Word Prisms

I was sad to hear about the closing of  180  provincial parks recently. The wilderness has always been an important part of my life as it was to my father and my father’s father. The love of the wilderness brought my mother and father together and so could be considered responsible for the existence of me and my siblings. They were both members of the outdoor club at university. On weekends, the club would engage in such activities as skating on Whitemud Creek in Edmonton. After the skate, they would retreat to the  club’s cabin that featured a potbelly stove used both for heat and cooking.  When my father extended his handkerchief to my mother after she’d cut her hand opening a tin of beans  to feed the hungry skaters, you could say she lost her heart.   I don’t think Mr. Kenney gets it. He pretends to  be  an Albertan and speak for us but he isn’t Kihiwin Provincial Park and he doesn’t. I support the Rachel Notley’s NDP and a progr...

After travelling to Malaysia and Singapore, it’s interesting to compare the reaction of these countries to the COVID-19 outbreak and that of my own and the United States. Malaysia had its first case of the coronavirus on January 25 th . While my wife and I visited the country, the number was kept at 26 and since then has sprung to 93. No deaths have resulted from the disease.   The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Singapore on January 23. Since that time, 130 cases have been detected. And like Malaysia, no deaths.   Then, of course, there’s the statistics coming in from around the world, 7041 infected in South Korea with 53 deaths, Italy with 5,883 infections and 233 deaths, Iran with 5,823 infections and 145 deaths and so on down the line. Of course, these numbers are changing hourly. New cases in China have diminished considerably and Canada is well down the list with 60 infections and no deaths. Our close...