Originally published on Facebook A great friend was visiting from the East Coast last week and we took a walk in rain jackets under a pitiless blue sky. There was not a cloud in sight, although the weather app said there would be soon be rain. You really didn’t know whom to trust these days,... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/2creIhQvRLw Political Primate on YoutubeTranscription and highlights, KJG The clock is ticking—and our planet is sounding the alarm louder than ever. From raging wildfires to devastating floods, climate change is no longer a distant threat; it’s a global emergency happening right now. Ah, climate change. Behold the great paradox of our age. Ours is the... Continue Reading →
I started piano lessons when in third grade at school; I was around eight years old at the time. I remember my first lesson. (For Victoria friends, my first teacher was Robin Wood – I lasted about three lessons): Right hand only — C D E - E F G - switch fingers 5/4 -... Continue Reading →
Lots of people love rants; just ask Rick Mercer, who built a comic career around them. They can be a great way to let off steam. They can help us discover who our friends really are. They can be effective social commentary or pure entertainment. They can appear in text, audio, or video formats. Some... Continue Reading →
CRISP: (US chip, potato chip): a very thin, often round piece of fried potato, sometimes with a flavour added, sold especially in plastic bags. How crisps are made. Finally, a song. COMING SOON -- More on Cheezies, but until then go here. We welcome your comments on our new presentation mode. We are thinking of... Continue Reading →
. Onepicnowords - Pixabay A 2015 special feature from Leslie & Kay, founders of grandparentslink.com Coming of age in the early 1970s I remember listening to Art Linkletter who through his internationally syndicated show Links Little One’s shared (some say exploited) the impetuous comments from younger children for radio and television audiences. The comments... Continue Reading →
OR: What do you call a nut with a cold? Answer below Image by Sergio Huainigg from Pixabay In a recent blog post concerning blog layout techniques, my blogger friend Norma advised me: “If you find you have several posts on different aspects of a topic, get those posts noticed again by creating a “sneeze... Continue Reading →
If the best-laid plans sometimes go awry, then my plans to blog as we moved throughout northern* Ireland and the Republic failed miserably. Less than adequate internet access frustrated my initial efforts at posting, but then my usual challenges of working off a laptop without a large monitor curtailed any blogging for all three weeks... Continue Reading →
These four words could tell no greater truth--I am not cool! I have never been cool, and while I might have wished to be cool, I know few truly cool people to help me become cool. When I visit the barber shop (aka. hair stylist) I look at the cool doos (dudes?) pictured, though none... Continue Reading →
1In those days BonnieHenry (note single word, just like CharlieBrown) issued a decree that all should be vaccinated. (This was not the first vaccination as two others preceded it, but the latest booster remains the best plan for safety, security and stability). 2All this took place while John was Premier of BC, Justin Prime Minister... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 