tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15765894007186471412024-02-19T06:53:00.283-05:00Raves~n~RantsAbout Canada; Animal Rights;In The News - good, bad, ugly; My People and Pets; Raves; Rants along with Odds~n~Ends and occasional links.Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-36484981895963852362017-05-10T17:41:00.001-04:002017-05-10T17:41:13.379-04:00May 10, 2017
I have a second Facbook account "Elizabeth Dykhuis" and forget the password. If you know where and how to contact Facebook to reactivate an account, please let me know.
Some items I would like to keep are there.
Thanks,
SueSasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-39490741377463250382016-11-27T18:01:00.003-05:002016-11-27T18:01:32.277-05:00A Murder of Crows : The Nature of Things with David Suzuki : CBC-TVA Murder of Crows : The Nature of Things with David Suzuki : CBC-TV
Fabulous.
I have re-watched this many times.Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-10202384049756242132016-01-07T17:05:00.000-05:002016-01-07T17:06:22.821-05:00Hello, 2016!Goodbye 2015.
It has been a long time since I blogged.
My ardent wish is 2016 brings good to our home, Planet Earth.
May we, the humans, treat each other with kindness, respect and caring. And as the "superior" species, we are thus obligated to protect every species on the Planet. It is on us to make sure it happens.
Hopefully we will take of Earth, our PlanetA because thereSasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-22755430889030156202012-09-05T00:10:00.000-04:002016-11-27T18:05:02.507-05:00
Félicitations Première Ministre Pauline Marois!
(c)Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis 2012SEPT04
The results are in : A minority PQ government
I am not thrilled with the election results. To our newly-elected Provincial Leader, Madame Pauline Marois, I have a question:
Who is an authentic Quebecois(e)?
Take me, for instance. Bilingual; Allo / Anglo depending on which politico is defining my statusSasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-31278371700463659922012-06-17T18:55:00.000-04:002012-06-17T18:57:20.955-04:00Re: “What Did The Cat Drag In?”
©Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis, 17 June 2012
My Blog today is a response to the article below:
http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/what-did-the-cat-drag-in-catster-readers-tell-all
Yes, Cats (Dogs and other animals) kill birds and other small prey. But Cats, Dogs and other members of The Animal Kingdom are nowhere as lethal and vicious as is the human animal. We likeSasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-52275932724192165532012-03-22T21:09:00.001-04:002012-03-22T21:09:49.149-04:00Never Be Silent on Facebook | Never Be Silent | PETA.orgNever Be Silent on Facebook | Never Be Silent | PETA.orgSasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-9789449413195110352012-02-21T22:18:00.001-05:002012-02-21T22:18:10.107-05:00"BAKED EVIDENCE"(c)Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis, February 21, 2012Reading something on the Internet regarding "is there ever a perfect murder?" made me recall reading some 40 years ago a short story about a perfect murder.The basic story (author whom I do not remember, nor actual name of the book) was somewhat like this: The Weapon: A Frozen Leg of Lamb. The Victim: A cheating husband.The Alibi: Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-42077858281976754222011-10-17T14:01:00.013-04:002012-02-01T02:05:11.582-05:00So a Kitten/Cat Adopted You!© Susan E. Dykhuis, October 2011__________________________________________________ Before you pick-up your darling Kitten/Cat, make sure you have already purchased: Carrier (kitty cab to safely transport your Kitten/Cat) Cat dishes, along with minimum one week food supply, wet and dry food. Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-83997318221076642822011-10-09T00:16:00.003-04:002011-10-09T01:28:40.538-04:00CATS©Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis09 October 2011 (John Lennon would be 71 today)Norman (recycled rescue) about 10 years old when he adopted us Jan 14 2006. Norman was brought to our Veterinarian because the humans were moving & decided not to take him. We fell in love with him and he with us, so it was a done deal. Norman is a Bengal-tabby (moggy) mix. I call him “King of the Palace”.Felix (saved Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-3406358334391458382011-09-23T22:12:00.010-04:002011-09-23T22:55:06.524-04:00Giuseppina Nicolucci (AKA Pina Matalucci) Memories...