There are no words to heal the pain when one of our feline furbabies moves on... Lovely tribute though... and thanks for being among the good people who come to the aid of cats struggling because of heartless

Yes, you cover a wide range of stuff. But they are YOUR experiences, and that's cool. I particularly enjoyed following your trip through Spain, Portugal and North Africa, since they were areas that were

Well, Google isn't actually my "go to" but is a useful point of reference for this article, in that it has all sorts of information. Depending on what I am looking at, I run most things past

I think people mix up their terms a lot. Facts are not the same as truth are not the same as opinions, and yet they all seem to get blended together under a single umbrella. Consider that the actual

I get that. I have no inclination to support either of them.

Alas, no... I'm not in support of any of the candidates who are actually running now. But I'm not entirely in support of a two-party system, either.

Growing up in Denmark, the political truth was perhaps similar to what you say of Canada... few people held any expectations that politicians are pure as the driven snow...

Being natural in your expression is definitely the ideal, yes.

Thank you @ewkaw, the support is always appreciated!

Joan, as my father sometimes would say: "you learn more with your ears, than with your lips!" There is a lot of truth to that, I think. Most people don't know how to truly be present with another,

Thanks for the link; very interesting! It reminds me of "True Friend Engagement" as I learned it in one of my nonduality spiritual communities, many years ago... be present, and listen, without

The problem in the US seems to be that nobody actually knows how much pharmaceuticals cost. That pricing information is almost like a state secret between Big Pharma and Insurance companies. Our doctor

We go along and do the best we can! In time we learn to get along with less and maybe that's really OK... a lot of the stuff we're "supposed to" consume is actually a bit wasteful.

We're increasingly focusing on "the small things" where we actually have a measure of control, and can "add something." We have an increasingly productive vegetable garden; most of

Yes, but I don't LIKE it! Klaus Schwab insisted I would LIKE it...

It's ironic that ownership is so highly valued in the USA... we are led to believe that we should strive for ownership, but the moment we have ownership, we get taxes "because we OWN something."

I think we are getting closer to a "tipping point" at which the fact that people simply can't afford their lives will cause consumption (of pretty much all consumer goods) to stagnate, and then

Part of our decision is precisely based on the fact that it's only going to get worse. We hate moving, and we put a lot of love and sweat equity into this property... and even though we thought we'd planned

Thanks for the support @ewkaw and @qurator, appreciate it.

No worries; difficult at first, but change is also something we can look forward to.