Tag Archives: health and welfare

Alzheimer’s: Research is Trying to Find a Cure, but…

Posted on July 15, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Type III Diabetes? At the end of the latest season of “Grey’s Anatomy”, Meredith Grey was trying to make a breakthrough on her research for a cure to Alzheimer’s, and she had to go up against the establishment. It was … Continue reading →

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It’s a Question of Identification…

Posted on April 30, 2023 by cdsmiller17

How Is Chris, Today? It’s something that my wife’s son-in-law says in greeting me. It always strikes me as strange, but then I think about it, and he’s quite right to ask it of me, in the way he does. … Continue reading →

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QR Passports: Canada’s Two Classes of Citizenship

Posted on February 13, 2022 by cdsmiller17

The New Caste System: the Vaccinated and the Unvaccinated Talk about ‘untouchables’. Rick Mercer’s rant about COVID-19 brought a thought to my mind, which then got repeated by a protestor on the CTV News last night: by getting the government … Continue reading →

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We’re All Walking on Eggshells

Posted on January 12, 2022 by cdsmiller17

January is Mental Health Month This image reminds me of the Roman God Janus, for whom January is named. In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. … Continue reading →

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The Medium is the Message: The Tibetan Art of Living

Posted on December 22, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Christopher Hansard (January 3, 1957) This book was gifted to me by Susan’s cousin, Ann. It’s a wonderful primer for the Tibetan Bon medicine. So, just to be clear, this is not your usual Buddhist writing. It is so much … Continue reading →

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Okay, Folks: This is Getting Out of Hand

Posted on November 12, 2021 by cdsmiller17

It’s a Head Cold, for Goodness Sake! On Sunday, we visited a branch of our extended family tree. The youngest member is only 19 months old. He had a streaming cold. We probably shouldn’t have gone, but our having two … Continue reading →

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Jenny Merton: “Who’s Sorry Now?”

Posted on October 16, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Heartbeat: Season 14, Episode 11 (November 21, 2004) I’ve been a fan of this UK program from the very beginning, but lost the thread of the stories over the later years, due to family upheavals and my final return to … Continue reading →

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Can Madness Link Two Lives?

Posted on October 15, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Elizabeth Thorpe (May 17, 1963) This is awkward, to say the least: my sister, Elizabeth is schizophrenic. She has been this way since her late teens, blaming our mother for hypnotizing her and thereby allowing the Devil to enter her … Continue reading →

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I Told You that We were Programmed, too

Posted on September 30, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Lies My Mother Told Me This looks like I’m going for the humour of the situation, but, instead, I’m trying to demonstrate how simple it was for you to buy into a long tradition of your ‘mother’s wise words’. Take … Continue reading →

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This Post is for Serious Astrologers Only

Posted on August 28, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Can an Accident (Even a Minor One) Change a Life Forever? My wife, Susan, is a beautiful person, but she suffers from chronic pain due to an accident that she suffered more than 30 years ago. Last night she chronicled … Continue reading →

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