Category Archives: RICHARD’s desk

  • prevert !!!>?#$!!
  • Passover
  • Easter
  • CAMPAIGN PLATFORMS
  • Andrew Tumilty, political pundit
  • ELECTIONS CENTRAL, 2022
  • Third-world politics in Ontario
  • MUMBLER at the LCBO
  • JUDY LEDÉNYI
  • SUPPORTERS
  • Protected: WRITERS TOOL KIT
  • NOTEZILLA
  • OLD TEACHERS
  • AGEISM: Ignoring the old
  • Moira Welsh, “Wife of long-term-care home resident banned from visiting.”
  • Great Irish sayings for St. Paddy’s day….
  • A shortcut to important phone numbers
  • Cheryl Bristow
  • FUNERAL PRE-PLANNING
  • You’re #1 in Big Boy Ford’s heart !
  • Ginger Kuenzel
  • Get off the road!! Is it time someone in your family should no longer be driving?
  • Eva Henn
  • LESLYN LEWIS
  • Are “Robotphones” driving you crazy?
  • Maria Telkes
  • Celebrate WOMEN
  • EMMA GIRARDI
  • Mary Simon
  • Celebrating WOMEN
  • Text Blaze: insert text at a click of keyboard
  • VIRTUAL MEETINGS – like cutting softened butter with a hot knife
  • Councillor candidates to fill the WARD 2 vacancy
  • The two nuns sipped some grappa and….
  • Two senior nuns in Italy taught me the brutal truth about life….
  • Teachers: the Olympic champions of all professions
  • So I was responding to an email today….
  • Notes about the Markham Concert Band Seasonal Celebration performance.
  • handels messiah
  • Anti VAXXERS CHRISTMAS TREE
  • A Covid Christmas
  • MALLS, going once, going twice, gone !
  • A Christmas poem for the little ones by Kathleen Gauer
  • testing
  • RACISM: Alive and Well in Pickering, Durham and Ontario
  • Failed first attempt but spring 2022 will see Indigenous crosswalk success
  • Tributes to Councillor Ian Cumming
  • Halloween fun for the old and young kids !!!
  • A NEW WAY TO CARJACK
  • The older I get….
  • Truth and Reconciliation
  • Why I avoid using FACEBOOK
  • Are you a SNOWBIRD?
  • The wisdom of George Carlin
  • Pickering hits the big time: Guinness Book of Records
  • An excellent summary for comparing the major party platforms in the compaign
  • A bit of Black History…
  • WAYS TO VOTE
  • PRODUCTIVITY – I found the HOLY GRAIL
  • Thinking of voting Trudeau
  • Where is she now?
  • Thank you Olympic athletes of Canada and of the world
  • Born before June 30/47, Fed govt is giving you $500 during Aug 16-21
  • Here’s a politician with balls!
  • Trudeau
  • All European church bells rang at noon today thanks to Hungarian bravery and courage centuries ago
  • My name is ….
  • CANADA DAY commentary by Canadian writers
  • Councillor’s anti-racism motion passed by Pickering Council
  • JUNETEENTH: What is it? We all need to celebrate it.
  • Kathleen Gauer: Another childrens’ book author awarded
  • Press release from the Pickering ISLAMIC Centre
  • Tony Burman…bon voyage sir !
  • Get a free cookbook and support our immigrants
  • Aging well together: MAY 2021 newsletter
  • Some wise words from an old farmer
  • Some thoughts about corporate selfishness during the pandemic
  • 10 Ways You Should Be Using Vinegar in Your Garden
  • World House Prices: Canada will shock you
  • Premier FORD & CONSERVATIVES = Chaos, contradiction, confusion
  • FACEBOOK disclaimer
  • A very interesting read about Israel
  • Followup to Archbishop Collins’ request for review of COVID capacity restrictions on religious gatherings
  • How Americans view their own country?
  • How I work
  • Deja vu all over again…
  • A Day in the Life of “An Older Adult with Complexity
  • Pickering Councillor Kevin Ashe statement and resignations
  • Requiem for a riding partner, Feb. 6, 2021
  • We don’t use FACEBOOK
  • Exploring your past or your genetic makeup may put your privacy and confidentiality at serious risk
  • We sure could use your expertise
  • Good try entrants….but your guesses are inaccurate
  • CONTEST: Who are the celebrities in our header?
  • A tribute to our COVID heroes
  • Community services RESOURCE GUIDE
  • Pickering Councillors: Submission to Long-Term Care Ontario
  • An very interesting site but expensive…
  • Tough times don’t last, tough people do!
  • “A strange country…”
  • Saul Alinsky and the “9 day theory”
  • “Get a human,” a live person
  • Tempest in a teapot?
  • A bit of Canadian history…
  • Auld Lang Syne, sung beautifully, ends with Happy New Year greeting
  • Road signs seen in the American Bible belt
  • Example of amazing cursive script by Fort McMurray writer
  • Friends staying in touch
  • CAA Magazine WINTER 2020: best issue ever
  • Today I am grateful for….
  • Charlie Chaplin considerations
  • During these COVID times, we should be like sunflowers
  • Comfort kits for seniors, delivered to your home
  • Pickering Public Library responds to questions and problems
  • Another work by Dennis Gazarek . . . .
  • OBIT: Announcing the death of…
  • Fotheringham: May he rest in peace
  • Pandemic casualties in Canadian retail
  • Mask it or casket !
  • You shop at Walmart?
  • The American election campaign will be ugly
  • Trump re-election a real possibility…whoa !
  • When was the last time you explored like a kid?