As faithful readers may know I uprooted my Marin County self, got a student visa and moved to London in 2014, returning to Canada for a couple of years (2017-2019). The following conversation took place…
Dreadful, horrific news from Canada. “The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation in Manitoba is working to find students buried at Brandon Indian Residential School, which was in operation from 1895 to 1972.Simon Fraser University and University…
Recent blogs have taken on the world, illustrating the evil that exists in Israel and in Canada – the suffering which never seems to end in Palestine and the never-ending persecution of the Indigenous population…
Suddenly a song came to mind, for some obscure reason. I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire – the lyrics are most poignant. Here they are, Google and you can hear it sung…
I do admit to be utterly stunned by the horrific news of the mass grave – the genocide of at least 271 children ‘entrusted’ to the Roman Catholic Church for ‘education’. It is unfathomable –…
This morning, after tidying my apartment prior to the arrival of W.W. for house cleaning I Googled Al Jazeera, actually on a Kentucky Derby investigation. What I found was appalling, absolutely appalling. It concerns the…
Well I have lost my uncontrollable urge to blog. In days of old my day was incomplete until the blog was written and sent off to Chris, my computer guru who lives in the UK….
This quote, so profound and meaningful was posted on Instagram. “Each time a woman stands up for herself without knowing it, possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women. Maya Angelo.” I shall…
Well in my life anyway. Something happens and everything changes. Peripheral decisions are made, almost for you, no effort required even if they were so worrying. A transformation occurs, never to be believed. I shall…
I awoke early this morning and opened a story line on Instagram posted by a young extremely privileged young woman. She wrote “Keep Palestine in your thoughts.” Or something like that. I responded – can…