Go, sit upon the lofty hill, And turn your eyes around, Where waving woods and waters wild Do hymn an autumn sound. The summer sun is faint on them — The summer […]

This is a change of pace, i could not resist.

http://www.box.net/embed/y9fqjne9qr551o0.swf Updown Court, Surrey England – yours for only $115 million 150 carats & other flawless points, $30 million  Not everything is perfect Vancouver near Abbott Street

Our grandchildren, on the beach near Powell River, 2011

By Dave Johnson, ourfuture.org Just ten years ago this country was running huge surpluses and paying off its debt. But then we elected Obama and all hell broke loose. Oh, wait… Something […]

We suffered a fatal loss recently. Not tragic but inconvenient. The family car died, soon after our local service mechanic found he could afford an air ticket to anywhere because we said, […]

A regular reader forwarded the opinion piece about efficiency that is shown below. It seemed relevant after my sad account of an unnamed person delaying and inconveniencing my important technical efforts, in the […]

Harper Lee wrote about her love of books as a child and her dedication to the written word: “Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, […]

Dave Lundy, commenting at theleftcoast.ca, leaves his view of early entrants to the NDP leadership race: “So let me get this straight, the first 3 candidates for the leadership of the opposition, […]

Now in its 16th year, online publication Salon covers wide ranging topics but examines politics and social issues with a liberal or progressive point of view. Salon publishes stories on culture, lifestyle, technology and […]

For people tired of BC politics, this is from The Now Show one of the Friday Night Comedy Shows of BBC Radio 4, available by podcast. A guest last week was Henning Wehn, […]