Deal with a Deadbeat

Definition:- noun Good Wednesday morning beloved sentients. Another gorgeous, sunny day on the Malahat and I can hardly wait to get out on the deck and bask with my morning coffee. But in the meantime we have to deal with the deeds of deadbeats. As a social worker working with children and their families I […]

Deal

“A deal …is an agreement or arrangement between parties, often involving a transaction or mutual advantage. It can also refer to the act of distributing something, such as cards in a game.” ******* “An agreement …is a mutual understanding or arrangement between two or more parties about their rights and obligations, which can be formal […]

Ensnared

Good Sunday morning beloved sentients. Another glorious, sunny day on the Malahat and we’ll be hosting the family later with a barbeque. First, let’s try to sum up the geopolitical earthquake that has taken place in the Middle East over the past few weeks and months if you want to go back as far as […]

50/50

From Suliaman Ahmed’s X account: DETAILS OF U.S & IRAN AGREEMENT [Memorandum of Understanding] as of May 23, 2026 2:43 pm End of war on all fronts including Lebanon Unfreezing several billion dollars of Iran’s blocked funds Lifting the U.S. naval blockade and opening the strait of Hormuz Withdrawal of American forces from the immediate […]

“Never Mess It Up” – Xi

‘Never mess it up’: What Xi and Trump said on day one of Beijing talks | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera NOTE on above photo, Trump during an interview with Hannity made a remark about Xi’s appearance. Back in the day my mother used to say “Personal remarks are NEVER in good taste.” […]

(Psycho)Path to War – Day 73

Will Trump visit China this week? Illustration courtesy Sonar21 Good Monday morning beloved sentients. Well, as my mother used to say…”It’s time to either fish or cut bait.” Or, to use a cruder metaphor: “It’s time to either sh!t or get off the pot.” Trump has been dallying for weeks now with his “ceasefire” while […]

The Set-Up

Good Sunday morning beloved sentients. Today is Mother’s Day and I wish all the mothers of the world a happy one as I await hearing from all my chicks. I have three children. My eldest, a daughter, is a doctor and according to her brief e-mail to me this morning she’s in the Amsterdam airport […]

Snap Back Mechanism

Good Saturday morning beloved sentients. WordPress really pulled a number on my post about “Driving the Malahat” yesterday. I published it and just went in to make a few editorial changes and half of it suddenly disappeared. LOL I post all kinds of inflammatory stuff about Trump and his wars but “Driving the Malahat” needs […]

Operation Clusterf*ck

Good Friday morning beloved sentients. It is a cool, overcast Spring day on the Malahat. I have a special bonus for readers this morning, After posting this regular daily update on the Clusterfck war on Iran started by Trumpanyahu I will be posting a piece about driving the Malahat Highway that copied from a local […]

Bog-US

Chart showing light crude oil futures Good Thursday morning beloved sentients. Yesterday’s post saw a reference to this new “news agency” called “Axios” that seemed to have the inside scoop on developments in the USrael War on Iran. I am not familiar with it but noted that others more in tune with news sources than […]