Justin Trudeau is promising lots of aid while making sure people stay home. Of course, all this aid is not in “real” money at all. So, I came up with a quick little poem: The government’s giving us pandemic money To sit at home, “you’ll be okay, honey.” The bank is printing more currency Perhaps …
May You Live In Interesting Times ~Chinese Proverb In Greece, people are discovering how serious the government is about its recommendations to stay home. Now, it’s not only a recommendation but also has been imposed by law, and going outside of your home can only be done for specific reasons. Last week, the Greek Government …
The other day, on February 22nd, 2020, Orangeville Hydro was reporting that there was a power outage in parts of town. I have to give credit to the local utility; they are usually pretty responsive to outages, at any time of the day, and any day of the week. Their Twitter account is generally pretty …
No matter what type of footwear I am looking for, I always have a very difficult time getting a shoe or boot that fits. My feet are long (thanks Mom!) and narrow (thanks Dad!) and I often need to spend hours trying on different brands, different models, and different styles before finding something that fits, …
As most of those who know me, know that I really enjoy cooking and trying different exotic as well as good old fashioned recipes. My kitchen has spices and herbs from various parts of the world and they get used up often. One spice that I’ve always been reluctant to purchase is saffron because there …
I’m not a vegetarian and the chances of me ever becoming one are pretty much zilch. I did try a vegetarian diet some years back for about 6 weeks, but I just did not feel great on it, even though I followed the advice of some of the so-called “top” vegetarian diet nutritionists. Having said …
In Greece, while many people do not have much of a “yard” at their homes, many have a small garden in front, often with a native tree. The front “yard” here is quite small relative to the sizes of yards back in North America, but our tree of course is an olive. The neighbour on …
Back on October 23rd, I reported on a horribly misleading headline I discovered on the CBC website that claimed a tweet that was critical of Islam was “racist.” The article appeared during the Canadian federal election campaign, during a time when some reporters and media including Warren Kinsella were on a campaign to label Maxime …
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See Update Below… The world has Ancient Greece to thank for their philosophers and ideas that they could question anything, investigate, think, express new ideas, and even realize that old beliefs about the world might be wrong. I am sure that if some of those ancient Greek philosophers were alive today, they would be mortified …
In a country where many people will beg for a job that pays 600.00 Euros a month – less than 5.50 CDN an hour – Greece sure has some strange ways of trying to make an “economic recovery.” A few months ago, Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ right wing government was elected on promises that included economic reform …