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Category Archives: Odds and Ends
Our relationship with food takes many twists and turns!
Observations about our relationship with food continue to appear regularly in my social media feeds. Here are a few favourites that I’ve been saving up. Do any of them offer you any reassurance as to your own preferred eating habits?!
Did a Google chatbot just “come to life”?
In the news this past week: Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient (Guardian) and No, Google’s AI is not sentient (CNN). What’s this all about? [For those not familiar with the term, a chatbot … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Odds and Ends
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Golf, greed, gambling, and … a force for good in the world?!
It’s true, I don’t post about sports very often, except for running, of course. And when I do, it’s usually been to laud statements on human rights that professional athletes have made, using their voice to fight hatred and discrimination. … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Leadership, Odds and Ends
Tagged DP World Tour, Dustin Johnson, golf, greed, Greg Norman, human rights, LIV Golf, morality, PGA, Phil Michelson, Saudi Arabia
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Getting old and enjoying it just fine – in song
Recently New Zealand blogger Rachel McAlpine, at blog Write Into Life, published a post entitled 3 Songs About Getting Old. I’d been thinking about this same topic for a while now, so I thought I’d build on Rachel’s observations. She … Continue reading
Posted in Odds and Ends
Tagged aging, David Myles, Jacques Brel, old, Old Folks, songs, songs about getting old, When It Comes My Turn
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Important lessons our parents teach us without even realizing it
It’s time to lighten our loads, at least for a few minutes. Daylight now lasts well into the evening, at least up here in the northern latitudes. The hope of spring has become a reality, and greets us every morning … Continue reading
Here’s a bucket list item for you!
Admiration, astonishment, envy, or just utter disbelief. The quest just begun by Italian hiker and grandmother Vienna Cammarota might inspire any or all of these feelings. As reported in several news sources this week, Vienna Cammarota left Venice on Tuesday … Continue reading
Posted in Odds and Ends, Travel
Tagged admiration, Goethe, inspiration, Marco Polo, peace, spirit, understanding, unity, Venice, Vienna Cammarota, Walk for Peace, walking
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Trying to start a positivity train
Whether due to the overwhelming political and climatic upheavals we see in the world or because of significant personal upheavals, staying positive has been a challenge for many/most of us these days. There are no easy answers. More and more … Continue reading
Posted in Odds and Ends
Tagged acts of kindness, depression, fear, kindness, pandemic, personal loss, Putin, stress, support, Ukraine, worry
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When the most optimistic people aren’t feeling very optimistic
These times have been hard on almost everyone in some way or another. In the past 2+ years (or maybe in the past 6+ years), we’ve learned that no-one is immune from the world’s problems: the challenges of global pandemics, … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering, Odds and Ends
Tagged Climate change, COVID, economic disparity, equality, human rights, kindness, pandemic, poverty, Project Do Better, racism, sexism, social justice, war, world peace
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