Red, white and a little blue

I grew up with a set of dates that are so important I knew them as perfectly as my home phone number.  July 16, November 5, December 2, December 25, December 26, and December 29. Unlike Easter or Labour Day these dates remained constant and the countdown was as exciting Read more

By justk, ago

balance + bad math

I need to rest. Unplug and decompress. But I remember the old adage “evil never rests”. Black bodies are hanging from trees again. Pockets of subversive violence shatter the belief that the world is waking up to the entrenched racial biases of society’s status quo. There is a rabid minority Read more

By justk, ago

God’s broken telephone

There are a lot of people claiming to have a direct line to God.  Their conversations don’t leave me with a lot of faith.  I mean really, if I called up and the voice on the end of the line was telling me to go kill someone for them, I’d Read more

By justk, ago