The light is dimming and the dream is too.

Anyone who has followed my blog for any length of time knows I like to quote songs. Some people like to quote scriptures. I quote a few but I find the scriptures are so often misquoted and misrepresented I prefer to quote other sources. Any inspired verse can lift us whether that be a song, a poem or a scripture.

Different songs move me at different times in my life. At one time the song Carry on My Wayward son spoke to me. Last week a few Neil Young songs spoke to me. Today two other songs come to mind. The first one is from Andrew Lloyd Webber about Joseph's Dream. Joseph has this wonderful dream then every kept falling apart. It went from bad to worse.

First he gets sold as a slave to Egypt. Then he finds favor with Pharaoh and rises in Pharaoh's court. Until Pharaoh's wife tries to seduce him. Joseph was like yo girl, you're Pharaoh's wife. I 'ain't touchin that. So she sets him up and he goes to jail for a crime he did not commit.

As he's sitting in prison he sings "May I return to the beginning? The light is dimming and the dream is too." He's referring to this wonderful dream he had before everything fell apart. Then the cast sing "Go, Go, Go Joseph fight till you drop. We've read the book and you come out on top."

The other song that comes to mind is Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. "Well, maybe there's a God above As for me all I've ever learned from love Is how to shoot somebody who outdrew you But it's not a cry that you hear tonight It's not some pilgrim who claims to have seen the Light No, it's a cold and it's a very broken Hallelujah." I 'ain't a member of the PTL club but I am a member of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah chorus. I'ain't some pilgrim who claims to have seen the Light.

Pentatonix did a really nice version of that song. Recently a coworker died suddenly and it wasn't from the vaccine. Although we weren't told the cause of death we have reason to believe it was self inflicted which is always such a heart wrenching tragedy.

He was going through a divorce and he was struggling with the math. He told one coworker how can I afford rent on my own and pay child support? We've all been through that but today it's even worse. The cost of housing and rent makes living on your own and paying child support mathematically challenging. He couldn't do the math so he gave up.

I'm not recommending that course of action for anyone because it always brings regret but I can certainly understand his concerns. I keep saying I'm writing a book. I keep starting and restarting because things in the world keep changing so fast. As soon as you write something it quickly becomes outdated because there are new crazy things we have to deal with.

I don't claim to have all the answers. I don't claim to be an authority on anything. Do I know how to process loss? Yes I do. Do I know how to process discouragement? Yes I do. That is what I'm going to write about. Behind the dark clouds, the sun is still shining. Stars shine in the darkness. When the light dims, stars shine. We can't see the stars in the night sky unless it gets dark.

I've gone places and seen things and done things in the past but they don't mean sh*t. What I am is more important than what I was and what I do is more important than what I did. The future is a blank page for all of us. What we put on that page is our choice. The painting we create and the legacy we leave behind is our choice. We need to own that.

The world is full of crazy. I'm certainly not going to dwell on the crazy or the negative. I'm going to look up at the stars not down at my feet. I'm going to move forward I'm not going to move backward. I'm going to do me and not what the world tells me. The key is keep moving forward.

Fatal shooting at Ottawa Wedding

The Globe and Mail is reporting that "A shooting at an Ottawa wedding on Saturday night left two men dead and six more injured, with guests describing how they hid in the kitchens of a convention centre to escape a young man with a gun. Ottawa police said they had not yet apprehended a suspect but sped to the scene near the airport after reports of shots fired at about 10:21 p.m. Saturday night. Paramedics said they rushed the injured – including two men with fatal bullet wounds – to hospital after several people were shot in the parking lot outside the wedding reception. On Sunday, Ottawa Police named the dead men as 26-year-old Said Mohamed Ali, and 29-year-old Abdishakur Abdi-Dahir, both from Toronto."

"The wedding reception, attended by members of the Somali community from Ottawa and beyond, took place at the Infinity Convention Centre, which offers wedding packages with open-concept ballrooms and private bridal suites. Ottawa police chief Eric Stubbs was among those at the scene on Sunday. He said in an interview on CTV news late Sunday that a connection with guns and gangs was being examined by police. He said police were reviewing video surveillance from nearby businesses." I think it's safe to say there is a connection to guns since a firearm was used. That like saying the homicide is deemed suspicious.

As for gangs, let's do the math. Damion Ryan was arrested in Ottawa while he was making sweetheart deals with the CFSEU and running the drugs in the DTES. Damion Ryan hired a Somalian to kill Anees Mohamed in the DTES then rolled on him as soon as the hit was completed. I ain't sayin he's a gold digger. I'm just sayin he's a piece of garbage.

