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  • 2024 Horrors: The Final Chapter

    2024 Horrors: The Final Chapter

    Me, watching “Kill List” for the fourteenth time. Released in 2012, it’s in my Top Five of all-time favourite scary movies. It’s late on a soggy Sunday afternoon and I’m delaying my bubble bath so I can write this.  Let’s just finish this off, shall we?   There have only been a small handful of topics…

  • 2024 Horrors!

    2024 Horrors!

    …and by “horrors,” I am referring to the pleasant glut of movies that were released throughout last year, as opposed to the punishing series of events that transpired.  While, so far, 2025 has started out strong and some excellent developments have already unfolded, 2024 seemed to specialize in teeth-rattling events both personal and public, and…

  • This one’s a challenge, WordPress bot.

    This one’s a challenge, WordPress bot.

    1.) My cat, Annie, forever and always. Among her other perfect qualities, she very patiently lets me smooch her nonstop. 2.) Eggs for breakfast. Hard-boiled, soft-boiled, scrambled, poached, made into an omelette…they really are the perfect food, healing for both brain and body. 3.) My parents, almost 80 years old and with the energy and…

  • Ode To The Father

    Ode To The Father

    Last Sunday was Father’s Day, an occasion which we Lower Mainland Doukhobors commemorate by holding a picnic / potluck at some obscure park out in North Delta.  Obscure, but it’s actually called Annieville Lions Park, which works well for me since I’ve been living in my own version of Annieville for over a decade now.  …