and hundreds of thousands of people are…
COVID Shakespeare
What’s the difference between Covid 19 and Romeo & Juliet? One’s a corona virus and the other is a Verona crisis. — Julian Lee (@JulianLeeComedy) March 14, 2020 One’s a…
COVID tweet-fest
I keep saving COVID-19 tweets and then before I can post anything, it all gets worse. So here’s a few, but with the warning that they might be completely out…
The sweetest thing
My sister is presently training one of our dogs in Rally Obedience, so I am trying to flag any tweets, etc about this sport. And here is one that I…