Monthly Archives: March 2025

Can Spring Be Far Behind?

Posted on March 12, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Our local bunny is out in daylight hours for the first time in months.

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Is the Universe Trying to Remind Me?

Posted on March 11, 2025 by cdsmiller17

I’m No Angel (1933) I’m sitting here, yesterday, minding my own business (eating green grapes) when I heard this: It meant that I had to Google its origin, and that’s when I found the film it came from. Message received.

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Liberal Voters Agreed: 85.9% Chose Mark Carney

Posted on March 10, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Canada’s Next Prime Minister (March 9, 2025) It’s something we seldom do: watch the selection process of the new leader of a Canadian political party. If I’m honest about it, I didn’t think they would choose anyone else, although there … Continue reading →

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Meet the Real Life “Rosie the Riveter”

Posted on March 9, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Naomi Parker Fraley (August 26, 1921 – January 20, 2018) For three decades, the inspiration for the Rosie the Riveter poster was wrongly attributed to another woman. In 2009, the real “Rosie” identified herself in the original photographs. I set … Continue reading →

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“Love is Love, and Not Fade Away”

Posted on March 9, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Spoiler Alert (2022) I am not a fan of films about gay people. This one was suggested by a member of my wife’s family who has gone through a similar ending with her husband and father of her children. That … Continue reading →

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David Icke has Been Saying the Same Thing Since 1991

Posted on March 8, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Escape the Matrix (2020) It’s been a long road, standing on the sidelines, shouting out the odds to awaken people from their sheeple state. He then had a series of shows on Apple TV that allowed him to get his … Continue reading →

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Tariffs: Round Two

Posted on March 7, 2025 by cdsmiller17

The Bully vs. the Boxer (Again) On June 30, 2018, I wrote a slightly tongue-in-cheek post about Trudeau’s response to Trump’s attempted tariffs. At the time, the plan was supposed to bring Canada to the new NAFTA bargaining table, in … Continue reading →

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The Ecstasy and the Agony of a Renaissance Artist

Posted on March 6, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Michelangelo (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564) Michelangelo was moderate in his personal life, and once told his apprentice, Ascanio Condivi: “However rich I may have been, I have always lived like a poor man.” Michelangelo’s bank accounts and numerous … Continue reading →

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“No Pain, No Gain”

Posted on March 5, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Status Quo Bias The United States of America is going through a massive reset. It’s painful to watch from a distance, but, if I’m being honest, it’s about bloody time. It’s a funny thing that the man making these changes … Continue reading →

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Good Morning, Mr. Northern Cardinal

Posted on March 5, 2025 by cdsmiller17

The weather’s changed again: it’s warmer today, than yesterday.

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