Dora Dueck

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that old, old lie, and God pulled into it too and always on "our" side

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an "actual communist jihardist"? Give me a break.

I know for a fact that he did some pretty significant and good work, so not only her, but I'm feeling something has changed.

Don't they know that sandwiches are open carry?

I'm not young but sure, "anxiously," hoping there won't be an election snapped at us on account of it, but not anxiously otherwise. Although far from perfect, Carney's leadership is excellent for this point in time.

will this be livestreamed?

Gates has done a lot of good humanitarian work, but I kind of lost my respect for him when I saw him shamelessly flattering Trump.

October October. A lovely month, often resonant of summer, and just as often, it seems, of winter. I spent half the month in Nova Scotia, visiting my daughter and her family, who have moved to the Annapoli…

October blog post. doradueck.com/2025/10/29/o...

Reading the Booker shortlist. Two down, four to go! Will I make it by November 10? Probably not, but fun to try!

Do Canada next, please.

And he can't even dance, can he?

That’s why immigrants matter! Their presence is a gift!

Who asks these leading questions?!

Canada calling: sorry, wrong number. That was just your AI fantasy dream.

But a vice president with a beard is okay?

always on the way but never drawing near

How can we help Microsoft not to give in?

Yay for the nuns!

It's just so hideous.

Does anyone in the Administration ever stop and ask why there's such a big demand for drugs in America? Maybe consider doing something about that?

U.K. reporters ask better, tougher questions than U.S. ones, that's for sure.

Every bedside table needs at least one book of poetry on it for a poem or two before bed. This is a good one.

Canadian here. (And yes, I know, I know, we've had shootings too... but, many fewer). It's absolutely a gun thing. Again and again, it's a gun thing! U.S. is so thoroughly indoctrinated in gun culture, it seems to me (from the outside), that many are unable to recognize the reason is -- guns!

How about "both/and" instead of "or"?

He is not smart about his hat.

Fate unknown This week I attended, with my sister and brother-in-law, an exhibit at the Mennonite Heritage Museum, Abbotsford, B.C., called “Unearthing the Vanished: Mennonite Experiences in Stalin’…

doradueck.com/2025/08/22/f...

Ouch. I guess you'll have to try again tomorrow! 🙂