Ummmmmm, Yeah....

Hi!


Ummmmm, yeah, baby it's cold outside.



Just for reference, I live in Milden. Rosetown is 25 minutes West, Outlook, 20 minutes East.


It's the kind of weather that makes you wary of leaving your house. Vehicles don't enjoy running at this temperature, and if you have any kind of trouble, it takes mere minutes for frostbite to hit, or worse. Not even kidding.


For this reason, school buses don't run when the temp hits -40 with our without windchill. It's just too dangerous.


It's not a regular occurrence for it to be this cold, it's definitely not a regular occurrence for it to last for days at a time.


We are in a deep freeze while Australia is burning. Climate patterns are becoming more extreme all the time. People are either experiencing weather they have never had, or to a greater extreme. Storms are bigger, more intense, and more deadly.

These are facts. I just don't get how there is still a debate about this. So much time and energy are being wasted trying to justify denial of the facts. If the powers that be would put that energy toward solutions, just imagine the possibilities.


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Ummmmm, yeah, baby it's bold outside.


There are many things about this world that I understand to my core. Things about human nature, about nature nature. There are also many things about this world that are beyond my understanding.

For example:


How can anyone, especially post 1920 think dressing in "blackface" for any reason at any time is ok?

How can anyone knowingly hurt a child?

How can a government intentionally separate children from their parents, scatter them to the wind, and not track them so they can be reunited? Not know exactly where they are? How many there are?

How can a self-proclaimed leader of a country block food, medicine and other necessities from the citizens he's supposedly leading?

How can someone who sexually assaults someone else think they shouldn't be held accountable simply because they perpetuated the violence a long time ago?

How can I, or anyone else make judgments or decisions about someone else's pregnancy? I don't live their life, I don't walk in their shoes nor the shoes of their medical professionals.

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How about this?

How about we quit talking about not judging each other and just do it.


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This week we had the honour of providing the music for the memorial service of a very special person. With this is in mind...


May you be at peace, flying free, riding amongst the stars.
May you feel the love of those you've left behind, their souls broken, forever scarred.

May you know how lucky you were to be loved so completely.
May you be remembered for the comet you were, bright, beautiful and fleeting.


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