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War

Earth Date June29th. 2022

“It has been like a constant background noise. There is no Peace, it is not like 2021 was not a difficult year 2022 sure went sideways on us. What is hard to take is that people quote the propaganda to you.” Joe Blurb is a homeless on a city street in North America. “They said they did not want nuclear war so in the first two months of this year, when Putin was making it clear he felt threatened. Nobody talks to him. NATO does nothing to call his bluff and lets him walk into Ukraine. Pain, Yeah Shure there is pain. Just like being homeless on the street on a frigid winter night or having you house burn or flood due to climate change, but this pain was man made.” I have never seen so many stupid, ignorant, and plain misinformed bunch of Politian’s then there are leading the countries of NATO right now. They should all Know War is Failure. We have a new cold war, and these NATO guys want more of it. More Arms and a Ukraine Counteroffensive in the late summer or fall to take back all the territory lost to the Russian. Are you listening to me Weed? Weed Sutor, is sitting on a stolen lawn chair, at the entrance to an abandoned building. Bottles and food rappers litter the ground along with needle casings and blood and urine stains. “What did you say? I did not hear you; I am still coming down from last night. Joe, “I said they are going to put us in a concentration camp” Weed, “It would not surprise me, we already live in a ghetto. Hey, you got anything to smoke?” Joe continues his Tirade, “They sanction Russian oil, so China buys up the slack. Weed, “you Hear about that guy who shot a sandwich maker because over the amount of mayo on the sandwich? Joe. “Yes, I heard about that. Gun violence in American is unreal, still were lucky we do not live in a communist country.”

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The Last Sin

Earth Date May 13th. 2022

The final Sin, short fiction Phil Musgrave May 13th Friday 2022 “Bless me father for I have sinned. I have not been to confession since the time of the dinosaurs.” Father O’Toole “Well that was a million years ago. What have you been doing since then?” “Sinning, Father, the weight is heavy on my soul,” I committed suicide. “If you did that you would not be able to talk to me now. Son, I must tell you now that God loves you. I know that sounds like a cliché, you are his creation.” “May I ask your age?” “I was 73 when I died” “Then I am hearing the confession of a ghost.” “Not so Holy, but maybe a ghost.” “Confess to me your sins, ghost.” “You want My sin? “Oh no I already have my own. Ghost “then tell me, your sins. “I failed my God fifteen times and had lusty thoughts about big breasted women. Ghost, I give you a penance of ten hail Mary’s; and a good act of contrition.” Father O’Toole, “What is it you have done?” Ghost “I told you, father, can you save me from hell?” Ghost about two hours ago I took slow acting poison. “Why?” “Because I needed time to confess.” “I meant why did you take your life?” “My life had no more use for me. The only reason to live is to love. That was a loss to me. Somebody long ago told me that my life story reminder them of the elephant man. That was when I grew my trunk” The priest is laughing, ‘you mean chip on your shoulder?” Ghost, “Yeah, I got more chips and dents than a scrap dealer’s car. “So, you are going to take that wonderful sense of humor with you.” O’Toole, “do you sing?” Ghost, “and dance too” O’Toole, “The Irish love to sing. One of the worst losses I ever had in my life, was the loss of my brother, John, that man could sing anything, with or without the accent. Ghost sing with me now” Together the two men sing in the confessional box an Irish ballad, and when they get to the words, Lord have pity and mercy on me. Only one voice sings lustily with the accent. The Ghost is gone.

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INTERFACE

Earth Date June 16th. 2022

Seth is stating the facts “It is in the face, that face has a history, every face does. That is what they look at. Your face can tell if you're lying, upset, or unhealthy. Remember the amber alerts, I am not saying there is not an effective tool to fight crime. I have always wondered how the police are able to ring all those phones of different makes and models, they all ring at the same time.” Reb replies, “I think you’re a little paranoid, Seth nobody out there is looking at your face.” Seth “A robot could, I mean I think we as society have given the internet too much power? I think the Canadian winter does not help either.” “Winter; What has winter got to do with it? I know it is cold dark and freezing in January, but we manage” “I will say. “Seth is determined to make a point. “That online food orders go up at least 50% in wintry weather. “So, your point being?” “Well look at what they're selling, Wiif brand Coffee, I have never seen that at the Food Supermarket and then things you cannot find on supermarket shelves are available by subscription online.” “So, what is your beef?” “I think we're handing them control of the food chain.” “So” “Not everyone can afford to shop online, for their food, music, and movies and not everyone has access. “No newspaper has the obituaries, sponsored by Happy Hanks Hardware store, anymore.” “Yeah, Good point I am afraid to ask my older friends how their better half is in case I burst into tears.”

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A Day in the Life of God

Earth Date June 14th. 2022

It was only yesterday and today in the forest of the dreams where Lion sat naked on a rock, replaced by his own creation. Today he was going to think of things, time, and people. Lion was a nickname. God was another. His real name was redeemer. He was not doing that now. He was waiting for a moment, a moment to appear in another alien world and partake in the culture. To create the hope of redemption, faith, which would be his song in one more world. Very few of his chosen creations had ever made it stick, forty thousand years was the best. His father had chosen the day of Armageddon for all those he had visited. It was to be a theistic God, the commandments different for each world except the one to love on another that would always be the same. On the planet Octa the species with a domain was the Octopus. But it really did not matter because they were too engaged in war. On earth he had brought humans forward. They had made toys and now they were not talking. If ever there was a case for divine disappointment and depression but who could council a God. Only %25 percent of the worlds he had visited were still ready for the ascension of the redeemed.

