Category: lifestyle

I am Not Alone: Mourning the Death of Queen Elizabeth II; Delay in Blog Posting Finally Resolved; Me Being Calm, Cool and Collected; Sacrilege Defined; Being Tough With Your Feelings; Grief Is the Price We Pay for Love: Flower Bed of Impatience Less to Miraculous Events; Signing of the Book of Condolence; Conversations on Instagram Less to Catharsis; Photographs Illustrating the Day

On Thursday when first learned of Queen Elizabeth II’s death I did what I usually do. I began to write. Within about an hour and a half the blog that proceeds this blog, the one…

An Example of Dead Wrong: The Canadian Parole Board Hearing and Release of Sanderson; Details of Their Findings; A Sliver of Relief; Email and Response to My Regina Cousin; Conversation with Black Taxi Driver About Prejudice; Trip to Winners Gains Many Treasures, Some Pictured

The following is a finding of the Canada Parole Board. : “It is the Board’s opinion that you will not present an undue risk to society,” the panel concluded, releasing Sanderson from custody, “and that…

The Aftermath of the Saskatchewan Tragedy; Aftermath Defined; Amateur Reel on Instagram; Anomaly Defined; Easy Come, Easy Go Defined and Explored; Freud’s Repetition Compulsion Explored as Perpetuators Were Abused as Children; Protocol Defined and Not Illustrated; Facing Retraumatization But With a Happy Ending; Photo of An Omelet

What is an aftermath? It is the the consequences or aftereffects of a significant unpleasant  event. It is the aftereffects, byproduct, fallout, backwash, ; reverberations, consequences, effects, results, fruits; end result, outcome, upshot. . There…

This Has to Be the Weirdest Morning of My Life and It is Only 7:25 a.m; Al Jazeera Reports Mass Murders in Saskatchewan, Fantastic Coverage of this Horrible Occurrence; Mass Killings in Canada Not Common; Quebec City Mosque Killing One of Three; One Survivor An Absolute Hero: More Examples of Islamophobia; I Shall Not Visit India, No Thanks; Improbable Defined and Amply Illustrated Using My Life and Times; Photos of a Bad Make Up Application Upon My Face.

Honest to goodness it as been, with details to follow. The topic of today’s blog was going to be violence against women in Canada, using data from a Star article. After strange events took place,…

The Edmonton Journal of September 2, 2022 is Chock Full of Good News; Chock Full Defined and Explained; Bivalent Vaccine on the Way and Just in Time; Front Page Story of an Heroic Woman and Michele Smith Who is the Opposite; Rabble Rouser Defined; Link to Article Provided; Divisive Defined; Demagogue Exhaustively Explored; The Good Fortune of Obtaining a Free Edmonton Journal; Randy is My Guy; Two Cartoons

Chock full is a great expression which means: full to the limit. Some synonyms are: completely full, cram full, crammed and jam-pack. The origin of the phrase is rather amusing. Middle English chokkeful already had…

The Blessings That Emerged From Imagining Monet Almost Defy Imagination; A Chance Encounter Resulting in a FaceBook Entry; Providence Defined; First and Second Instances of Convulsive Crying Explained; Going Alone to Places and Events; A Violinist in a Beauty Salon on Saadiyat Island; Photographs of Two People Having Fun

This from Google: “If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain.” So here is was happened, all of this because I…

Another Q found for Qatar; Quiescent Defined and Applied: Depravity Defined and Applied to Former Pakistani Prime Minister Khan; Khan Should Go Quietly Into the Night But Does Not and Apparently Will Not; Go Quietly Into The Night is a Poem from Dylan Thomas; Several Google Search Made During the Writing of this Blog, One Found a Possible Flight; September Heralds Autumn But Then Comes Winter; Cabin Fever Extensively Explored; Forewarned is Forearmed; Three Cartoons to Cheer

Following up on my prior blog, thinking of Qatar and a possible third Q, magically came up with Quiescent, which is in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy. Qatar is absent from the…

The Middle East Haunts My Life But Occasionally in a Good Way, Particularly Qatar; Qatar Invests in Pakistan, Hopefully Just in Time; Jest Defined With Its Origins; Street Children World
Cup Shall Proceed the World Cup; My Puny Athletic Abilities Revealed; Wished For Dad Laces My Ice Skates; Three Cartoons to Bring Needed Humour

Just when I think the Middle East is a thing of the past, something pops up and I am back there again. I suppose reading Al Jazeera does not exactly help with my isolationism. This…