Hopefully, the vast majority of us associate mostly happy memories with thoughts about our mothers. If possible, hopefully the vast majority of us make an effort to recognize the annual day for celebrating this so important person’s role, in person or at least by direct communication. It comes about again this Sunday, May 14th. (more…)
Allegedly, Spring has officially arrived this week, although evidence of the following is sparse…
– Drivers get to become reacquainted with the exterior colour of their vehicles
– It’s easier to see where grass would be thanks to a thinner coating of ice
– Confused birdlife add their input to human squawking about unwanted snowfalls
– Foods identified as ‘fresh’ no longer have to come with disclaimers (more…)
Because any modern saint deserves recognition…
Less obvious ways to say those magic words: I love you / or, I like you / or, at least, I know you… (more…)
Two of the multitude of overused, and often obscurely used, expressions of modern times are:
In the interests of better quality communication, let’s issue a “Breaking News” alert (since it doesn’t take much to qualify these days), and consider putting them out of our verbal misery. (more…)
Any of us exposed for some time to a family dog knows that they develop an intuitive quality of awareness of, to some degree understanding, our behaviour and moods, not to mention their ongoing desire to connect through eye contact. The capacity of dogs to have a helpful instinct – illustrated at an extreme, if wistful, level in the book and film “A Dog’s Purpose” – has been evident over the years, in their training as police dogs, as ‘seeing eye’ dogs for the blind, and in therapeutic visits to hospitals as well as senior residences.
Many of us see much of dog behaviour as mirroring that of children. (more…)
It’s easy to have mixed feelings about a TV cop show (this one from TBS), including a comedic take like Angie Tribeca.
So far it has broadcast two seasons, albeit of ten episodes each, and likely will have at least one more.
It is uniquely placed in the current landscape due to its throwback focus on sight gags, supported by verbal puns, irony, etc., often delivered at rapid fire pace. (more…)
the watch of time 
Life Lessons from BILLIONS
A product of cable network Showtime, BILLIONS has just completed a high impact second season. The schedule expanded from the original season of ten episodes to twelve.
BILLIONS has become a modern times, high quality organic product. It showcases fast-paced dramatic writing with actors inhabiting their roles in stark transitions of settings. This mix of properties is a dependable formula for customer, i.e. viewer, loyalty. (more…)
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