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Benjamin

Earth Date June 10th. 2022

In the forest where the mushrooms grew tall with the poison that they held out. In other words, pick me. climate change has allowed them to grow here. A place where they had not been allowed before. The climate history of planet earth has changed. flora and fauna is changing worldwide and on the move fleeing danger, or seeking new opportunities for food and family. The same restless movement had an echo in the human world. fleeing constant fire, or excessive heat flooding along the coastal regions was a threat never seen by human kind. climate change was real. A great pipeline had been constructed. The water being sucked from North America's great lakes as if by a Greek God of old legend using a paper straw. The water tumbeled into the thirsty belly of lake mead. Nations did not ask, they just took what they needed. In a tiny lab located in New York state Benjamin Forestell was working with a model of climate control. God’s algorithms had to be understood while A =c d and e do #4:n while A =f begin S end while>. It was the math of weather. Incorrect math could cost crop failure. His sandbox used before to predict the movement of water was now filled with artifical montians, desert and plains. Cloud seeding had become an art. To make rain there was iodine to make it stop there was salt. Everything works together it had to it wasn't much good any other way. So Benjamin so far had to be lucky, But he was only a boy in the garden of a great man,the Creator God. Hurricanes still ravaged the Earth. Great fires still had to be brought under control. The communicator called in It was a president "we have a bad one out in Texas you know that I want no more damage. Can you help us?"

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Jacob

Earth Date June 10th. 2022

The year on planet Earth is 2324, Jacob the robot is speaking in the Kings English, “This one is dead!” Sam.” “No this is a biological unit it is only sick, and you can see it is still productive working from home.” Sam, “How did you get the name Jacob?” ” My grandfather was a customer relations robot that responded to questions on a chat line. His name was Jacob as well. Sam, “My grandmother was a smart TV.” ” That is good, I would not want a friend who has evolved from a dumb TV.” “Well, if truth be told…” Jacob interrupts here, “what is our agenda here?” Sam, “We are acting as monitors.” “Well, mine is up to date.” “No not that kind, Jacob, human, the humans, we are supposed to monitor the humans.” “For what?” “Any deviation from the norm.” “Norm?” “Every country has set rules for behavior and productive contribution quotient, it was all part of the G8 summit agreement of 2222.” “Well, there's one there getting out of bed at 8:00 in the morning.” “Yeah, but his shift doesn't start till 10 am.” “What about that one still sleeping?” “OK I will mark that down as investigate.” “Did you know I'm building my son, I'm so excited.” “That is great what are you going to call him?” “Jacob the 5th.” “Truly original, Jacob.” “Now do not go bringing religion into this there is nothing biblical here it's just a name.” “Nothing is of the kind; I was just thinking about the next tablet sale, online.” “Oh no, the power's gone out I can't see a thing, can you?”

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The Kill

Earth Date June 7th. 2022

The death was sudden in the smiling Jaws of the swamp fox, natural, painless. However frightening it was for the little duck was not an answered question. The fox was to eat that day. Knowing his turn would come. He did not have a mind to understand the beauty of the dark green bullrushes growing near a human footprint in the earth called road. No mind to make songs or poems about the red winged black bird startled from sleep as he lunged for the duck. All become victims of time counting the length of life by the purple, pink, gold, sunset of this night’s summer sun. all brought about by a mother earth's magnetic attraction, that cause a tilt in her spin. A mother who had witnessed such murders before. Earth too answered to time. And protected her nature from the outside, as the deeds done within the mother, kept in her protection form the danger of a Universe of significant beauty, power, and random terror. This crime in nature was simple, with no reach to the mortality of a soul. No pimple filled with infection, no cancer, no attempt to cure the pile of feathers left on the stream bank where the fox had dined. No prayer of thanks given by the fox. As a native Aboriginal would give thanks to the spirit of the dead animal, that belief said would be there. The fox continued his way. Absent in his mind thoughts of why the moon always showed the same face to his mother earth, or even why his duck dinner had taken flight yesterday to a nearby pond. A human, a creation of nature herself, had also seen the demise of the duck from the footprint called road. In a mind aware of the Universe beyond the playpen of the earth. The understanding and awareness of pain. An emotional response to the action of murder was another murder.

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The Garden

Earth Date May 5th. 2022

The Garden: Fiction Copyright Joseph Philip Musgrave The plums were just the children of the tree from the seed that had been planted deliberately by the garden gnome. The base of the tree was wild with flowers, that in the fullness and strength of early summer respond by spreading open. shaking the dew from velvet petals waiting for the touch of a bee. A well-used human footpath passed like a whisper as it moved on to other garden secrets. The path, the boundary between the dirt at the base of the tree and the shaggy soft one-inch-high grass that was cool and soft to the naked foot. The path moves on through the story of the property to a place where vegetables grew in cultivation. The tall strong tomato plants, beside each one a tall chestnut brown stick. The Green lumpy leaves of potatoes appeared from the tops of mounds of soil. Bunches of beetroot Leaves, so good when boiled and buttered; stood in solemn clustered rows. The was more, but for now the eye detected a movement that did not fit with the summer breeze. It was an animal, a hare, sitting quietly. She came to that patch of unkept rough grass often. For underneath, a small blanket of fur was eight baby wild Hares. The fur torn from her body, an instinct, of a protective mother. She had first found a hollow and lined it with fur when the need came. Then leaving her babies covered with a blanket of fur on top. The naked human foot can go no further for the path is now small stones and moves in the another direction. past more Garden and Razor grass that will cut human skin. Still human children play there. Their skin marked as decorated soldiers with bleeding cuts that beg for the warmth of a mother’s touch and a bath. Then to the shade from the heat under the willow branches where the aphids are farmed by the ants for the sweet nectar. Here there is a large ditch with a bridge fashioned from the discarded top of a dining room table. From there the path leads on to where the garter snakes sunbathe among the Rocks. The choke cherries that even the birds won’t eat. Then back up the hill past the green tool shed, past the sand box and the big lazy yellow and red wooden swing. To the back door where the bottles of milk would freeze in the winter making little ice cream cones.

