Gary McDonald "inRefinement" by A. McPope

  After watching and reading the news of the day I put my feet up, rolled back my LazyBoy and clicked the television toward an assortment of available Streaming Networks. There they were: six renderings beaming from a 55" screen begging to find a spot in my collection of photographs. I thought they were beautiful. I don't know who created them but I do know that the word Britbox was in the lower right hand corner of each.      Our weather network had forecast cold and snow yesterday January 22, 2026. Today is almost like yesterday except the snow has given way to wind with the temperature still between -13 and -19C. It's another perfect day to relax and write about the weather, these six photographs and current events in our neighbourhood and around the world but I won't be doing that now. It's 10:45 and Terryl and I are getting ready for a luncheon with Jack and Yvonne at Pho Huong Vietnamese recently opened in Port Credit. 👲 We, that's Jack and  I had a live...

Good afternoon friends: 48 hours ago we celebrated New Year's Eve with an eruption of worldly music during a play called "We Will Rock You." We were two of a near full house in a fabulous theatre in downtown Toronto. Many know this music to be exciting, wordy and meaningful. In Europe and the far east fireworks had been lighting the skies to welcome its citizens into 2026. There was dancing, singing, hugs and kisses between friends and total strangers all having a good time around our globe. 😄      Prior to 11:00am January 3, 2026 we were notified that the president of the USA had an important message to deliver. The news networks assembled at his Florida Club  where Donald J. Trump delivered a message that 150 armed military planes of various descriptions, dozens of low flying helicopters carrying armed soldiers, and an armada of equipment and machines have invaded the Venezuela city of Caracas to muffle and kidnap its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Fl...