Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
Ships in the Sky
After Saturday’s post about bombs falling in the Middle East, a different skyscape today. This is a repost from 2019. A little less than a half hour’s walk from our home in Sulzburg, Germany, was a famous nursery. People came from miles around to get their plants and flowers and to eat at the cafe. […]
Friday’s Question
Our news media are very sensitive when it comes to people’s personal preferences when it comes to their pronouns or gender expression. If you want to use they/them, or identify as other than male or female. they make sure that they follow your wishes. So why does the same standard not apply to those who […]
Sending Oil to Cuba
Working in Parliament, I learn what issues motivate Canadians to write to their MP demanding action. The one that has me confused at the moment is Cuba. It isn’t that I don’t understand the issue. The United States has ramped up its blockade of the island nation that has been in place more or less […]
Words of Warning
Or as they would note on a television commercial: Professional driver, closed course. Do not attempt at home. Or in a forest for that matter.
How Many Do You Have?
I exhibit at least five of these. My wife would suggest that It is probably eight or nine. Leave your number in the comments.
Regime Change
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney can be forgiven if he feels a little bit like he has a target on his back these days. It isn’t his domestic political opponents he has to worry about. Carney has been unequivocal about Canada’s independence. It will not become the 51st US state. Nor will he back down […]
Words To Remember
It’s been quite the weekend. The world is in turmoil. Nobody knows what tomorrow is going to bring. If you are feeling nervous, upset, uncertain as global political events seem to be spiraling out of control, it is time to take a deep breath. Breathe in. Breathe out. Do it again. And again. Each generation […]
Friday’s Question
In the news this week I noted that tanker from Australia carrying liquid natural gas had docked in Saint John, New Brunswick after a 25,000 kilometre voyage. That struck me as strange. According to the US Department of Energy, Canada has enough natural gas reserves to meet the needs of the entire planet for the […]
Is This Irony?
Irony: the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. These postcards have been showing up in parliamentary offices for the last year or so, sent by people who want the Canadian government to act on the situation in Gaza. On the revesere is a name and […]
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Which I suppose is a post of sorts. More tomorrow.
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