More Background on Medical Cencorship

Ensign Ranch Washington State

Thursday after work my clutch cable was delivered so I took it to the shop and they were able to fix my motorcycle that night. Perfect timing because I had Friday off work and signed up for a conference at Ensign Ranch in Washington Sate. Taking the bike down saved a lot of money on gas. I stopped at a rest area on the way down and they had an ad for wolfhaven.org That looks pretty cool. It's just south of Olympia. They also had an ad for State parks at www.parks.wa.gov It's good to find out where the State Parks are.

Ensign Ranch is nice. They have a climbing wall and canoes on a lake. The lake is really cute but very small. It's run by the LDS church but anyone can camp there when conferences aren't on. It's kind of hard to find as it's not well marked. I blew past the turn off several times as Google was giving me conflicting directions.

If you're coming from Canada you take the I5 to Seattle then take the I90 towards Spokane. Ya go through the Snoqualmie Pass, past Easton and take the Golf Course Road exit. Turn left, then left at the sign beside the fire station. I guess you can get there from the Nelson exit as well. I must of had it flipped around. I'm not sure. If you get to Cle Elum you're gone too far.

There was a ton of people there I didn't know and I found it a bit overwhelming so I bailed and came home early. I wanted to beat the rain and the rush at the border from the long weekend. I've met a lot of really nice Americans this summer. It's nice to see families camping with their kids. That's normal, healthy and wholesome. It was a clear night and the moon was so bright it cast a shadow like when I was at Bowron Lake. This is the sun rise this morning at Ensign Ranch.

Speaking of surfing standing waves in a kayak, I found a brochure about a wave pool beside Lake Chelan in Washington State that lets you surf a standing wave called Lakeside Surf. That looks really cool. That looks like a great way to practice surfing in a safe environment.



I also found a brochure for boat tours in Seattle that take you through the locks to Lake Union. They have doughnut boats there like the barbeque boats outside Granville Island in Vancouver.

I understand that there's an Ensign Ranch in Utah that has a long distance gun range and course. I'd like to see that. I'm told the one in Washington has a gun range and a black powder range. When I inquired about it they said it wasn't going to be open for this conference and to leave your guns at home so I forgot to check out where it was on site. I'm told they use to have a zip line and horses on site but got rid of them over liability concerns which was sadly unfortunate.

Neil Young and the Next Generation of Blues

Neil Young: Old Man - Heart of Gold - Hey, Hey, My, My - Rockin In The Free World

Amanda Ventura: The Way - Harmonica Blues Indiara Sfair: Improv - Good Feelings

Covid Mutants

This is yet another example of how mentally deranged the Fake News really is. The CBC headline reads "1st Canadian case of highly mutated COVID-19 virus variant BA.2.86 detected in BC." We all know when a virus mutates it gets weaker not stronger. That is the science. Omnicron was less severe than the seasonal flu. Locking down over Omnicron was a criminal act.

"Health officials in British Columbia say they have detected the first known Canadian case of the BA.2.86 COVID-19 virus variant. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control confirmed it was found in a person in the Fraser Health region, east of Vancouver, who has not travelled outside of the province." Health Officials in BC are NOT Health Officials. They are Agents of the State. Bill 36 changed all that. The even changed the College of Physicians. They are not longer specialists in the field elected by their peers. They are now political extremists appointed by the State.

"In a joint statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said they are monitoring the variant but added it was not unexpected for it to show up in B.C. or in Canada." Bonnie Henry and Adrian Dix are Freaks. These wack jobs are obsessed with their ridiculous propaganda because they have an agenda and promoting health is not it.

COVID Tyrants want to take away our Freedom.

Hear my words— WE WILL NOT COMPLY. pic.twitter.com/Kql1YaxuO0

— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) August 30, 2023

Texas and Florida introduced mandates as well but were the first to end them when they saw the light just like Trump. If it wasn't for Texas and Florida we'd still be locking down each flu season. After Texas and Florida opened up the lies of the mainstream media were no longer believable.

Danny Bulford interviewed by Police on Guard

Police on Guard interviewed Danny Bulford and a few other members about standing up.

Shuswap Fires Intentionally Lit By Canadian Authorities

Update: Prescribed burning partly to blame for huge fires

Dan Dicks is reporting that "The director of wildfire operations in BC Cliff Chapman admitted that they started the fires with a planned ignition and that they did this even though they knew strong winds were approaching. Since then the RCMP have ordered local police to stop anyone from entering the area in an effort to 'prevent looting'. In this video Dan Dicks of Press For Truth covers the Shuswap fires and most importantly what you need to do to plan for the next 'order out of chaos' scenario that keeps playing out before our eyes."

