Written by awneitsch on October 27, 2023
War, Remembrance and ‘Modern’ Times
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesTo All Elected and Unelected Canadians, Some of you may be old enough to remember your first of many assemblies for a Remembrance Day memorial that you attended in the gymnasium at your elementary school. You will have made poppies and pictures out of craft paper, glue and crayons to be displayed prior to
Written by awneitsch on October 25, 2023
Municipal Affairs – City of Airdrie Corporation…and their partners and stakeholders…of course.
Poly Tics . Social Studies“You quite often get the government you didn’t vote for.” – Howard And….the City of Airdrie is also heavily committed to U.N. Agenda 21/30 Sustainable Development Goals, E.S.G.s, and U.N.D.R.I.P. initiatives. Some purview! From: Al Neitsch Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 12:02 p.m.To: Peter Brown; mayor@airdrie.ca; al.jones@airdrie.ca; ron.chapman@airdrie.ca; darrell.belyk@airdrie.ca; Candice.Kolson@airdrie.ca; Heather Spearman; tina.petrow@airdrie.caCc: Airdrie-East; Blake
Written by awneitsch on October 21, 2023
Bovine, Cow, Human
Mutterings And Murmurs . Social StudiesWe often think of wild animals as being fiercely independent of domestic, human species, yet many of them have incredibly strong parental instincts that drive them to protect their families and young ones. Despite the differences between various species, all animals share some basic characteristics, such as the ability to move around in ‘wild’ habitat,
Written by awneitsch on October 17, 2023
Hunters and Collectors – Scream Who
Mutterings And Murmurs . Social Studies . Songs For The ApocalypsePortions from Wikkipedia : Hunters & Collectors are an Australian rock band formed in 1981. Fronted by founding mainstay, singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour, they developed a blend of pub rock and art-funk. Other mainstays are John Archer on bass guitar, Doug Falconer on drums and percussion. Soon after forming they were joined by Jack Howard on trumpet and keyboards, Jeremy
Written by awneitsch on October 17, 2023
War and Remembrance
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesLetter to Alberta’s Premier, MP, MLAs and Airdrie Corporate UNDRIP Enterprises To All Elected and Unelected, How much more of Canada’s slide into post nationhood are you willing to accept? Remembrance Day was once a solemn event to honor members, past and present, of our once proud military. Declining recruitment is being attributed to
Written by awneitsch on October 11, 2023
On Fear, Anger and….Forgiveness?
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesAn unpleasant truth is that human civilization has not progressed very much from the prehistoric times of roaming groups of hunters and gatherers. How warring tribes of humans went from great discoveries like fire and the wheel through to the iron ages and various industrial and technical revolutions and then progressed to this latest mess
Written by awneitsch on October 10, 2023
And When I Die
Cancer Stories . Motorcycle Vapors . Mutterings And Murmurs . Social StudiesFrom the day I died, things started to get strange, but eerily familiar…but in a good way. The sky was blue as it once was, the clouds formed in natural white shapes. The air was warm and clean and fresh as if it had just rained on apple trees and fresh cut grass. The trees,
Written by awneitsch on October 9, 2023
When Soul Leaves Body (That Thing We Hope Never To See)
Motorcycle Vapors . Mutterings And Murmurs . Social StudiesMost humans have an essence, an essential energy that keeps their body moving, their brain working with their body to find a use for itself and to somehow find meaning, joy, and purpose. This essence is often referred to as the soul. A brief definition of soul is : the spiritual essence of a person, which includes
Written by awneitsch on October 4, 2023
Love Is Love…You Must Hate Hate…Or Else!
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesTo: Peter Brown; mayor@airdrie.ca; Danielle Smith Cc: Airdrie-Cochrane; Airdrie-East; ron.chapman@airdrie.ca; al.jones@airdrie.ca; darrell.belyk@airdrie.ca; Heather Spearman; Candice.Kolson@airdrie.ca; tina.petrow@airdrie.ca Elected and Unelected Officials – For Your Discernment, I’m sure that you are all aware of the Canada wide assemblies that took place on September 20, 2023. Regardless of your own personal views on where the motivations of either side of
Written by awneitsch on September 25, 2023
Cartwheels on a Gravel Road
Social Studies“Car Wheels On A Gravel Road” – Lucinda Williams Sittin’ in the kitcken, a house in maconloretta’s singing on the radiosmell of coffee, eggs, and baconcar wheels on a gravel roadpull the curtains back and look outsidesomebody somehere i don’t knowcome on now child we’re gonna go for a ride car wheels on a gravel