Tag Archives: Ontario

Mobbing Ford

Posted on November 15, 2013 by motleydragon

This is the editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay as it appeared in to-day’s Spectator.  The Hamilton and Toronto football teams play off in Toronto Sunday for a place in the Grey Cup game next week. Mayor Ford, a football enthusiast … Continue reading →

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Tragedy and the Common Man

Posted on November 14, 2013 by motleydragon

This morning at the bank, the doctor’s office, shopping in three different stores, the conversations I overheard were all about Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford.  Although people lament the persistent media coverage and say they are sick of hearing about the … Continue reading →

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Ford’s Folly

Posted on November 11, 2013 by motleydragon

  Football and Ford’s Folly Posted on November 26, 2012 by motleydragon Ford’s Folly, part 2 Posted on November 27, 2012 Rob Ford, Part 3 Posted on November 30, 2012

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November 11

Posted on November 11, 2013 by motleydragon

  Remembrance Day again…  we can take a sigh of relief that we have “done the right thing”, take the poppies off our coat, and begin shopping in earnest for Christmas.   In our public sphere… the offices and malls… Remembrance … Continue reading →

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Stargazing

Posted on August 13, 2013 by motleydragon

We were at home when the lights went out ten years ago.  From “the brow” above Hamilton we can see a great distance … on a clear day as far as the Toronto CN tower.  We did not know what … Continue reading →

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Stormy Weather… again

Posted on July 20, 2013 by motleydragon

Since the power came back on I have been exploring YouTube for versions of Stormy Weather.  This is from a live performance by Ben Webster in Copenhagen in 1965. Although there was severe damage to trees and property on our … Continue reading →

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Vanitas

Posted on July 14, 2013 by motleydragon

One of the more interesting print magazines I skim from time to time is published by the L.C.B.O… the liquor control board of Ontario, whose stores hold an almost total monopoly on the sale of liquor in this province.  (There … 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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Mariana

Posted on June 11, 2013 by motleydragon

Mariana is an 1851 oil-on-wood painting by John Everett Millais. The image is based on the solitary Mariana from William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, written between 1601 and 1606. In the play, Mariana was to be married, but was rejected … Continue reading →

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Gentlemen’s French

Posted on June 3, 2013 by motleydragon

Parlez-vous francais? Un peu? If you have forgotten most of your high school French, here is a vocabulary drill. Living in Canada, an officially biligual country, I still have to go out of my way to speak or read French, … Continue reading →

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