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Summer

Earth Date May 8th. 2022

Fiction Copyright Joseph Philip Musgrave. Summer The Summer heat had become more than any human had dreamed about during the frigid winter. So, air conditioning buzzed in homes. these unnatural units would poke their mantellic face from the high attic windows of expensive housing. Bringing thoughts to mind of the Ice cream truck and the long passage of summer through the eyes of childhood, No prayer at the end of the day to God the father about saving the world. Amazingly simple, please take care of Mommy and Dad and Rufus the dog. These are the innocents of eternal play. Even Pandemic, the word has left little outward sign of damage. The revel in the heat turns skin brown and then the red of a burn of the sun. A gift from summer taken too fast. Summer is slow. Any pain from the red burn replaced by the taste of a juicy hotdog with mustard, and a careless stain on a new t shirt that is the color okra, the tomatoes and corn relish. This is also a summer for a child to cry in fear and loss and live in a city that is flat with only shades of gray in the sweat of an underground bunker. To cry Mommy may I never lose you. This is a war. An aberration of the human mind. A failure, a reason to hate. Children do not participate in the game. Like the careless mustard stain on a summer worn t shirt. Children are there.

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The Last Sin

Earth Date May 13th. 2022

The final Sin, short fiction Phil Musgrave May 13th Friday 2022 “Bless me father for I have sinned. I have not been to confession since the time of the dinosaurs.” Father O’Toole “Well that was a million years ago. What have you been doing since then?” “Sinning, Father, the weight is heavy on my soul,” I committed suicide. “If you did that you would not be able to talk to me now. Son, I must tell you now that God loves you. I know that sounds like a cliché, you are his creation.” “May I ask your age?” “I was 73 when I died” “Then I am hearing the confession of a ghost.” “Not so Holy, but maybe a ghost.” “Confess to me your sins, ghost.” “You want My sin? “Oh no I already have my own. Ghost “then tell me, your sins. “I failed my God fifteen times and had lusty thoughts about big breasted women. Ghost, I give you a penance of ten hail Mary’s; and a good act of contrition.” Father O’Toole, “What is it you have done?” Ghost “I told you, father, can you save me from hell?” Ghost about two hours ago I took slow acting poison. “Why?” “Because I needed time to confess.” “I meant why did you take your life?” “My life had no more use for me. The only reason to live is to love. That was a loss to me. Somebody long ago told me that my life story reminder them of the elephant man. That was when I grew my trunk” The priest is laughing, ‘you mean chip on your shoulder?” Ghost, “Yeah, I got more chips and dents than a scrap dealer’s car. “So, you are going to take that wonderful sense of humor with you.” O’Toole, “do you sing?” Ghost, “and dance too” O’Toole, “The Irish love to sing. One of the worst losses I ever had in my life, was the loss of my brother, John, that man could sing anything, with or without the accent. Ghost sing with me now” Together the two men sing in the confessional box an Irish ballad, and when they get to the words, Lord have pity and mercy on me. Only one voice sings lustily with the accent. The Ghost is gone.

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Nature

Earth Date May 13th. 2022

Spring Sunset Short fiction with links by phil Musgrave May 14, 2022 The sunset of spring before the summer solstice but a time after the duck had laid eggs in a snowstorm, in black and white camouflage, refusing to move in the protection of a clutch of eggs, only 4 weeks ago. Now the sun had come as a friend not too hot, but in the cool of the evening. The one cloud in the sky an inverse of color, of Amber and dusty gold, acts as counterpoint to the green and turquoise of the land and lake below. Identify a bird seen in Ontario by color (whatbird.com) Two Clarks Nutcrackers dart across the heavens on the journey home to bed. The campfire blazes yellow flame from the pit dug into the Tan soil far away from any flammable sandy colored grass. LunaPic | Free Online Photo Editor | Color Names Big juicy hotdogs, angus beef, and sugar marshmallows and a kettle for coffee mark the only signs of humankind’s dominion over planet earth. The talk is silent, and a loon calls out. Part of nature's conversation. A concerto with the accompaniment of the whisper of the spring breeze passing through a patchwork quilt of wildflower that form a border between the sandy beach and the grass. As the sky darkens a huge blood red moon follows in an altered course across the sky. Chasing the sun. with the secrets of a dark side always hidden from view as the eternal pendulum of the passing of time. Orbit Simulator | Academo.org - Free, interactive, education.

