Tag Archives: COVID-19

Pluto Transit Mercury: How it Hit Me…

Posted on June 11, 2020 by cdsmiller17

On February 27, 2020 Recently, I tried looking ahead to the next two times that Pluto will transit my natal Mercury @ 24 Capricorn. I forgot to look back (what kind of two-bit astrologer am I?); instinctively, I knew ‘something’ … Continue reading →

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The Great Social Experiment of 2020

Posted on June 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

World-Wide Pandemic Responses You know that it’s serious when the world closes its doors and goes home. So, now we are afraid of our family, friends and neighbours. And, of course, people are dying out there. It feels like fear … Continue reading →

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Three Month Isolation Looks Like This

Posted on May 19, 2020 by cdsmiller17
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Following the Script of a Pandemic Movie

Posted on May 17, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Contagion (2011) This movie has an eerie prescience. (And the tag line makes the point clearly.) I cannot remember any other movie I’ve seen where images similar to it are being played out in televised segments on the nightly news. … Continue reading →

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The Old Folks at Home (on Mother’s Day)

Posted on May 14, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Porch photo by April Barber (morgellicreative.com)

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Life (version one)

Posted on May 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

  Though Life has lost its meaning And Time goes on the same, Yet I’ll not stop my dreaming For that would be a shame.   Through thoughts that throw a guided path And other things they turn from, With … Continue reading →

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Canada’s “New” National Anthem

Posted on May 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

We’re All in This Together (2013) As this is one of my favourite refrains, I was surprised to find that there exists a song with these words in its title. Now, because of the pandemic lockdown, it has come into … Continue reading →

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Is it a Towering Inferno?

Posted on May 4, 2020 by cdsmiller17

We watch CTV News Barrie everyday at 6:00 pm. It’s our first view of the news each evening and provides us with an overview of the events in our area of Ontario, Simcoe and Muskoka. It’s also part of the … Continue reading →

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Just Killing Time

Posted on May 3, 2020 by cdsmiller17

  The world seems busy, rushing madly, Trying to succeed in killing time By beating it to the knockout punch, Or forcing it to stand still, tranquil. . But all attempts turn out so badly, That any form of caring … Continue reading →

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A Blessing or a Curse?

Posted on April 28, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Deuteronomy 11:26-28 It’s been six weeks! How’s it going? Are you totally bored, yet? I’m not. It’s the same as it’s been for the last five years since I retired, except we seem to have more money in the bank … Continue reading →

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