For the rare cases of myocarditis from the vaccine, only 2% go to the ICU and nearly all fully recover compared to 50% of viral myocarditis cases end up in the ICU, 25% do not fully recover, and 11-22% die. 29/

Once farmland is paved over, it’s gone forever. Help protect local, fresh, home grown food in Ontario before it’s too late.

Outrageous! B.C. hasn’t taken $50 million federal offer for old-growth forest protections: thenarwhal.ca/bc-old-growth-… #PrimaryForests #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli

#haiku old bird nests and souring wild grapes - the leafless vines alf 11.10.22 ____________ Lakefield, ON

#haiku procession of light without conflict or strife - the lake's morning swans alf 11.11.22 ____________ #RemembranceDay Tkaronto/Toronto, ON

#haiku colder mornings now - the small bands of buffleheads filling up the bays alf 11.12.22 ____________ Tkaronto/Toronto, ON

#haiku after dinner full and round we strolled - moonlight through trees alf 11.12.22 ____________ Tkaronto/Toronto, ON

#haiku recounting last week's arrivals - the diving ducks alf 11.13.22 ____________ Long-tailed Ducks (f./imm.)

#haiku as the boats retire... longlines of mergansers fishing the cold lakes alf 11.14.22 ____________ Common and Hooded Mergansers Tkaronto/Toronto, ON

#haiku reverence for light and warmth in these shallow days - an incense of wood alf 11.15.22 ____________ Tkaronto/Toronto, ON

#haiku so informed the forest dendrites lit with snow alf 11.16.22 ____________ Tkaronto/Toronto, ON

#haiku mostly duck-foot over fresh snow - pigeons find their own way alf 11.17.22 ____________ Tkaronto/Toronto, ON

...disturbed by the obscene vanity and destructive greed and arrogance of sociopathic billionaires. While Twitter suffers mismanagement, the final days of COP27 attempt to remedy the impacts of existential climate change. Ill begotten billions could make a big difference.

How to live a good life

The Greenbelt

Greenbelt NOT GREEDBELT #HandsOffTheGreenbelt #NoUrbanBoundaryExpansion #Toronto #Ontario

Honoured to receive an audience with this family of Tawny Frogmouths, which I found on my Saturday morning dog walk last weekend.

About time!

#haiku meanwhile a billion successful green launches - a sky of bud bursts alf 4.20.23 ______________ Space X Tkaronto/Toronto, ON

Companies like @Draxgroup collect billions in taxpayer dollars to burn trees, including primary/old-growth stands in British Columbia, for electricity. Justin Trudeau and President Donald J. Trump Biden - time to invest in real climate solutions instead: bit.ly/3GWWNN9