"Im in Meteghan"

 https://www.smore.com/n/7dhyk

https://www.artsteps.com/view/661816e389659417b583519a

Calgary Catholic School District Art Exhibit 2024. Another student from my class got to share her God-given talent. Enjoy this exhibit!

DIGITAL BOOK (St. Peter School, p. 104)

Reminiscing...

Teaching in the then East Asia Institute of Computer Technology building located across record stores that played the theme song (Dion's My Heart Will Go On) over and over and over again to test the records for each buyer. My classes were constantly interrupted, and my students and I would just laugh at our situation and shake our heads... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vs8lAi0X84

You're so young!

Young Dentist: Oh, what a pity! Your bridge has to go... 

Me: That's okay. It's just about time...

YD: Oh, poor you. And you're so young! 

Me: ???

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Spring-Winter Feud

When this wild world can’t tell
Whether it’s spring or winter,
It should get distracted indeed
With a total solar eclipse!

To Carburn Park, I sought solace.
Among the chickadees and flickers,
Robins sing atop blooming trees
That guard the lake that freezes.

Underneath this lake,
The muskrats and beavers
Stay put ‘til thawing’s done
With a cache in an insulated dam.

The Bow River remains a duck hub
With wigeons and mallards,
Goldeneyes and mergansers.
Pelicans and cormorants later.

Winter brought the warmest days,
Thin ice lots of lives claimed,
Spring brought heaviest snowfall,
Would you imagine summer and fall?
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You Poor Thing!

Massage Therapist: Still working?

Me: Yup.

MT: So what do you do?

Me: Teaching. 

MT: Cricket?

Me: Nope. Grade twos. 

MT: All subjects?

Me (just wanting to doze off and enjoy the session): Yup. 

MT: Oh! You poor thing!

LOL.

Yup. Wish I could teach cricket... Can't even memorize the rules of the game. Phew! 

MLJ/06032024/LastWeekendOfEasterBreak 

Five-Six

Taxi Driver: Thanks for the generous tip. You Filipinos are galante!

Me: Oh, I didn't know that...

TD: We, East Indians, five-six! 

LOL!

"Bombay 5-6"

A fair chance in life... - EDDIE IZZARD

Eddie Izzard at the 2022 Equality Utah Allies Gala

We have to be brave and curious and not fearful and suspicious. - EI -

Ludwig Goransson

Oscar speech: To my parents up there, thank you for giving me guitars and drums instead of video games.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb95YdC6bMw

"Trinipino"

 Colleague from Trinidad & Tobago: My brother's married to a Filipino, so I call my nieces & nephews "Trinipino". 

Equality & Equity

 

Happy Women's Day Every Day!

 

Warm Sun, Cool Moon

Nobody prints photos anymore? Thanks to those who donate photo paper to thrift stores. They have been very useful in my Art class. MLJ/24/02/2024  

Where are we heading?

 

Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny (1976-2024)

 

When hope is gone...

"The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain"

https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/docs/the-man-who-stole-einsteins-brain 

Jennifer Botterill

 An eye for an eye? Jennifer Botterill takes a stand against 'archaic' hockey plays in heated Sportsnet segment. A Hartman high stick pitted old views against new ones. It's a debate hockey needs. Jennifer Botterill, right, argued this week that "there's a difference between tough and physical and cheap and dirty."Jan 5, 2024 - thestar.com -

WANSAPANATAYM

 Grade 6 teacher: My student created a new word. His story started this way, "Wansapantaym, there was a...". 

Wings of Dust

 https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-wings-of-dust-follows-the-fight-for-clean-water-in-peru-201614405638

Why?

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2038521/canadas-highest-paid-ceos-make-246x-the-average-worker-says-new-report#:~:text=In%20one%20work%20day%2C%20and,for%20Policy%20Alternatives%20(CCPA).

Durdle Door 'Sunstar': On Chasing Nature

 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-67636827