Category Archives: epoche

Freedum here, Freedom there

Posted on February 26, 2022 by subincontinentia

It is really worrying to me how few people can keep two thoughts in their heads at the same time, without one obliviating the other. Take the recent protests in Canada against the Covid mandates – and then take the … Continue reading →

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The FDA is laughing at you

Posted on February 26, 2022 by subincontinentia

I was already having one of those mornings. You know, the ones you only talk about with your cat because anything else is pretty much the definition of ‘oversharing’. The kind where you see the jogger in the same turquoise … Continue reading →

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Hate has no home here: how lies about the Canadian protests are lighting up the truth

Posted on February 9, 2022 by subincontinentia

CLICK PHOTO TO LISTEN AS A PODCAST – Nothing Going on Here. Like many of you, I’ve been glued to scenes of enormous numbers of trucks that have crossed the great country of Canada and together with thousands of protestors … Continue reading →

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The girl in the wellington boots

Posted on February 6, 2022 by subincontinentia

Here I am again. Walking the park where the River Thouet spreads its banks like a slow morning stretch and the trees are poised with the still hidden Spring. It’s a Sunday, so there are more people around than usual. … Continue reading →

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Episode 9 – Cracks

Posted on January 21, 2022 by subincontinentia

CLICK IMAGE or here TO PLAYWhat should we make of the emerging cracks in the narrative? Some late evening thoughts from a dining room table on the European continent with a special appearance by Lenny, my really annoying cat. 

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Singing from the same memo

Posted on January 20, 2022 by subincontinentia

Looks like we have a nice ol’ sing a long going here. I’d like to see them all line dancing. Or perhaps the goose-step? Canada apparently hasn’t got the memo yet, Biden probably got it but forgot what it said. … Continue reading →

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Breathe, the air is not too rare

Posted on January 18, 2022 by subincontinentia

Painting by Nicholas Roerich I walked an odyssey to thereThe mountains crisp sun crystal glareHigh grass so sweet around my feetThe curious birds, the fox, the hare. I came across an enormous sign6000 metres from this lineMy lungs they froze … Continue reading →

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The immeasurable smile

Posted on January 7, 2022 by subincontinentia

It was the Winter solstice – the day with the shortest amount of light in the year. I was walking to my local supermarket. Masks are obligatory inside, but the latest mandates about mask-wearing included outside spaces in an ill-defined … Continue reading →

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How to talk to your (un)vaccinated friends and family

Posted on December 23, 2021 by subincontinentia

Yikes! I have to get together with my family/friends and we DISAGREE! Here’s a few guidelines (some from bitter experience) that might help if triggering and emotional subjects are raised at family gettogethers. 1. Treat people as the complex beings … Continue reading →

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The ‘bad’ rat

Posted on December 23, 2021 by subincontinentia

“We just need to hold out a bit longer,” they said, “Just follow the rules, just believe without asking questions, and we’ll all get back to the world we used to know. Together” they said, “We can do it together.” … Continue reading →

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