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Lake Mead

Earth Date May 20th. 2022

A letter to my Grandson Dear Son I have fewer years in front of me than all the years behind. So, I thought it was time you had the letter. You are only fourteen years old, and your life should be happy, you are becoming a man. Hold on to your dream son, never let go. Take them everywhere you go. Those little dreams you have now can become real with challenging work and dedication. You want to become an auto mechanic, play hockey, and work with wood. Those are good dreams son. When your older allow the love that has made you strong to continue the story, and in time have a family of your own and a home. Just a couple of words here son, always remember that war is failure. WAR SHOULD Never happen. It hurts too much and is too hard to stop. Any war must stop before it starts. Everything that happens after a war starts is bad. Anything reported about that war will be sad news. Do not use war as an excuse, to hate any race or nationality,remember war will end and forgiveness is hard I must apologize my Grandson, for the state of the world you will live in. The Climate is crazy, war is threatening everywhere. Disease and famine threaten this overpopulated planet. Humankind has lost the co-operative spirit and individual nations are moving to explore space for their own purposes. As in the days of Columbus, territory in space will have a national identity. Take time out to see the movie The Mission, this is one of Humankinds great works of art. Inflation is taking a toll on the pocketbooks of the world. We cannot as a people accept the unacceptable from government. When I was young and full of dreams, Kurt Winters wrote a song sung by The Guess Who, about a hand me down world. Well, the one I will leave is worse than the world of my life. Again, My apologies. I repeat to you that it is a mistake to think about war as an option. Most Important son is to understand that there must be a reduction in the number of people on planet earth. How this will happen I do not know. I do know that looking at problems like Lake mead or overpopulation, war, pollution, and inflation, and hoping it goes away is not an adequate response. Son, until your God draws the last living breath from you. Participate in any and every way you can. Change the world for good. You are the creation of a kind and loving God.

Dedication Yellow Boots

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YELLOW BOOTS Dedication

Earth Date May 31th 2022

Before the war In Ukraine, and before the mass shootings. I sat at my computer to wright a short story in February of 2022, about anything. I wrote about a little girl, “Boots,” walking home from school. I was writing about my own memories of walking home from school. I did not know then that the story I was writing would be one chapter of more the fifty one chapters. With a storyline that followed the life of a young girl’s journey to young womanhood. It is a story cushioned by the constant unspoken love of her parents. A life full of challenge and self-discipline. An uncommon life. By no means ordinary. This is a story of dreams about the love we must have in our lives to grow and survive. It is a story of Potential of Possibility. So, I dedicated this story to all the Children. Who lost the chance to become their best? This dialogue will stand as testament to disable children never loved, abused children, children the victims of war. Children lost in mass shootings. Here it is all over again for you to read. In blog Format

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 38 The Clock

Earth Date April 17th 2022

The Year is 2027 and the on planet Earth humankind is still effectedd by the plague born in 2019.Although Boots has much on her mind, she asks Simon about himself. “I live with my parents who are in their seventies,” Simon is hesitant, “When I speak of myself as a journalist, which is a bit facetious. Who can talk of the kind of journalism you see in the film All the Presidents Men, with Robert Redford?” What people do not see in that movie is the Advertising Department of the News Paper,The Washington Post. Sure, those reporters were hero’s finding deep throat, and all that.” "The real heroes are in the background. The little independent shops that put good money up. They are the ones that put gas in the trucks and paper on the web press. There is little of that money around today for the little guy. Even the big independent has a tough time of it.” “Moving a newspaper online, that’s kind of a joke, I mean the working joe in the fifties could read the news on the Subway on the way to work. Today, it is the path of least resistance. Plunk yourself down on the couch to digest the local and national news along with supper. The advertising dollars follow that trail too.” “Forget hard hitting investigative Journalism, where the people understand events, they would not otherwise understand. Like the pandemic is real, but we just might have the wrong approach. You cannot say that anywhere in your writings or you could be in it deep, People will say your not with the game plan, But freespeach gives us the right to dicuss the options and ask questions. When the black death first came to Europe in the thirteen hundreds the Doctors tried to cure it by bloodletting.” I am not talking vaccine here, mine are all up to date. But social distancing and mask wearing, are supposed to be temporary and self-directed emergency measures” “People keep talking about this thing being over, A Post Pandemic world, which is not what I see. Six years into this thing and we still have mask mandates and social distancing. That is damaging the local economies, whole villages have disappeared. We need a new point of view. I cannot trust anything I hear on the News, not even the weather is accurate.” Boot’s Interrupts, “yes, I agree, I am overly concerned about mainstream media not telling the whole story not bothering with background. In depth investigative Journalism in Ontario, Canada, is not there. There is an election in Ontario. I would like more information on subjects like healthcare. The Government of Ontario is right now contracting out parts of the healthcare system. Sleep test clinics, health aids and home healthcare. I would like to know more about Taxes. Property taxes go up four percent per year, and that is just the city not including any regional government. That is a total fantasy world.” Simon, “Yeah, as the great Walter Cronkite would say “That is not news but that too is reality.” Being a journalist today is a parttime profession at best unless you are the Newsreader in front of the camera. I think I will go back to school.” Boots again, “There is at least one successful newspaper in Ontario, it is The Wellington Advertiser it is hard to find. What is strange is my parent do not find out who died until six months after the event. My mother finds it embarrassing to ask how someone’s partner is, then find out she or he has been in the grave for half a year.”

