Alexis McBride

June 10, 2023

Mishmash Characterizes Blog of Today; Michmas, North of Jerusalem; Fasten Your Seat Belt; Not Changing my Name to Fatimah Truth; Saudi Arabia Describes as Outside the Reaches of Tourism But I am Going There Again; Misnomer Defined as Example of Comfortable Camping; Photos Showing a Life in Edmonton; Laughing at Politics with Andy Borowitx; The Future Predicted by a Reputable Insider.

This I promise you, this blog is going to have no focus whatsoever. There is entirely too much going on in my life. I am loosing focus. The only redemption is that I shall…

June 8, 2023

Onward and Upward; An Exploration of the Meaning of Life From Wikipedia; Onward and Upward becomes Saudi Arabia on Qatar Air; Lauren of Travel Guru the Best Travel Agent Ever; Photo of a Guy with Muscles and a Cartoon or Two Thrown in for Humour

I am moving onward and going upward. Edmonton has proven disappointing so I am moving onward and going upward. Certainly not permanently, I intend to live out my natural born days making this place my…

June 6, 2023

Publishing, Perishing; Recent Encounters with the World of Books; Book Launch at Audrey’s Book Store Renders Books and Enjoyment; Late Bloomer Defined: How Can I Tell My Story When I Cannot Find My Voice From an Earlier Blog and Much Earlier Time

Do have to admit to this: I have been living in computer land for many a year, which has a great to do with my nomadic existence coupled with blog writing. No place to stack…

June 5, 2023

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words and Proves the Truth and Veracity of the Women’s Walk Tale: Go to together.ualberta.ca; Seeing is Believing; Veracity and Saga Defined; A Modern Knight in Shining Armor Rescues Two Damsels in Distress; Beggars Cannot Be Choosers;

Just in case you are thinking that the blog post of June 1. 2023 contains false information I have a photo AND a website to prove the veracity of the words that were written. The…

June 3, 2023

Thoughts Upon the Succession of Premier Danielle Smith: Politics and Sausages; Apolitical Defined; A 1928 George Bernard Shaw Play; Finding Relief When News of the Succession Learned; More on the Succession; Ending With Statistics Which Blew Me Away

Faithful readers may be wondering why I have not spoken about the Alberta Election results. The answer is this: I have been trying to get some perspective, trying to process what I thought would be…

June 2, 2023

The True, Unadulterated Story of the Five Km. Women’s Mental Health Run of May 27, 2023; To Be Continued; Some Photos of the Day, the Former Intern’s Residence and the Eventual Reward, a Treasure Trove of Goodies.

Now the truth can be told. Well actually the truth could have been told before but I did not get around to it because of my 80th birthday, etc etc etc. Here is how it…

May 31, 2023

My 80th Best Birthday EVER, An Embarrassment of Riches; Prayer Rug Enshrined in Prayer Room; Islamic Shrines; An Embarrassment of Riches Defined; A Summary of the Days Festivities Including Photos; Eat Your Heart Out and Rain on My Parade Defined.

I write on May 30, 2023 which is a day after May 29, 2023. I am most happy to report that it was the best birthday I have EVER had my whole life, and that…

May 28, 2023

A Change of Pace Speaking of the Art World; Georgia O’Keefe Described In a Fascinating Manner; Some Humor, A Link to Something Dreadfully Serious: You Cannot Keep a Good Woman Down; Three Cartoons to Entertain

It has occurred to me that this blog has become a bit ‘tunnel visioned’ with my life and times taking precedence over more universal and artistic themes. As usual a definitions is required, the tendency…

May 28, 2023

Too Much Going On; Blogging Daily Becoming a Sheer Necessity in Order Keep Readers Abreast of Current Affairs; Thoughts on Sunsets; Glorify Defined: May 26, 2023 A Most Magnificent Day; Visiting My Mother’s Resting Place First on the Agenda; Exercising My Franchise; More Blog Cards at Staples; Sushi at Mikado; Fabulous Physiotherapist; Me Showing Progress; Photos of Flower at Resting Place; Advanced Voting Sight and Former Charles Camsel Hospital Site

This blog will concentrate on yesterday, May 26, 2023, so much happened that it may be necessary to spill over to another blog. We shall see what happens. As I write it is May 27,…

May 22, 2023

It’s High Time for a Worldly Earthly Humorous Blog With a Little Covid Thrown in For Good Measure; Enticing Defined and Illustrated: Catching Up Offering Excuses for Abandoned Intentions; Humor Bound to Offend from The New Yorker; Cartoons, Photo of a Ghostly Sun

How is that for a title?? Sort of grabs you, entices, seduces you to read more, perhaps?? I do love the word entice, and actually, in the past, enjoyed being enticed. Entice is to attract…