Why wait for Hallow'een to disguise one self.
Ariane wanted to know what hippies used to look like. She caught on very fast.
dimanche 20 janvier 2013
Seesaw
Since yesterday we have seesaw weather. Snow, sun, rain, sun, mild, freezing, no wind, squalls and blowing snow. Now it's sunny, two minutes ago you could not see the neighbour's 40 feet high pine tree.
Nature imitating the erratic behaviour of men.
Nature imitating the erratic behaviour of men.
vendredi 4 janvier 2013
La siesta en la casa Costopoulos
Ah! le dolce farniente.
Sur la boîte sur le divan, Miss Capucine, à côté de la boîte, sur le divan, Mr. Valentin,
au premier plan, Miss Catherine.
mardi 25 décembre 2012
Call me back later
Our soon to be 7 years old granddaughter is staying with us till next Sunday. Today being Christmas she got presents, among other a play tea set. She was serving tea to her plush toys when Skype rang. Her parents were calling. After a few moments we heard her saying:" Skype me tomorrow, I'm busy serving tea!"
mercredi 12 décembre 2012
Élégie
Extrait des Pensées
diverses
Combien
de poètes se sont penchés avec nostalgie
Sur
des bonheurs et des êtres perdus
Au
fil de vers et d’élégies
À
tous les échos entendus?
Combien
d’yeux les ont lus en pleurant,
D’humains
envahis d’émotions
Emportés
par le courant
D’un
torrent destructeur de leur déliction?
Combien
de ces écrits
Sont-ils
devenus dômes protecteurs
Contre
les chagrins décrits
Sous
la plume de leurs auteurs?
À
travers ces œuvres, souvent magnifiques,
Combien
de sentiments exprimés par procuration,
De
moments magiques
Suscités
par ces créations?
Merci
poètes d’exprimer en vos mots
Mes
élans intimes
Quant,
ultimo,
D’un
manque de vocabulaire je suis victime.
Paul
Costopoulos, jeudi, 15 novembre 2012
mercredi 7 novembre 2012
A strange breed
Voters all over the world have become a very strange breed. It would seem that they can not trust anybody enough to give them a clear mandate. Where you have proportional representation systems, of course, coalitions are the norm but in systems such as the British patterned government systems they are not.
However, as of late in many countries voters seem to be unable to make a clear choice. The U.S., for instance, will have, at least for the next two years, a Democrat President (Thank God), a Republican Chamber of Representatives and a Democrat Senate; a clear recipe for legislative paralysis. Britain has a coalition Conservative/Liberal government, odd bedfellows.
Québec very recently elected a minority government split evenly between Separatist P.Q. (54) and Liberal Federalists (50), the remaining seats split between a radical left party Q.S. also separatist leaning (2) and a the right leaning semi-federalist C.A.Q., about a dozen. No one wants to coalesce with another so it will be negociations ad nauseam to pass legislation.
No wonder we have an unending economic crisis and uncertain social climate.
However, as of late in many countries voters seem to be unable to make a clear choice. The U.S., for instance, will have, at least for the next two years, a Democrat President (Thank God), a Republican Chamber of Representatives and a Democrat Senate; a clear recipe for legislative paralysis. Britain has a coalition Conservative/Liberal government, odd bedfellows.
Québec very recently elected a minority government split evenly between Separatist P.Q. (54) and Liberal Federalists (50), the remaining seats split between a radical left party Q.S. also separatist leaning (2) and a the right leaning semi-federalist C.A.Q., about a dozen. No one wants to coalesce with another so it will be negociations ad nauseam to pass legislation.
No wonder we have an unending economic crisis and uncertain social climate.
samedi 20 octobre 2012
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