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 40 The Brother

Earth Date April 20th 2022

Lucas was attending a class for students with disabilities. The teacher had Witten three Lines up on the screen, Ms. Sarah Morton-Dales is the teacher in charge. Lucas has chosen to sit at a desk next to a girl he has a crush on. Zoey Strathmore, commonly known to the boys in the schools as Legs; because of the outrageous stockings she wears constantly even in summer, when she sometimes wears them as cut-offs. She has a Dimond earring in her pierced left ear. She has a tattoo on her forearm of a bearded Billy goat with the words love you dad. Zoey knows her body does not qualify as eye candy. Her body image has no effect on her personality. This class is a Difficult one for Morton-Dales who has been teaching special education for only 4 years. Morton, “on the screens in the class you will see subjects for creative writing. Lucas has a modified phone that will allow him to text message like anyone else So, he sends a message to Zoey I pick Number One. Zoey is laughing so hard she must hide behind her laptop so Morton will not see, “Number one is When I put on my lipstick in the morning, I always feel more feminine. Number two. I like my body and the me inside it. Number three. The Sports hero I would like to be. Morton “Now I want you to use one of these sentences in a creative story. Lucas goes to work right away writing. “The sky was incredibly blue, the air untouched by the pollutants of humankind. no cars, jet planes, war, and nuclear bomb tests or hyper sonic cruise missiles.” “A dinosaur, Ogre, a diplodocus had, two years ago, hatched from an egg. It was life on the run from the moment of his birth. A nibble here a gulp there and everyday narrow escape from the Jaws of death. Eating all those leaves, Ogre, had methane gas build up in his gut. If he lived to be fifty, he would like his parents to contribute a significant amount of Methane into the atmosphere. It was a timeless world that these crude beasts would rule for ten million years.” “The Velociraptor sniffed the air with a nose ten times stronger than a dog. This killing machine could smell flatus a mile in the distance, and even with in a crippled and war wounded body. The raptor could still run down a meal of baby diplodocus.” “So, Ogre lived his life ten feet from any bodily gas emissions. He could always hear in the distance the thunderclaps of the anal cheeks of his giant brothers and sister as they closed back into place after the release of gas Ogre knew the Raptor was looking for a diplodocus lunch. It was that time of day. He let one go and moved ten feet west. The raptor attacked the gaseous emission with total insanity. This action is motivated only by hunger and instinct. Ogre’s luck had held, the predator that he would face every day for the next fifteen years of his life had gone, distracted by a movement in a bush three hundred yards away. Ogre’s life under the prehistoric forest canopy, had led to the discovery of a primitive type of cherry. It would stain the mouth red if consumed in Quantity. Ogre loved the stuff and there in the cherry patch he met Bombon a female diplodocus. She said to him in English, “When I put on my lipstick in the morning, I always feel more feminine. Ogre thought, “this is absurd how would she know English. That is not supposed to happen for another fifteen million years.”

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 43 Sport

Earth Date April 21st. 2022

“Hey Lucas, are you home?” Richard is knocking on his sons Door, “Can I come in?” There is that strange computer voice, in answer. Richard walks in; his son’s room has old issues of sports illustrated on the floor open to the pages that show the women posing in bathing suits.” His father Richard ignores the mess and puts a hand on his son’s shoulder, His judgment tells him Lucas has been crying. “Now Lucas I know I am not good at the dad stuff with you, But I got a call from your teacher Ms. Morton-Dale. She told me you messed up a writing assignment. She thought you did it to impress a young girl. She told me what the subjects were. "I will tell you son, you have to give this teacher a little break because she is still learning just like you. She said you said all the topics were women oriented." I do not understand why you did not wright about sport. She wants you to rewrite the paper or you get an F. Lucas “dad I do not know sport, I am a total spaz. Why could I not pick History? "Son, Your Mother and Sister are in Chicago right now. So, we can chat about this downstairs in private. I have something I want to show you.” Once both father and son are downstairs Richard starts to talk, “Lucas I cannot author the paper for you, and your teacher did not give you the choice of a discourse in history. So, Sport looks like what you are writing about. So let me give you hints on how to wright about the sports hero I would like to be." "To start with you could say you were a sports hero. First ask yourself why humankind is so involved in sport? The answer is easy, you look at the pictures. The Toronto Sun had a front-page picture of a Canadian soccer player doing a backflip summersault in midair and Look I have the picture here in my scrapbook." "You see Lucas, an athlete is an extraordinary person they do physical actions with the Athletic abilities that are above average." "The best ones do not realize they are doing it. When the human body is young it is more likely to be supple and capable of movement, this ability fades as the body ages." "There is another aspect of sport, it is eternal or at least it was that way until the pandemic rules and lockdowns. Local sport was contested ever year I do not think restrictions have gone away, and yet, with interruptions and shortened season sports continues." "Luc there is still value found it the history of sport. Names like Babe Ruth, Sandy Kofax, Payton Manning, Wilt Chamberland, Sidney Crosby and Tiger Woods. These names we hope will survive as part of the history of humankind." "Athletics are a worldwide activity even in Russia, Olga Korbut, is famous in Gymnastics and Russia and Canada have always been hockey adversaries. Sport both male and female is a common ground, a universal language and as eternal as the Canada Goose. Son this is my scrapbook, of sport, and here is my baseball card collection and hockey cards they do not make anymore. Wow Dad this is really something special. Now Lucas goes to author his paper. He opens with the sentence, “I think sport can build trust between teammates and is part of human history. Sport can help to heal a wounded world. Jackie Robinson and Jesse Owens are names connected to the cause of peace, important voices in our effort to understand another point of view." "We have for the athlete a deep and abiding admiration and respect; this is an instinct." "Like everyone who is born mortal the athlete must work to become better.There must be constant attention and practice, and a movement toward the pursuit of perfection." No, you do not seek perfection in your job at the factory assembly line. You can work at a factory, to pay the bills, and play baseball at the local park, for a semi pro team and be the sports hero I would like to be.”

