Alberta just had the coldest February in forty years. Australia is having the hottest summer in living memory. England just had a February that was so warm people were sunbathing. So, obviously, the climate is out of whack and needs a reboot. We may have to unplug it […]
For the last couple of years, I have mostly kept my comments on Facebook to my day-to-day activities and reactions to the events in the lives of the people I care about. I love seeing their family photos, weddings, vacations, weather concerns, and pets. My thoughts about politics […]
Is coffee good for you, or bad? How about wine? What is the latest on gluten–does anyone know? Warm-up exercises are either essential or a waste of time, and homeopathic remedies are either closer to nature or criminally dangerous. It seems as though we have been […]
First, do away with the primaries. You really don’t need them. They are long, expensive, exhausting and, ultimately, boring. The political parties could just come up with a list of potential candidates and email them to their members. The emails would provide links to CV’s and stump speeches. […]
At a meetup group coffee event recently, I made the mistake of bringing up the topic of the refugees flooding into Europe. I probably should have stayed with safer topics because I didn’t know any of the people who were there, and up until that point the conversations had been […]
Sometimes I see something on my Facebook page and think “How is it possible that you are my friend?” How could someone in my social and family circle say something, or repost something, that is so diametrically opposed to my own way of thinking? Occasionally, I see something […]
I am a snowbird who travels south for the winter. When I get there I have a bird of paradise plant on my patio.
