A thought heading into the long weekend… Even, or especially, here in Ottawa there is some trepidation as we head into the Canada Day celebration – will the convoy-fools make another grandstand play on the hill, will a lone wolf mingle in with the crowd at LeBreton Flats and all
Thoughts
Literacy – A Pillar of Progress
I read in the news and online all the time how conservatives, in the U.S. and yes, here in Canada as well, are trying to shape the world in an image that is neither Christian or ‘family oriented’ but rather white supremacist / neo-Fascist. One of the primary battlegrounds in
Esoterica
The Vintage Tarot
I think I first started being interested in Tarot in Doug Gold’s basement about 1973 or 4. Back then there was only the Rider-Waite deck, these days there are a plethora to choose from. Being a bit of a geek I have designed my own version of the Rider-Waite deck
Dinner Lunch
Summery Pasta Salad
I love pasta salads, especially basic ones I can add to for special treats, such as flaked tuna or even diced up cold cuts (Pilar’s Summer Sausage comes to mind). If you are going to add tuna, hardboiled eggs or meat to the salad best to chill them first then
Poetry
Flight
Taste the wind,cast over landscapestorn and scoredby the talonsof a vulturerending graniteinto dustwhile silent screamsin jagged shardsflow through the bleaknessin your mind. Spread your arms,fingers stretchedand cry shrilllike nailson a chalkboardhead back and proudthen leaphigher than a houseto soar and bankthrough granite dustto the stars beyond. ml’23