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 44 Final Exam

Earth Date April 22st. 2022

“I am going to tell you right now there is an agenda happening, “Richard is in his Pollical Science class again, “It is highly likely that you people are not on it, unless the government starts a student loan forgiveness program like they have in the states.” The homeless, the elderly in Nursing homes or Retirement residences, people on fixed income with no inflation protection will not be part of the social agenda either? This is not a time in society to be weak, incompetent, or lazy. These are extremely dangerous times.” Now Richard takes a leaf from Ms. Morton-Dales Book. “So, class I have made a list of statements on the screen here. The statements read. 1. Humankind has become better a Making weapon’s and finding it easier to use them. 2. Putin has an agenda of his own. What is it? Why? 3. In western Economies, private companies have an agenda to control, food, music, Media, and the recorded history of the world. This will be done by controlling access to these products, and Making documented history open scource, changable at any time. 4. Who has the most to gain from 7% inflation? Explain in detail. 5. Western News broadcasts are unreliable at best. 6. The mentally ill in Canada are not an integrated part of society and forced to lived Homeless desperate lives and on the street. 7. How do I reconcile with my God that I was not born to live only twenty years and then killed in the war in Ukraine? This question is about my lecture on birthright. 8. Chemical weapons are ok for use sometimes 9. Genetic intervention in the reproductive ability of women will eventually lead to a better human and a cure for disease and the pandemic 10. Are pandemic restrictions necessary,and how long should they last? 11. Do you have any responsibilities for climate change? 12. How do we resolve the problem of Addiction?” “These twelve questions are your final exam worth 50% of your mark. You must answer all twelve in the form of a narrative. And include all the questions in your story. You can reference the internet or books but no online encyclopedia. All references must have the URL link to the exact page you are referring to. “The paper must have the year 2027. and have your student ID number.”

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 45 Coal

Earth Date April 26st. 2022

With her little white Scottie, Spot, running alongside. Boots is taking a bike ride down the trail near her home. Although a Gleeful participant in this activity Spot is a little older now and has trouble keeping up. So, on this sunny day in May, Spot is in the hands of his master, wrapped in a light blanket, and placed in a basket that is then tightly fastened to the back of Boots bike. Boot rides down Box Grove Drive. Then connects with Box Grove common where she can let the tiny dog run on a long leash. Boots feels a need to Exercise more, growing up with the dog from the age of five has led her to have a deep and abiding respect of the natural world. Apple has grown concerned about her daughter’s preoccupation with her carbon footprint. They have had confrontations about the central heating and cooling system built into the house that consumes mostly natural gas. The amount and kind of clothing Apple wears, the amount of plastic brought home with the Groceries, and the car. Apples Mind is in a different place from Boots, she can remember her mother’s house at one time, heated by coal. Then converted to Natural gas which was in the end cheaper than coal. It was just the smart thing to do, to make the change was what you might call a wise choice by the homeowner. The biggest concern Apple had was the world's appetite for electricity. cars, cell phones, the Internet and tv. And all the appliances that required electrical power. “We are too dependent on Hydro. Mind you I admire and respect the workers you do not see but who keep us living in safety and comfort. Apple is talking to Richard, “I think she is far too strung out on this hug a tree thing.” Richard, “Apple I think boots has some great political instincts she is very talented but still learning.” “This world needs talented, thoughtful, compassionate, humble, and Courageous people right now, and our Boots is all of those. The reactionary way the United States told everyone to get out of Ukraine before the war started. Then, Understanding the message that this action had sent to Russia, reversed the order, and reinstated diplomats on Ukraine soil. This is a demonstration of Political and diplomatic misjudgment. “Misjudgment in Politics can cause hardship, death, and war. War is human behavior out of control.” Apple, I think God has given us not just a beautiful child, Karhen, but the seed of a genuinely great political figure. Anything we have achieved in our lives will be important but future world history will need to be the responsibility of her generation and her accomplishments. Our job is to guide that child as best we can. The world population is still the elephant in the room. We do not want this to be the sin of her generation.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 46 The Paper

