Most of the time I’m pretty laid back – but sometimes I feel so strongly about something that I am compelled to express my opinion. Since my kitty doesn’t really care about my opinion, it’s a good thing I now have this  section on my website! Read it or not, as you wish. I’m just hoping to have my say. Stir up a little controversy. Elicit a few laughs. And like that. Do feel free to argue, comment, question, or whatever. Just keep it clean and polite. This is a family site. 🙂

• “No laws = chaos!” February 8, 2025 - My headline sums up the views of George Conway (co-founder of The Lincoln Project) talking with The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell in the YouTube video below.
• “War”? January 19, 2025 - “The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza came into effect Sunday, halting more than 15 months of devastating war…” – The Washington Post, Jan. 19, 2025 All of that statement is true except for one word: “war.”
• “Brakistan” vs. Gaza… August 18, 2024 - An imagination exercise
• My Zelenskyy Shirt – Моя сорочка Зеленського June 17, 2024 - Thanks to Google Translate for my bilingual title, since I don’t speak Ukrainian. I wish I did. But here’s the next best thing…
• Insomnia & Insanity July 31, 2023 - Since I slept nary a wink last night (no known reason!) and still don’t feel sleepy, I’d like to tell you about the thoughts that kept me awake. 😳 At 2:30 a.m., awake since 1:00 a.m., I was struck by the thought of how blind the Trump-loving “Christian” evangelists are. I mean, wilfully blind. Those … Continue reading Insomnia & Insanity
• What do *you* think? April 19, 2022 - Russia’s “special military operation” – aka scorched-earth-murders-and-mayhem genocide underway in Ukraine since February – shows no signs of abating. Aside from the torture and killings as well as the displacement of millions of refugees, how is this allowed to happen?
• Before Our Eyes January 7, 2021 - Originally posted on Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees:
  Before our eyes we are witnessing the destruction – from within – of our great neighbour to the south of us, that bastion of democracy, the United States of America. Photo: Freedom (cc) by Lindholm Art For the United States are united no more. Almost half the…
• Imagining the Unimaginable September 25, 2020 - Suppose Trump gets re-elected with the help of voter suppression, dishonesty and other modes of cheating…
• “British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read” November 7, 2019 - “…fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.”  “He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart.” Thanks to my pal Beth Sissons for pointing me in the direction of this excellent article!
• 10 Reasons I’m Happy to Live in Canada June 30, 2019 - In honour (notice Canadian spelling! 😉) of Canada Day tomorrow, July 1st, I thought I’d write a little post saying why I love living in Canada.
• Before Our Eyes, part 2 October 23, 2018 - Re the Orange Madman to the South:
• Before Our Eyes March 17, 2018 - Before our eyes we are witnessing the destruction – from within – of our great neighbour to the south of us, that bastion of democracy, the United States of America.
• Toddler Gun Tips February 15, 2018 - Hi, little boys and girls in the USA! Here are your gun tips of the day, summed up in wee pint-sized tidbits for you.
• Nutcases in the U.S.? August 16, 2017 - I didn’t think there were that many, okay? I said Trump would never win any primaries – voters have more sense than that. Then I said…
• American Sociopath June 5, 2017 - The following is a link to The Daily Kos, a progressive publication I receive as a daily newsletter by email. It features an article that is all over social media by now. In case you’ve missed it, check it out; it’s well worth a read.
• A message to my American friends February 27, 2017 - This is an extremely eloquent, heartfelt comment on one of Dan Rather’s Facebook posts, on his page. It brought me to tears. Please repost it far and wide. Thank you.
• January 20, 2017 January 23, 2017 - January 20, 2017: A Friday Folly of the Worst Kind. I’ve reposted my special Friday Follies #72 here in my IMHO category – in case you missed it.
• January 20, 2017 – A Primer December 30, 2016 - So 21 days from now, America will inaugurate a person as president, someone practically no one ever expected to see as the next occupant of the Oval Office. A person who…
• Arrival November 26, 2016 - SPOILER ALERT! Do not read this if you haven’t seen the movie. You have been warned! 😉
• Carrot Foam? November 6, 2016 - I speak to you today as a lover of plain food. Not for me the aforesaid carrot foam (orange goop!), braised deer slices (bye-bye Bambi! 😦 ) or pickled quail eggs. I am of the opinion that only pickles should be pickled. But that’s just me.