Riding Bikes, City Limits

OK…so I’m back to complain…well discuss something I think is very alarming…IMHO.
I’ve been living in Victoria BC for about a year and a half, and in that time I’ve seen several preventable accidents between cars and peddle bikes.
This area is very concious of our enviroment, and many people opt out of driving motor vehicles for [...]

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Time For Change

OK, so it’s time for a change, well several changes, both here and in my life in general.
A new theme for the already new year, a new approach to a stale more sarcastic one, and a change in lifestyle, much needed for my family.
It’s hard sometimes to make such changes…well the theme for the blog [...]

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A Documentary

Hello Everyone,
I just finished watching this documentary  that truly needs to be watched by everyone IMO.
It is extremly disturbing and will go against many religious belief systems, and make you take a look at what is happening in the world, but especially in the USA and how it relates to the world.
The film starts out [...]

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Banking Canada vs USA

Well here I am to bitch about another interesting difference between Canada and the USA…and this has to do with Banking Practices.
OK…now I’m talking about Chartered Banks, not Credit Unions, because there is a huge difference between the two…especially in Canada.
My mother has Banked with The Royal Bank for years up here in Canada…in fact [...]

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Canada vr USA Health Care

I’ve recently moved to Canada having spent the past few years in the USA I had forgotten just what the medical experience was like.
I was raised in Alberta, and back in the day when I was a young person, we had excellent health care compared to many countries, but then…the budget was slashed, and slashed [...]

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The Unknown Blacksmith

Hello All…
My husband and I really like metal work, wrought iron work etc, especially when someone with a passion and truly artistic ability is behind it.
Well…about a year ago he found this wonderful site and we googled over the work that was being done, especially the fact that all of it was hand forged, no [...]

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Living In Victoria

Well as usual, I’ve neglected my blog, and well I suppose I’ve been neglecting my writing in general, not really finding the words these past few months.
Much change has been happening for one, and I suppose that is the bulk of it.
Moving to Victoria, BC Canada has been a major move, and a bit of [...]

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Racism … some views … some questions

I’ve been on about racism towards whites for many years now, and frankly, it always seems that people are too afraid to admit it or talk about it openly, until yesterday.
Upon opening my email, I had one from my dad tittled “Someone Finally had the guts to say it.” and it is a very to [...]

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Palestine Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter

Yesterday my husband was watching an interview with Jimmy Carter around his new book ‘Palestine Peace Not Apartheid’.
Now I was born in the USA, but raised in Canada so I’m not completely up on the Presidents of the US,  but I remember that he was a good president and seemed to be a good man.
After watching [...]

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Thanks Giving

Well, another Thanks Giving Day come and gone, with all the fixins.
I have to say that late last week, with Thanks Giving looming, we were not even sure if we would be able to have a decent meal, never mind a whole dinner. It is amazing how things come to us, how we are taken [...]

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