Ken Gray, with content from The Washington Post (Democracy dies in darkness) [Ken Gray] Some friends recently asked if I thought boycotts were getting the attention of Americans, especially legislators and business leaders. It’s hard to say. With, for instance, groceries, changes in buying behaviour are obvious. There are some excellent bargains on American fruit... Continue Reading →
Your editors at takenote.ca continue to search out every aspect, every nuance, every outrage generated by the Hitleresque antics of Don-Old 2.0. Today we turn our broken hearts and curious minds to the topic of White House interior design, specifically to Don’s redecoration of the historic Oval Office itself. We are assisted in our quest... Continue Reading →
A Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent for the congregation of St. Saviour Anglican Church, Penticton BC — The Very Rev. Ken Gray I confess, I am a WORDLE addict. I begin each day with the immensely popular New York Times online game, a game I originally panned as a colossal waste of time... Continue Reading →
Ours is not the first generation to take up the cause of the protection of liberty. Whether Canadian or American, we are likely not the last. We typically associate such struggles with failed states often in the global south and elsewhere--Myanmar, South Sudan, Russia, El Salvador, China. We have memories of two world wars from... Continue Reading →
Here's an inspiring piece by Anne Lamott published a few days ago in the Los Angeles Times. A cartoon in the New Yorker decades ago showed two prisoners chained to the wall at the wrists and ankles, well off the ground, in a jail cell, in a cave. One man turns to the other and... Continue Reading →
Juno is very popular five and a half year old labradoodle who lives in Summerland in the Interior of BC, Canada with his owner-friends, PawPaw Ken and MawPaw Kathie. Juno is a prolific blogger and astute political analyst. Answering the question I was asked the other day, “should Donald Trump have a dog?” I answered,... Continue Reading →
A prophet cannot know that all will be well, that those in power will wake up and mend the damage they have caused, and that peace will prevail. The mystic can never be certain that union with God will be the outcome of longing for God. They must rest in unknowing. Unknowing is not always... Continue Reading →
A self-described mother, daughter, sister, friend, nurturer, provider, volunteer, mentor, philanthropist, simple, complicated, mighty, weak, [and photographer] I am... me. Mary Scheidegger Adams has done what we all should now do. She has written her assessment of “what’s going on” right now. She lives in Salmon Arm in the interior of British Columbia. She writes... Continue Reading →
Resistance to the Trump/Musk horror show is growing. In the US, social media now includes a variety of mea culpa statements by Trump voters. Many are hard to verify and may be fakes. That said, I am reminded of that stupid woman who admitted on the BBC a day following the “leave” victory that she... Continue Reading →
Now in the last days of his role as Liberal leader and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks intelligently, respectfully, and with gravitas. In future years Canadian historians may describe this time as his golden hour. I provide here the full text of the Prime Minister’s address [Global News] to Canadians and Americans, and directly to... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 