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AGEING & SENIORS: HEALTH & WELL: DANGEROUS DEVICES: Use with discretion
Tablets, cell phones, smart phones generate radiation. The human body may be affected adversely by radiation, most certainly, by too much radiation. View this video about the emission of radiation from these digital devices and act on the information with your … Continue reading
YOUR WILL: Consider having a lawyer confirm the solidity of your will
Recently, a newspaper article gave me pause to consider. I have a will that I drafted based on Internet research. The article pointed out that wills based on ‘will kits’ could have loop holes in them which can give the … Continue reading
EDITIORIAL: Digitial device users, you don’t work in isolation
Katharine Lake Berz, a Canadian writer, touches the globe with her words. I draw attention to Berz for far more than her writing which has depth and empathetic sensitivity. I draw attention to her because she walks among us. She … Continue reading
DIGITAL ASSETS: Can your heirs access your digital assets, files, photos, memorabilia?
ESTATE PLANNING: Are you covering all the bases?
Estate planning is a huge task, no matter how little monetary value you make think it has. Click –> Estate Planning” to see the many posts I have written about this very important topic. You should consider it a priority … Continue reading
WRITERS OF NOTE: Writers worth learning from…
There are many professional writers from whom budding or developing writers can learn. This is an ongoing list of writers I respect and think are examples of excellent journalism: Katharine Lake Berz Berz is a frequent contributor to various Canadian … Continue reading
EDITORIAL: Conservative Party plays the blood sport passionately
Politics is a blood sport, unfamiliar to the common voter. It’s a game that is populated by the treacherous and black-hearted. Remember “E tu Brute?” Well, the sport is alive, well and practiced with a passion in Canada today. Read … Continue reading
ONTARIO: Provincial Budget
Provincial Budget links: The BUDGET Long Term Care HOME in Pickering Bethlenfalvy APRIL NEWSLETTER
WORKSHOPS Newsletter, 4/2/24
Hey everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful long weekend. Thanks so much for your interest in receiving updates on writing-related programming at the Pickering Public Library. I promise not to invade your inboxes too often. For those … Continue reading
ANTHONY’s Notes: Keeping you up to date on the CANDIDATE NOMINATION News
The CANDIDATE NOMINATION process for PICKERING UXBRIDGE has been the center of confusion. Some candidates have withdrawn, others have sunk into the woodwork, while others have been surrounded by controversy, viz. Anthony Yacub. Anthony Yacub threw his hat into the … Continue reading
EDITORIAL: City of Pickering Website near $1 mill website budget looks catrastrophic
The City of Pickering has budgeted nearly $1 million for website makeover. To say that this is absurd budgeting may be a gross understatement. No matter which website designers I speak with, TD Bank, Toronto web design, even in my … Continue reading
TOOLS4WRITERS: SCRIVENER* – A writing tool for serious writers*
The VIDEO is a approximately 5-10 minute overview of SCRIVENER. (It is a rudimentary video as I was teaching myself how to create videos on my website, but it will give you an excellent overview of SCRIVENER.)
POINT-COUNTERPOINT: PICKERING FINANCES – Tranparency vs Transgression?
People wonder if civil servants are spending appropriately. Are they dipping into the public purse or spending their own dime. Just as importantly, citizens want to know how their money is being spent: TRANSPARENCY vs TRANSGRESSION. [COMMENTARY that is anonymous … Continue reading
PICKERING: TOWN HALL, Ward 1 & 2
This Town Hall will be co-hosted by Councillors Brenner, Cook and Nagy. The presentation will focus on Environmental issues relating to the City of Pickering culminating in a Q&A session. The City is developing its first Community Climate Adaptation Plan. The … Continue reading
POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Hospital possibility muddled by FORD
Premier Doug Ford stated that a hospital was to be built in the Durham region, in Ajax. However, the Premier is playing with the promise as if it were a hacky sack ball. Read the full story –> HOSPITAL _____________________ … Continue reading
WRITERS: 8 tips for reading poetry in front of an audience
POINT-COUNTERPOINT: CITY BUDGET for website design beyond reason
City of Pickering has budgeted $900,000 for modifying and maintaining its new website (delivery sometime in 2024). This is absolutely insane if taken at face value. Every web design and managing company has been astounded by this budget figure. The … Continue reading
FAIRPORT BEACH NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSOCIATION annual general meeting
I attended the Fairport Beach Neighbourhood Association annual general meeting recently and I was impressed. Most neighbourhood associations are viewed as being loose gatherings of a bunch of neighbours convening for a coffee clatch about their neighbourhood, probably a vestige … Continue reading
