Monthly Archives: October 2015
October
The leaves have begun to change colours. There are frost warnings at night. Summer has ended, Fall is well underway and Winter is fast approaching. As the leaves come down we see Fall as a time of decay. Yet we know that resurrection is coming, the trees will be restored and renewed in Spring. That […]
Twenty Years and Counting
You may never have heard of Jacob Moon. In the pantheon of Canadian musicians he is a lesser deity, one of those people who has managed to make music his profession as well as his calling, without ever breaking through in popular imagination. His music is complex, and not particularly radio friendly. Jacob is touring […]
Unlikely Promises
The proposal to move Canada’s capital from Ottawa to Kapuskasing, Ontario, hasn’t received much publicity.Neither has the proposal to privatize the Canadian Army. I guess the news media has considered the source – the Rhinoceros Party. As the Canadian election drags on and on, politicians are making promises, left, right and centre. Most of […]
It’s the issue that won’t go away, the one most Canadian politicians try to ignore. No matter what position they take, some of the electorate are certain to be extremely opposed. That’s not good when you are looking for people’s votes. I have, when writing about the current Canadian federal election, tried not to let […]
UnReal Estate!
We pulled over to the side of the road so I could check the real estate listing on my phone. Given the area of town I thought I had a fairly good idea of what the house should be listed for. It was just idle curiosity. I had no intention of buying it. Too small […]
Every so often I go searching the internet for grammar jokes. Does that make me weird? Probably. With that admission out of the way, here are a few I enjoyed recently. (Yes, I know, strictly speaking not all are about grammar, but they all have to do with language usage.)
My Mother is Politically Incorrect.
It may have something to do with her age. My mother is 87 after all. As we get older we seem to lose some of our filters. We say things that we might have only thought but not said when we were younger and perhaps more concerned with other people’s opinions. Mind you, I don’t […]
The Evangelical Prime Minister?
The intersection of religion and politics fascinates me. In the United States, where church and state are constitutionally separate, the religious beliefs of presidential candidates are always part of the public discourse. In Canada, with no such wall of separation, I suspect 99% of the populace would be hard pressed to name the religious affiliation, […]
Reading The Polls
There is an election going on. For Canadians it is almost over. In slightly more than two weeks we will know who will form our next government and who will be the Prime Minister. Americans aren’t so lucky. Their presidential election is an ongoing thing, with the vote still 13 months away. The systems are […]
Just Getting Started
I picked up a new album yesterday, the latest release from Canada’s Carolyn Arends. The album is an acoustic celebration of her 20 years as a recording artist titled Just Getting Started. As a thank-you to those fans who have followed her music over the past couple of decades Carolyn has decided to make the […]
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