Tune: Mocking Bird Hill
When a bill is one hundred pages or more
You have a funny feeling that what it is for
Is to keep you from reading the contents of it
Because if you knew them, you might throw a fit
Tra la la , tweedle dee dee
It gives us a chill
When a bill is so packed full [...]

When you see injustice happening, often increasing, your impulse is to jump right in and give 100% of yourself tryng to change it, often in company with interesting others.
Before you plunge in and let this cause gobble your whole self, consider that there will be other causes. Is this the one [...]

This is really a handpuppet made by Jo Vellacott. A friend asked about them and I went and found mine, the one in the picture. YOu can see about how big it is by the size of my feet. Mine has a tiny rubber chicken in one hand since that’s what I use [...]

Yesterday I got 4 of the worst looking lawn chairs you can imagine, from garbage set out curbside that was mostly construction remnants. This green broken-back chair with paint stains is the very pits, so bad I leave it turned over outside.

This one, half sprayed with black paint is [...]

Smaller sign tells passersby that “THEY STOLE OUR 2ND SIGN TOO. THIS IS OUR THIRD SIGN.”
Sigh. I shall try to bring it in at night.

Our local provincial representative to the legislature (Same as state for U.S.), John, continues to be ethical, caring and have a great staff ready to help. I’ve known him personally over the years and watched his hard work and genuine concern for Kingston, Ontario where I live.
His experience goes all the [...]

Now he needs to get elected Member of Parliament for Kingston & The Islands. Which will be a painful time for him and his family. Politics are a sesspool. Media attention is a blight. Your character is tested and every bit of weakness in yourself and your family is exposed to print and online. Who’d [...]

Though I hate to put ANY human being into the political trap we call ‘office,’ Ted deserves the chance he asks for. Good record in life outside. Seems to listen. Quiet. Good people around him & recommending him. What do you do? ‘
This voting stuff. Poll everybody whose opinion you respect, eyeball everyone [...]

This is a letter to the editor of the Toronto Globe & Mail July 15, 2010 from Janice McAlpine. I want to be sure it gets as much exposure as possible:
“When our kids are 15 years old, we pray they’ll see 20. Omar Khadr almost didn’t make it. But in his case, [...]