©Susan Elizabeth DykhuisThursday, September 22nd 2011Whenever I hear the song “Walking on Sunshine” by Katrina and The Waves, I see Pina in my mind’s eye, singing that song, and dancing in the elevator at Royal Victoria Hospital A Wing. We are leaving work on a lovely Montreal summer day, 1985.... Pina was a wonderful, very loving and Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-37551038659884441812011-09-10T00:00:00.012-04:002011-09-10T00:52:04.404-04:00and the Innocent shall be avenged.Remembering Tuesday, September 9th 2001©Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis, September 10th 2011 There are timesin our liveswhen we are witnessesto pure evil. we recall whereand what we were doingno comfort, no understandingnor forgiveness possible when we rememberTuesday, September 11th 2001 Al-Qaeda Islamists -- agents of Death:what goes around, comes aroundthere will be Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-84288697536985913272011-08-17T14:43:00.007-04:002016-11-27T18:06:08.416-05:00
REMEMBERING PURRECIOUS TIGGY, BCU*
(c)Susan E Dykhuis
Best Cat in Universe*
b.17.08.1985 d.05.09.2000
"Tiggy The Cat on a Hot Tin Stove" photo(c)Susan E Dykhuis
When Mark was 10 going on 11 in 1985, he met Tiggy on a Saturday night in the lobby of his Bubby's apartment building on Bourret Street (named for Mayor Joseph Bourret, 3rd Mayor of Montreal in office 1842–1844.
Tiggy and a Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-60948956711396534102011-08-12T22:55:00.011-04:002011-08-13T00:20:36.010-04:00
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Thinking about what I Eat or Life is Sacred
(c)Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis - 12 August 2011
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Eating animals has bothered me from an early age. Wearing fur is and never will be an option in my life.
I am back to ovo-lacto-veggie diet but one of my sisters is now Vegan. Congratulations to Carol on that.
Carol at one Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-26291005264935484702011-08-05T14:20:00.016-04:002011-09-10T00:48:15.595-04:00The =^..^=s Blog : TWO KITTENS BORN IN BATHTUB(c)Susan Dykhuis -- Friday, August 5, 2011 at 3:03amNews Bulletin:02:58 AM Friday, August 05, 2011 IVORY has two kittens.1st born at 12:05 AM2nd born at 12:46 AMIvory came crying for food so I fed her for a few days. Then off to our Veterinarian for a check up. Dr. A on holidays so Dr. L. examined Ivory. My suspicions confirmed: Pregnant Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-12507150964795157382011-07-11T22:30:00.006-04:002011-07-11T23:38:38.864-04:00My Answer to Michael Richards
(Re: alleged defense speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act)©Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis, 11 July 2011
According to Urban Legends the speech [which follows at the end of My Answer] is falsely attributed to Michael Richards. Michael Richards most likely did not write this speech, but I will respond to the speech most likely written by that most Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-73178990406419427532011-05-17T14:00:00.004-04:002011-05-17T14:11:00.427-04:00Bullies: Scum of the Earth©Susan Elizabeth DykhuisMay 17 2011 2:10 PM ESTI wish this video http://www.feastoffun.com/videos/2011/04/02/video-powerful-irish-anti-gay-bullying-ad/ would be played beginning in Grade 1 in every school on Planet Earth. So touching. My friends walk many paths; it is their right to be true to themselves. Those of us [like me] who are heterosexual take if for grantedSasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-56610328521422657892011-05-16T14:59:00.012-04:002011-05-17T14:06:08.250-04:00DSK: Is this a Jewish Issue?©Susan Elizabeth DykhuisMay 16 2011 2:45 PM ESTImho --speaking as a Canadian woman of the Jewish Faith-- this case is not a Jewish issue. It is an issue of male sexual deviancy. If proven beyond reasonable doubt that I.M.F. Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a sexual offender of the first degree, it renders judgment that this man is a sexual offender. Male sexual Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-52831889859458126992011-05-01T15:01:00.015-04:002011-05-01T20:27:14.974-04:00An aside: LET'S DISCUSS "ROYALTY"copyright(c)Susan Elizabeth DykhuisAKA (C)Sasha Canadian (c) Sasha Gold1st day of May 2011This blog is the opinion of Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis -- proudly Canadian. A slightly different version was published today in "Pet Talk" at www.catoftheday.com The media fuss over the marriage of HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton (now Her RoyalSasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-44097028281005777942011-04-06T23:00:00.008-04:002011-04-09T01:13:53.215-04:00WHEN ACCEPTED BY CANADA, BECOME CANADIAN 06-APRIL-2011 ©Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis AKA ©Sasha Gold ©Sasha CanadianThis is frightening, http://www.youtube.com/embed/A3YQANdvvbY To watch, Cut and Paste link into your browser OR highlight link and click. Wasn’t the battle of the Muslim goal "Islam will rule The World" already fought and decided, i.e., The Spanish-Moor Wars AKA The Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-6190578587741985942011-04-03T19:35:00.004-04:002011-09-10T00:49:50.518-04:00Honour Killing -- cultural, religious or predator tactic? (c)*Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis, 03April2011 (c)*AKA Sasha Gold, Sasha CanadianArticle here:http://www.averroespress.com/AverroesPress/Honour-Killings.htmlI read this many times. What I gleaned from reading and re-reading is: Honour Killing is a male-contrived act, not necessarily cultural or religious, but a tactic or action used by males Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-34083296601357107432011-03-28T15:22:00.014-04:002011-04-09T15:59:57.884-04:00The Tale (Tail?) of Minou’s 5 Kittens.(c)*Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis_28-March-2011 (c)*AKA Sasha Gold, Sasha CanadianBorn Saturday, March 5th 2011 in Montreal, Canada3-5-11 : Odd numbers must be written in the Stars decreeing these kittens are “The Lucky Kittens” as Minou has been sheltered and her kittens born inside at my neighbour, Abbey's place. Abbey and I were the doulas!Minou was abandoned Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-3092585118129581962011-03-16T11:07:00.022-04:002011-04-04T17:18:28.912-04:00ST-PATRICK'S DAY IN MONTREAL
(c)*Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis_17March2011
(c)*AKA Sasha Gold, Sasha Canadian
In our home lives a lovely Oxalis plant -- in the living room during the months of October to May. Then little "Ms. Irish" plant resides in a green flower pot suspended from the balcony overlooking our patio during Summer months.
Our beautiful Ms.Irish is in full St. Patrick'sSasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-85353028610755011492011-02-03T11:53:00.003-05:002011-02-03T12:13:26.879-05:00Canada: Today & Tomorrow(c)S.E. DykhuisLetter in response to this story:http://www.nationalpost.com/2030+Canada+Muslim+population+triple/4200144/story.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re: By 2030, Canada's Muslim Population To Triple, Feb. 1.http://www.nationalpost.com/fear+Islam/4214531/story.html The fear associated with recent reports identifying the growth of the global Muslim Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-21522386414316831672011-01-27T18:28:00.005-05:002011-01-27T18:42:05.308-05:00Native Wolf of AlaskaCaretakers of Planet Earth — Reality Check©Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis, 27th January 2011Wolves and other species, threatened by the dual swords of human vanity and inhumanity our species—almost 7 billion strong.Almost 7 billion; and we are wrong inculling other spices, destroying their habitat We are not entitled to destroythe only home we inhabitants of Planet Earth haveThis Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576589400718647141.post-77782532734015244812010-12-29T16:48:00.004-05:002010-12-29T16:56:37.928-05:00Facebook: Bah, Humbug!Cannot get into my original Facebook account. Set up a new one. Can't get into that one either.Facebook says enter "Security Code" which was emailed. I do that. Get Error message saying Security Code is expired.I want my personal and copyright items like my Incoming and Outgoing messages in Facebook and all my photographs returned to me. Many items are (c)Susan Elizabeth Dykhuis [or (c) Sasha Canadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381070942199207646noreply@blogger.com2