Arson Is NOT Climate Change. Forest fires are not new to BC. I knew a young man who got his pilots licence and moved to California. He wanted to become a commercial pilot but before doing so he needed to get his hours in. To do that, pilots would come to BC and fly water bombers for the forest fires. It was a common thing back then. Instead of paying helicopters and drones to start fires we need to go back to flying water bombers like we have for the past generation.

Melted Cars in Maui

Maui 🇺🇲 The Insanity Continues 🔥 Locals are finding Mysteriously Burnt out vehicles located outside the Fire Zones...Somehow, they're Burnt to a crisp, in Liquid Metal Form and are located in between 𝙐𝙉𝘽𝙐𝙍𝙉𝙏 Houses....Something Very Fishy 🐟 is going on in Hawaii 🧐 pic.twitter.com/UFbxIOE1Gj

— 𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙇𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙉𝙀 (@Risemelbourne) August 28, 2023

Firefighter confirms police were diverting people trying to escape back into the fire.

Widgeon Creek and Widgeon Falls

I snapped the clutch cable on my motorcycle and it's going to take a few days to get the part in so I insured my car and took the kayak over to Pitt Lake up Widgeon creek today. I paddled up to the campsite and hiked up to the water falls then I hiked a bit further up towards Widgeon Lake and found two new sets of water falls. This is a video of the trip.

Supervised injection sites fuel crime

The National Post is reporting that "The increase in violent crime and public disorder that follows supervised consumption sites must be tamed. People living close to many of these sites have complained about significant increases in public disorder and violent crime."

"In June, a group of Vancouverites filed a lawsuit against the city, Vancouver Coastal Health and a non-profit, alleging that they failed to responsibly oversee the Thomus Donaghy Overdose Prevention Site in downtown Vancouver. The plaintiffs claim that, after opening in 2021, locals witnessed violent assaults and other disturbing criminal activity at the site, which turned the neighbourhood into a centre point for crime and public disorder.”

Indeed, however, a massive police presence won't help unless the police are allowed to enforce the law. Enforcement is one of the Four Pillars Vancouver has abandoned. We don't even stop drug dealers from selling drugs at treatment centers. That is disgusting.

New Brunswick First Nation declares state of emergency over drugs

The National Post is reporting that "The council says it acted quickly in the wake of a public outcry that led to hundreds of people storming a residential property in the urban reserve, purported to be a drug den. Windows on the home on Bear Drive and three vehicles parked in the backyard were smashed out. On Friday, the First Nation announced it had hired a private security firm to help keep drug mules and their customers out of residential parts of the reserve overnight."

Ontario Hells Angel in possession of a stolen motorcycle

CTV is reporitng that "Thousands of rounds of ammunition has been seized and a member of Hells Angels has been arrested and charged, according to OPP. In April, the Biker Enforcement Unit (BEU) started an investigation related to a stolen motorcycle form Alberta. The investigation involved a current member of the Ontario Hells Angels who police said was also a former member of the Alberta Hells Angels." Let me guess, Edmonton.

"On Aug. 18, officers from multiple units, including Chatham-Kent police, used a search warrant at a home on Zone Road-7 in Bothwell. Two people were arrested at the scene and officers seized five rifles, approximately 3,000 rounds of ammunition and a stolen motorcycle." A stolen motorcycle, f*ck you. Alberta trash joining the Ontario Village Idiots. There is no honor in theft.

Savary Island and Desolation Sound

I mentioned how I came back from a road trip on my motorcycle from Bowron Lakes to Desolation Sound. Well I finally uploaded the video clips from the second part of the trip up the Sunshine Coast to Powell river and Lund which included a zodiac tour through Desolation sound.

This trip was in preparation for my road trip to Alaska and I certainly did find some hidden gems off the beaten path. The whole point of the trip was to break out of the fish bowl and get out of the 15 minute city mindset. To set aside the kaleidoscope of insanity and see the mosaic of beauty out there in the real world. Another purpose of the trip was to find some new places to kayak.

I documented the beginning and ending of the Bowron Lakes canoe trip but also had a look at the Powell Lake canoe trip. On my Desolation sound zodiac tour I saw what islands in the Marine park you're allowed to camp on for a kayak trip on the ocean. The only drawback is fresh water but there is a lake you can hike to for fresh water. This trip was awesome and my post on Wind therapy talks about how motorcycle riding can help us leave the past behind and move forward.

The more you indict, the more we unite

I guess Trump was released on bail becuase he stopped for a picture on his way back to his car.

🔥🚨 THE MORE YOU INDICT, THE MORE WE UNITE !!!

