THE PHOENIX CROWN by KATIE QUINN AND JANIE CHANG - HarperCollins, 2024 - Yes, I’m now moved and working my way through a mountain of boxes. The move left little time to reflect on Kanadoodle’s election so, rather than dwell on politics, I’ll recommend a good book instead - much more interesting… San Francisco. In …
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Mrs Van Gogh by Caroline Cauchi, Harper Collins 2023 - In 1990, Vincent Van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet sold in a NY auction for $82.5 million. In Wikipedia’s current list of the 120 most expensive paintings ever sold, Van Gogh is listed nine times and he’s now considered one of the greatest painters in …
I was out in the dogsled searching for ice cubes when a chilling thought crossed my mind. I forgot to turn off the blowtorch in the igloo before I left on my trek! It’s bad enough the climate has warmed up so much the roof has been dripping of late, but that’s nothing compared to …
Evan Almighty 2007 - Universal Pictures directed by Tom Shadyac - When I grow weary of listening to endless news coverage of the Rump and his latest outrage against ‘Murica and/or the world, or had my fill of listening to politicians in election mode, spewing whoppers about all the marvelous things they’ll do with money …
I'm back at the ol' igloo and the race is on! Kanadoodlians are sitting on the edge of their icebergs, basking in the excitement of a federal election. While the election has only just been called, the Consumptive Party, under the leadership of Pierre (Cluck-Cluck) Poulet had already been, over the past year, running …
I sit in my leaky igloo, fearful that the Rump is going to snatch Kanadoodle right from under my frozen touche. It seems that ‘Murica is running out of ice cubes and the Rump believes that annexing Kanadoodle, making it the ‘51st state’, will guarantee an endless supply for ‘Muricans’ drinks. To the surprise of …
A couple of pieces of background information will be helpful to make sense of this blog, including the fact that I’ve collected first edition children’s books as a hobby for many years. Most are purchased on eBay from either the USA or the UK. You also need to know that when items cross the border …
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I was sitting in the old igloo when the newscasts began reporting a mugging that had occurred earlier at the Whitey House in ‘Murica. It apparently started when the Rump (the PREZ and KING IN WAITING) got together with his lap-dog, G.D. (Liberty) Valence and Vlod (the Beleaguered) of U-Crane. They were all sitting at …
Two court cases reported in the same newscast last week… CASE ONE - Nineteen year old Aiden Bell and Mark Harrison arrived at a park in Nanaimo, B.C., carrying knives, bear spray and looking for trouble. Fred Parsons, a gentle person with developmental disorders, and some of his friends, were occupying the swing set in …
Here I am, sitting on an ice block in the old igloo, reflecting on the current international situation. I have to hand it to my late father-in-law who had the ‘mot juste’ for our current situation. His perfect answer was stated around 1938, when he was asked his opinion about the international situation and responded …
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