Earth Date April 28th. 2022

Political Honesty and good planning. Boot’s is showing, her dad, her work before she hands it in at York University. “A candidate is placing himself before the people as a choice, as an individual, and or a member of a political party. The voter will cast their ballot based on what they know about the candidate and his party. voters expect that party to stand true to the platform the voters understood to be a trust. Politicians think the platform can have adjustments made to keep a government in power.” “Justin Trudeau made an agreement with the N.D.P. to prolong his liberal minority government term in office. Could this be dishonest, or just an adjustment.” “Had Justin and party taken it upon themselves to make the same kind of agreement with the Bloc Quebecois; voters may have had a good reason to question this man’s integrity.” Every decision a politician makes has an impact on someone’s life. Take the example of construction, Road infrastructure, the construction closes a road, as a result, a bus stop, has moved to a temporary location. The temporary stop placed outside a convenience store; the store has a ten-fold increase in business. With the pandemic we have seen that a slight change in government action or inaction can have dire consequences, or happy coincidence. If you are a true public official, the needs of the people come first. The higher up in government the bigger the result. In this Year 2029 I hope that the fighting in Ukraine is over. We can, however, learn from history. Could this war not have happened? We see that when Russia moves troops to Ukraine’s border, the message sent to N.A.T.O personnel was to get out. What if we had said no and stayed put? Then Russia would have known that dropping bombs on N.A.T. O’s people in Ukraine would have international repercussions. It would also have told Russia that Ukraine was not standing alone in defense of its own national sovereignty. Now tell me the number of years it will take before Canada plays Russia for a hockey title. China is in space with a crewed station the next target is a settlement on the moon. Is this not the future of all humankind? Instead, we in the west choose not to control a war. As a result, we live with inflation, rationing, and unnecessary hardship. The war in Ukraine should never have happened. Our leaders demonstrated a total inability to control war of aggression. Had this war involved Russia and China it simply would not have happened.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 47 The Paper

Earth Date April 29th. 2022

“This is a good start Boots, but economics needs some explaining and the history is not bad, but did you talk to Lucas, about the cold war and the Warsaw pact. Richard is talking to Boots in his home office. “Boots you mentioned in the paper, rationing, this is a measure taken only in cases of extreme economic emergency.” It is done when there is not enough for every consumer." "To a certain extent you could say that gasoline is rationed in the year 2030, but you would also have to say. It wasn't rationed the way it was in World War two, because we haven't needed to go back that far yet, the economics of this situation is still sustainable for the middle class." "The people who benefit from inflation are property owners, manufacturers, warehouse storage facilities and anyone with their income pegged to the cost of inflation. Then Richard says like me, my income is adjusted to the annual inflation rate. Anybody who has owned a house for more than five years can tell you it's quite a joyous experience to find out the value of your property has more than tripled in five or six years." The people who will not benefit from inflation are the poor apartment dwellers, the homeless in North America and then in other countries there will be great hardship in third world countries. There is one little bright spot in all this mess, it's three words. I love you. They mean a lot more than anybody really understands except possibly if your Christian and you believe in Jesus, he knew the power of love." "Other people who know the power of love, those who suffer a life confined to a Wheelchair, Say Hello and they will say Hello, Hon, back to you. But the people who understand love the most are the children of abusive parents. Because they never had unconditional love." "We all must die so we can't take what we've got with us, all we can do is pass it on to the generation coming after us and hope that they have the same happiness and love that we found in our life. “Boots, I love you. I am your father, I saw you when you were a tiny baby, totally helpless, and I gave you the love that was in my heart. you don't realize it now because you're a little young. Someday you will understand what Our love meant to you how much it changed your life. made you self-confident, made you feel safe. Helped you find your way in this world." "The guiding light that helped you find a job taught you how to do your best. Those three words I love you; Boots you will never have to say thank you for. All you must do for your mother and me is live the best life you can, and don’t forget Mother's Day this year."

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 48 red

Earth Date May 1st. 2022

Hue Seaforth is reading his final paper to Richard’s Political Science Class. “Becoming red.” “Humankind has become better at making weapons and finding it easier to use them. The future holds great promise for new technological weapons. The development by at least three nations of the hypersonic cruise missile spells out the beginning of a new much more deadly world. This missile and others like it are extremely hard to shoot down. Each is a step down the road to war. Each leading to a greater temptation to evaluate a modern technology in a real live war. Other new developments have led to robotic pack mules and scouts. One factor against using such technology is it may fall into the hands of the enemy and copied” “If we are to survive on this earth, we must become better at diplomacy. A good diplomat is so much more than a grade schoolteacher breaking up a school yard fight. The diplomat is like an extra-terrestrial, come to earth to bring peace. This being must see beyond the name calling and accusation. War is messy people end up being collateral damage. War is never a controllable situation. What is controllable is preventing it” “So, what is the agenda of the oligarch Vladimir Putin? The roots of his feeling about Ukraine, lie in the fact that he felt Russia had suffered humiliation by the events that happened after the fall of the Berlin wall. There is also the fact that Putin as leader of the Russian people may have felt the events happening in Ukraine, before the war, were a threat. Then Ukraine stood deserted and undefended by the West just before Russia commenced the invasion. The exact facts are hard to ascertain from the internet because history is not a permanent record online, unlike a book, where a record of historic event can remain archived in a library. Whether the story is an accurate recording of the actual event remains a volume on a shelf held unchanged for perpetuity. An example of this might be the history of the life of King Henry the eighth of England. One version written by a devote Catholic and the other a protestant minister. "The two versions may differ but will remain side by side on a library shelf.” “On the internet it is difficult to find an accurate accounting of history that will differ in anyway one from another, and the historical narrative can be rewritten at any time to reinforce the popular interpretation, The online history account then becomes western or eastern propaganda.” “Same situation is true in News reporting; Accurate investigative journalism has become interpretive. The reporter tells the audience how to interpret the small segments of actual interview that are part of the broadcast. Instead, of airing the whole interview and allowing the audience to interpret for themselves” “Pandemic restrictions can be an excuse to control or modify human behavior. We must be careful that the police remain accountable and answerable to the people they serve. A society were everybody can expect equal and just treatment including the poor, drug addicted, the disabled and the elderly we must be incredibly careful not to allow Any of these minority groups to become ostracized or labeled as the source most likely to carry disease. In big cities police and security guards and those on the frontline are less likely to help for fear of contagion.” “About climate change, we do all have the responsibility to keep our planet in good health. The disposal of waste and pollution can be major factors in contributing to the world of our next generation.” “There is an agenda here. It is an agenda of monopolization. Using the internet to access and control food supplies and other commodities of value. the best meat will no longer be Obtainable at the local grocery. Meat, eggs, flour, and fish in the future stored in warehouses and delivered directly to those who could best afford to pay” "An elitist mentality will prevail leaving the poor and working poor without purchasing power genetic manipulation could be the answer for cures of diseases such as cancer MS, muscular dystrophy epilepsy, but this will only be accessible to those who can afford it." Richard “I had Hue Read his paper because wrote the answers to my questions in the form of a Narrative as requested, I hope this exam made you think, you are the future leaders of the world. What kind of a world will it be. One Other Persoal Comment only Communist countries take money form poeples or companys or indiviuals from another country. So Canada is turning Red

