Thank you, Murray Sinclair

 

Thank you for the music, Quincy Jones

 

Trick or Treat?

 "Out of the goodness of their heart..."

David Attenborough

 Ant Mountain

Clint Eastwood does it again... at 94.

 Juror #2

"If the intent is there...

 It will come... Every single day is a gift." - Logan@clearwatercreation

Rustic Tiny Home built inside a box truck (budget $17k)

Snowperson in October

 PATIENCE, HARD WORK, DETERMINATION, TEAMWORK... A bunch of grade 6s built huge snow people yesterday. (The girls asked why they should be called “snowmen”!)The middle part/ball got too big and heavy for them to lift that it took them many trials and errors until I gave them a hint to roll it up instead. (I remembered rolling heavy balikbayan boxes from the basement into the car years ago; now I can’t do that anymore.) Then they remembered their simple machines and created an inclined plane with snow. Success! The first snow person was thawing and getting skinny with the sun shining and it was leaning towards doom, so they made a wedge at its base. Experiential learning at its best! MLJ/10/2019/StJohnPaulII

"They aren't indigenous, but they live in First Nations..."

 "... and have a unique view on reconciliation"

Thank you for your music and movies

 

Thank you, Dame Maggie Smith

 

Are clinical trial results reliable?

Human Guinea Pigs

 

Insulated Listening

This song reminds me of some couples’ typical exchange at dinnertime:
Wife: Prices are so high! We can’t afford beef this time. I just got fish. I hope you like it.
Husband: Hmm…
W: Also we haven’t bought all the kids’ school supplies.
H: Hmm…
W: School bus fees went up, too.
H: Hmm…
W: When will you check the leak in the bathroom?
H: Hmm…
W: Have you been listening? I’ve been talking and talking here. You never listen! (Walks out.)
H: ???
MLJ/14/09/2024

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Thank you, James Earl Jones

 

Did salaries go up?

 

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/01/23/canadian-grocery-price-comparison-2019-2024/

GENERATION SWIPE

 No attention in the classroom. No learning. No education. No...

Where is this world headed? Psychological cases keep on rising. 

And no more doctors available. Hospitals are closing. 

Will this generation beget another swipe generation?

"Horse" by Geraldine Brooks

 I normally don't read fiction during a school year, but it was the long weekend and I couldn't resist "Horse". I couldn't put it down, but had to discipline myself and go back to my paperwork. Zzz...  

"One job should be enough."

 

Suddenly!

Suddenly, there are lines.
Straight, wavy, curved.
Laugh lines, deep or fine.

Suddenly, there’s thinning.
Going gray, silver or white.
No telling if they’re hiding!

Suddenly, there are accoutrements.
A cane. A power wheelchair or scooter.
For limbs. For eyes, ears, mouth, heart.

Suddenly there’s tripping.
On even ground. Imagine!
And your middle expanding.

Has it been 42 years of adulting?
Of responsible citizenship?
A sweat for every earning?

Soon it’s the end of scrimping and saving
For it’s the last of your payday,
And the federal gods will be saying
How much more you should be breathing!
MLJ/28/08/2024

How sweet thou art?

Sow thistle, what a sight it’s been!
With hoverflies hovering,
Red-belted bumble bees buzzing,
Cabbage whites silently slurping
Your sweet, sweet nectar flowing
And on your stems sticking
Spiders and ants wishing you’d stay
A never-ending summer they pray
For you morph into seeds
On white, feathery pappuses.

Oh, well. No use complaining
For henceforth we’re all wintering.
Thanks to your stubborn roots clinging,
Wicked winds blowing, seeds scattering,
Your sweetness we’ll be sucking next spring.
MLJ/23/08/2024/EastLakePark

From Deserts to Grasslands

Our Planet / From Deserts to Grasslands / NETFLIX

“Today, however, most of the prairie is silent. Humans slaughtered the great herds. Less than 30,000 wild bison remain, and 90 percent of the prairie has been lost, most of it to agriculture. What we eat, and how we produce it, will determine the future of our planet’s grasslands. Our past could show us how we can feed ourselves and still leave room for nature.”

“Protect the precious space that grasslands and deserts provide, and the animals will bounce back.”