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Notes on Canadian Healthcare

August 23,2025 While sitting on the porch facing the lake with my laptop open on the table, healthcare unexpectedly came to mind. It was a perfect summer morning, and with a coffee in hand, I thought about how true it is for a healthy life to live with and enjoy nature.  Canadian healthcare has a good reputation, particularly outside the country. Although it is a universal system, accessibility…

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Notes on Canadian Healthcare

August 23, 2025 While sitting on the porch facing the lake with my laptop open on the table, healthcare unexpectedly came to mind. It was a perfect summer morning, and with a coffee in hand, I thought about how true it is for a healthy life to live with and enjoy nature.  Canadian healthcare has a good reputation, particularly outside the country. Although it is a universal system,…

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Comments on Book Entitled "Enemy Contact" by Tom Clancy

August17, 2025 I read many of Clancy’s books, such as The Hunt for Red October, and enjoyed them. This book, Enemy Contact, entertained but frustrated me. Published in 2019 and written by Mike Maden under Clancy’s name, this book leads the reader through numerous locations around the world and has multiple plots. But it does not hang together and leaves many questions to the reader’s…

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Comments on Book "Enemy Contact" by Tom Clancy

August 17, 2025 I read many of Clancy’s books, such as The Hunt for Red October, and enjoyed them. This book, Enemy Contact, entertained but frustrated me. Published in 2019 and written by Mike Maden under Clancy’s name, this book leads the reader through numerous locations around the world and has multiple plots. But it does not hang together and leaves many questions to the reader’s…

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Friendships Build at Cottage Communities

August 1, 2025 We know our neighbors better on the island where our cottage is, than those where we live. I found that curious and made me think why. Many people go to their summer homes to relax, to leave the city behind, and to be alone to regenerate their physical and mental health. I thought that cottagers prefer to be left alone. But I found the opposite to be the truth. Before I go any…

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The Surprising Friendships Formed at the Cottage

August 1, 2025 We know our neighbors better on the island where our cottage is, than those where we live. I found that curious and made me think why. Many people go to their summer homes to relax, to leave the city behind, and to be alone to regenerate their physical and mental health. I thought that cottagers prefer to be left alone. But I found the opposite to be the truth. Before I go any…

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Building Friendships at the Cottage: A New Perspective

August 1, 2025 We know our neighbors better on the island where our cottage is, than those where we live. I found that curious and made me think why. Many people go to their summer homes to relax, to leave the city behind, and to be alone to regenerate their physical and mental health. I thought that cottagers prefer to be left alone. But I found the opposite to be the truth. Before I go any…

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Regainng my Mojo After Tick Illness

July 22, 2025 Have you ever lost your mojo? Your ability to function? Do you enjoy making decisions and following through, but have lost the ability to do so? Have you ever felt in the dumps, with no ambition to do anything? Tired and spent, and the only thing you can do is sit around and maybe have coffee? In other words, you have lost interest in life and feel incapable of accomplishing…

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Regaining Your Mojo After Tick Illness

July 22, 2025 Have you ever lost your mojo? Your ability to function? Do you enjoy making decisions and following through, but have lost the ability to do so? Have you ever felt in the dumps, with no ambition to do anything? Tired and spent, and the only thing you can do is sit around and maybe have coffee? In other words, you have lost interest in life and feel incapable of accomplishing…

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The Art of Negotiating: Lessons from Hiring

July 17, 2025 This is just anecdotal and not based on any detailed research. But impressions are essential. The first story started with a knock on my front door. A young man introduced himself and offered to trim my cedar hedge, which is a bit disheveled and can be seen clearly from the street. My hedge needs a trim, so I asked him to provide an estimate. He walked along the hedge and came back…

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The Art of Negotiating: Lessons from Hiring Experiences

July 17, 2025 This is just anecdotal and not based on any detailed research. But impressions are essential. The first story started with a knock on my front door. A young man introduced himself and offered to trim my cedar hedge, which is a bit disheveled and can be seen clearly from the street. My hedge needs a trim, so I asked him to provide an estimate. He walked along the hedge and came back…

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My Emergency Room Journey: Insights and Reflections

July 6, 2025 I discovered I lost seven pounds. It was not a diet; I spent four days at the hospital, a day in the emergency observation unit, and then three days on a ward. What took me there were high fever alternating with chills in between and a general crappy feeling. Kathy dropped me off at the Emergency entrance of the Civic Hospital, where I showed my health card and was told to sit down…

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My Emergency Room Journey: Insights and Reflections

July 6, 2025 I discovered I lost seven pounds. It was not a diet; I spent four days at the hospital, a day in the emergency observation unit, and then three days on a ward. What took me there was high fever alternating with chills in between and a general crappy feeling. Kathy dropped me off at the Emergency entrance of the Civic Hospital, where I showed my health card and was told to sit down…

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My Journey Through Various Cars: A Personal Reflection

June 21, 2025 A blogger’s description of his experiences with cars over the years sparked memories of my own time with the vehicles I’ve driven. Like many others, I wanted to have a car when I was a student in Vancouver, British Columbia. With limited funds, I searched for something within my budget. I had my heart set on the curvy Mustang, which I found appealing in design. However, when I…

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My Journey Through Various Cars: A Personal Reflection

June 21, 2025 A blogger’s description of his experiences with cars over the years sparked memories of myown time with the vehicles I’ve driven. Like many others, I wanted to have a car when I was a student in Vancouver, British Columbia. With limited funds, I searched for something within my budget. I had my heart set on the curvy Mustang, which I found appealing in design. However, when I…

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Exploring the Ismaili Imamat: a Cultural Landmark in Ottawa

June 13, 2025 The Canadian Headquarters of the Aga Khan, known as the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, is situated at 199 Sussex Drive in Ottawa. The Ottawa Imamat itself is a secular building. However, the Aga Khan serves as the spiritual and hereditary leader of the Nizari Ismaili branch of Shia Islam, tracing his ancestry back to Muhammad. The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat Building on…

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Exploring the Ismaili Imamat: A Cultural Landmark in Ottawa

June 13, 2025 The Canadian Headquarters of the Aga Khan, known as the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, is situated at 199 Sussex Drive in Ottawa. The Ottawa Imamat itself is a secular building. However, the Aga Khan serves as the spiritual and hereditary leader of the Nizari Ismaili branch of Shia Islam, tracing his ancestry back to Muhammad. The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat Building on…