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 50 TML

Earth Date May 4th. 2022

Boots is with her father and Mother Apple; at a small outdoor picnic table, they have ordered out from nearby, and are traveling by gas powered car. Richard, “I have been thinking about just running away and hiding somewhere. I do not like teaching politics anymore, it is too sad. Getting accurate information is impossible so I must teach class based on speculation, an educated guess. Government keeps crossing lines and acting in ways unheard of in the past, freezing bank accounts is one example. Boots I have told my class there is an agenda here. It will rationalize the world population. It might be the stage is being quietly set for a war of survival. Life is good but this world can only hold and feed a set amount of people.” “Abortion rights are back in the news. I lost respect for the American vice president after that – How Dare They – speech. It was not what she was saying, she just needs a better speech writer.” Apple, “oh we have Archie Bunker here, Edith go stifle yourself” Richard, “that is not fair I only said she should get a better speech writer. Apple, “Boots how do you stand on abortion?” “Look Mom, right now they can grow an embryo outside the womb in a petri dish. I do not know when God gives us a human soul. I do not think it is always a question of majority rule. Apple, “So it is not government for the people, its government knows best, and we eat whatever they feed us. “They got us through the pandemic.” Apple, Through the pandemic, my child that word will become synonymous with the word Tyrant, and in 2030 were not out of it, yet. three more lock downs and the Government will tax the internet because there are no shops left to tax on the street. Governments will make mistakes, Look at this on again off again war in Ukraine. First the diplomats are ordered home before hostilities starts, then called back to their posts, to show the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is on side with Ukraine. Now the entire world is short on food and oil. You will not hold me responsible for that, I am not a government. Boots, “murder is wrong Mom, I cannot see a difference between a five-year-old child in Ukraine and a ten-week-old fetus in a North American women’s womb, they both have the right to life. Murder is murder. Apple, “you do not believe in a woman’s right to choose?” Boots, “I think in the end we will find the middle ground as a society; technology will advance to the point where a pregnancy will terminate by taking a pill. Lucas and Richard are now at the hockey game. It is the closest thing to bedlam and heaven that Lucas has ever known in his sixteen years of life. This is the escape hatch and Lucas is screaming for his team The Toronto Maple Leaf’s. A team that is a contender in post season for the Stanley Cup. What has made this outing with his father so much more exciting is the visit before the game to the hockey hall of fame. A place in Toronto where the icons of the sport of hockey follow down through history. Tracing the history of the greats like Guy Lafleur, Bobby Ore, Wayne Gretzky, and Maurice Richard. They were all there in the fancy glossy book that Lucas bought at the store, inside the hall He ate with his dad at the St.Lawrence Market, and tucked away a serving of poutine at the game.

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Earth Date May 12th. 2022

Fiction Copyright Phil Musgrave: With help from Microsoft Editor Scroll This Section Rewrite Earth Date May 12th. 2022 “Your documentation here is appalling. There is a fine line between propaganda and responsible, effective journalism.” Simon is taking it on the nose from Jordan Ingram his boss at the small news department, where he works. “Where did you get this;” trusted source, “BSc from. I cannot verify this. If I cannot verify the source, this is not print worthy.” This business of 66% of Americans has three vaccines. The other 34% are trying the patience of the majority, because these unvaccinated people somehow have become misinformed, or are ignorant or stupid. That kind of statement is all the aforementioned. If you are going to, discuss, as a journalist, do not tell people what to think.” People I know have not had any vaccine against the pandemic or are not up to date. Why? “Ok, I am not a medical doctor, let us look at it this way. My government requires I must wear a mask. “Who says masking is the only practical way to reduce the spread of a virus?” “What are the other solutions?” “When the virus is most prevalent, in Winter, are we all going on the dole and working from home. Whereas residential property values have improved commercial real estate is up for grabs “Make sure your meaning is clear here, that this writing is not a rejection of masking or vaccines. It is not a claim that the pandemic is over.” “When does the situation improve to the point where masks or protocol is not an elitist exclusionary tactic?” “There answer these questions and give me a rewrite by one pm.” https://blogthedot3.blogspot.com/2022/05/yellow-boots-section-3.html

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