OTHER INFO

The title of the Painting Below is Face in the Style of Picasso fall 2008 in Watercolor.

still figuring out how all this works....

other events in life....

A fond and sad fairwell to my home away frome home..... The Organic Underground cafe here in town was forced to close at the end of June.....

Why ....... it was the type of place where any one was welcome there was always a pot of home made soup and some one to talk to ..... what ever you need was... a place that tryed to make the world and our community a better and kinder place..... it offered community and at times sactuary to those in need, a place for teenagers to not be judged and new artists to hang out and hang there art with no comishions to the house...

it was a place of ideas ..empowerd change and positive growth and while the doors have closed
It will be remembered with grace and dignity. Thank You to Kathrine for three wonderfull years

Second Item

Toronto was host to the G20 in June.....

While i fully suport Canadas role in the world and our peace keeping activities....

what went on in toronto as truly sad..

first let me say I do not in anyway suport violent and destructive protests. the individuals re sponsable for violence and property damage should be held responsable for there actions.

However,

I have several friends who were peacefully protesting, who were in the crowed that was enmass
arrested saturday night. they were held with out due process, in over crowed conditions in damp
over air conditioned cells....for 24 hours with out being charged. as a result one of my friends spent 3 days in the hospital with phnemonia, the following week.

Canada is a democratic country.... Under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms we as citizens have the right to voice our points of view, peacefully. with out fear of reprisal.....

this was not the case in toronto....... I am a Proud Canadian but I was ashamed of our police and elected officals over the way the "security" for this event was handled.