Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Toronto Hot Docs 2021: “Fanny: The Right to Rock”

Being honest with you as I must I watch several past prime female rockers in their late sixties recording what you might want to call a “comeback album”. I think in many cases The Beatles had it right and that is bow out in your prime. Those of you who have recently see the RollingContinue reading “Toronto Hot Docs 2021: “Fanny: The Right to Rock””

“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 31 “Revolt of the Slug People”

Montenez read Mudrage’s editorial and this caused some introspection on his part concerning “clean consciousness”. Perhaps he was not seasoned enough with conflict to understand what the cures for violence might be. He was somewhat confused and wondered if he was spouting gibberish. Perhaps it was time to step down from the clouds and experienceContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 31 “Revolt of the Slug People””

Keeping Advertising Executives Busy in Saskatchewan! Sell, Sell, Sell

Stick It To COVID: Saskatchewan Launches Vaccination Ad Campaign Released on March 29, 2021 The Government of Saskatchewan has launched a province-wide, multi-media campaign encouraging Saskatchewan residents to stick it to COVID by getting vaccinated. “Today, we are asking people to help us get back to normal by rolling up their sleeves to stick itContinue reading “Keeping Advertising Executives Busy in Saskatchewan! Sell, Sell, Sell”

Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Commitment to Mindfulness

“The spirit of engaged commitment we ask of our patients during their eight weeks MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction) is similar to that required in athletic training. The athlete who is training for a particular event doesn’t practice only when he or she feels like it-for instance only when the weather is nice, or thereContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Commitment to Mindfulness”

Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Open plan offices

“Open plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They’re associated with high staff turnover. They make people sick, hostile, unmotivated and insecure. Open plan workers are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure and elevated stress levels and to get the flu; they argue more with their colleagues; they worryContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Open plan offices”

“His Name is Ray”: Desperation an Understatement

Michael Del Monte followed Toronto based panhandler Ray originally from PEI but now a panhandler on Lakeshore Boulevard in Toronto. He goes from car to car hoping for handouts to fund his heroin addiction. Del Monte noticed him on his drive home and he was invited by Ray to follow him for 8 months single-handedly.Continue reading ““His Name is Ray”: Desperation an Understatement”

10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: # 9 Restructure our cities

Again the Quebec magazine L’actualitê has an interesting feature article in its April edition dealing with COVID-19 and translated it means what are the steps we can take to ensure we don’t have a year like 2020? Christian Savard the director general of “Vivre en Ville” said that it was not only Montreal green spotsContinue reading “10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: # 9 Restructure our cities”

10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: # 8 Facilitate Access to Nature

Again the Quebec magazine L’actualitê has an interesting feature article in its April edition dealing with COVID-19 and translated it means what are the steps we can take to ensure we don’t have a year like 2020? The eighth step is to have better access to nature. The article mentions how Quebeckers were elbowing forContinue reading “10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: # 8 Facilitate Access to Nature”

Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: The creative advantage of introverts

“But there’s a less obvious yet surprisingly powerful explanation for introverts’ creative advantage-an explanation that everyone can learn from: introverts prefer to work independently and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation. As the influential psychologist Hans Eysenck once observed, introversion “concentrates the mind on tasks at hand, and prevents the dissipation of energy onContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: The creative advantage of introverts”

Passage of the Day from “The Heptameron” by Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549)

“And we, who are all of good birth, ought to die of shame at the thought that our hearts may be tinged with worldly feelings, even a poor mule-driver’s wife does not fear to face was a most cruel death. Can any women regard herself as virtuous unless she has, like this woman, resisted toContinue reading “Passage of the Day from “The Heptameron” by Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549)”