Tag Archives: Canada

Remembrance Day

Posted on November 11, 2013 by motleydragon

Lest We Forget Posted on November 10, 2012 by motleydragon In Canada we honour Remembrance Day on November 11.For the entire month we wear the poppy pins sold by veterans’ associations, on the 11th the entire nation stops everything  and stands … Continue reading →

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Hallowe’en 6… Maman is a giant spider!

Posted on October 27, 2013 by motleydragon

Now THIS is scary!  Canada joined the elite group of really BIG art connoisseurs when we bought our very own COPY for a mere $3.2 million in 2005. Why!? Here is the article from Wikipedia: Maman (1999) is a sculpture … Continue reading →

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A whole day nearer

Posted on September 30, 2013 by motleydragon

I have used this link in my blog before (Les Vieux. (July 6, 2012).  The very old lady I referred to in that post, my mother’s last survivng friend, has since died.  She decided she was too tired to go … Continue reading →

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Saying Goodbye

Posted on September 24, 2013 by motleydragon

SARS doctor pleads for legalized assisted suicide in posthumous video This was a headline in today’s Spectator. Both my parents struggled through unnecessary pain and fear in their final days.  My mother went into the hospital “for tests” and never … Continue reading →

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Unthinkable

Posted on August 18, 2013 by motleydragon

Not since the serpent tempted Eve in the garden, or Cleopatra clasped an asp to her bosom, have snakes received so much attention! The comic/tragic way I heard about the attack in New Brunswick was very strange.  I was at … Continue reading →

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Bucket List

Posted on July 15, 2013 by motleydragon

 I don’t have a “bucket list”, that list of things to do before you die, and I haven’t really thought much about what I would include. The idea became popular after a 2007 film about two terminally ill men who … Continue reading →

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A Civics Lesson

Posted on July 2, 2013 by motleydragon

Still more about Canada… from Rick Mercer, a popular Canadian comedian, television personality, and political satirist. The basic facts are accurate, if dated by a few years.  (Michaëlle Jean’s term as Governor General finished in 2010, and Prime Minister Stephen … Continue reading →

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Comparisons

Posted on July 1, 2013 by motleydragon

Last year at this time I wrote about the national celebrations of Canada and the USA. I included this video by Tom Brokaw about the relationship between Canada and The United States.  It aired on NBC during the 2010 Winter … Continue reading →

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Canadian Pride

Posted on June 30, 2013 by motleydragon

Happy Canada Day! July 1 is our national holiday, a good time to reflect on the many advantages of living here, in this time and place, and to be both grateful and patriotic. Red and white… especially strawberries on the … Continue reading →

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O Canada!

Posted on June 29, 2013 by motleydragon

What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is one part of the Canadian Constitution. The Constitution is a set of laws containing the basic rules about how our country operates. For … Continue reading →

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