“It’s Trump 2024, we don’t care!”

“The hood got this man’s back!”

Love the support rising up for President Trump!! You love to see it!! Arresting Trump will have the biggest political backfire in American history!!

MUST… pic.twitter.com/fiX5gb756z

— TONY™️ (@TONYxTWO) August 26, 2023

Forbes is reporting that "Harrison Floyd, the lone co-defendant in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia who is still in custody, was denied bond by a state judge on Friday, keeping the Black Voices for Trump leader at the Fulton County Jail despite his pleas for release." This partisan abuse of process has become absolutely insane.

Look who they're going after. They're going after Trump and Trump supporters because they don't want him to run. It's beyond crazy. It's a ridiculous circus. They can't get any fake charges to stick so they keep inventing more and more ridiculous charges. The other day a coworker showed me a video of a workplace accident then laughed when someone else posted a comment to the video saying they're doing to indite Trump for this next. The moral of the joke was that the Swamp keeps trying to fabricate charges against Trump simply so he can't run. Everyone can see that.

First it was the never ending story of Russian election interference. Hillary Clinton falsely claimed that Russia hacked the election. Tulsi Gabbard said Hillary Clinton was the queen of warmongers and that Hillary personifies the rot that has sickened Democratic party. She was right.

As a result, Hillary Clinton falsely claimed that Tulsi Gabbard was a Russian asset. The false allegation was ridiculous. So she repeatedly claimed that Russia hacked the election and the Fake News promoted that false story. Now they are trying to charge Trump criminally for doing the same thing Hillary Clinton did. The only difference is that his allegation had merit.

Texas filed a lawsuit stating that other states violated the Constitution. The court said that may well be the case but one States doesn't have jurisdiction over another state. So the lawsuit was dismissed. Not because there was no evidence of voter fraud. There was plenty. It was dismissed over standing and jurisdiction. The movie 2,000 Mules documented election irregularities.

Electronic voting is not secure. We saw mules in possession of multiple mail in ballots in a sophisticated operation. That was real. There's no way Biden won Arizona in 2019 and there's no way Katie Hobbs won Arizona in 2023. Katie Hobbs has broken the record for the number of bills vetoed by any Governor in that State over such a short period of time. Arizona elected a Republican government in 2022 but a Democrat Governor. That doesn't make sense. That's what we would call an election irregularity as is the number of ballots counted.

LET’S GOOOO!!! #WalkAway pic.twitter.com/fCNk6KgjIn

— Brandon Straka (@BrandonStraka) August 26, 2023

The Donald Trump Witch Hunt Continues

Sky News is reporting that "Former president Donald Trump has been booked on more than a dozen charges - all concerning his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election result in the state of Georgia." That is mentally deranged. This is why Trump is so popular. The raging lunatics that don't want him to run need to be replaced. The double standard is ridiculous.

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Broncos KJ Hamler diagnosed with pericarditis

SHFT.tv is reporting that "The Broncos waived WR KJ Hamler with a non-football illness designation on Monday, per the league transaction wire. The fourth-year wideout posted on Instagram that he felt chest pains while working out prior to the start of training camp and is currently undergoing treatment for pericarditis, a mild heart irritation." Mild heart irritation?

New Zealand: Deaths are up 14%, Live Births are Down 28%

Shooting outside West Edmonton Mall

City News is reporting that "Police say the still unidentified suspects involved in the West Edmonton Mall shooting waited in the parking lot for four individuals to emerge from the mall before an exchange of gunfire took place between both groups. That’s the latest information provided by the Edmonton Police Service on the shooting that locked down one of the largest malls in North America for two hours Monday night"

There was also a fatal shooting in Edmonton on Saturday.

Two groups shoot at each other outside the mall and the police lock down the entire mall. There's something shady going on in this new world order. Cutting off the water supply to fight the fire in Hawaii and police rerouting people back into the city to create a traffic gridlock causing people to die waiting in line was completely unacceptable. Likewise in BC the NDP are more concerned with enforcing evacuation orders then they are with fighting fires. This is all very strange.

Tucker Carlson interviews Donald Trump

Ep. 19 Debate Night with Donald J Trump pic.twitter.com/ayPfII48CO

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 24, 2023

FBI directly involved in William Majcher set up

The Globe and Mail is reporitng that "Confidential law-enforcement information from the RCMP and FBI provided to The Globe and Mail lays out the reasons why William Majcher faces two charges for alleged offences under the Security of Information Act."

"The RCMP believe Mr. Majcher used contacts and expertise to help the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in support of its Operation Fox Hunt and Operation SkyNet projects: efforts cast by Beijing as global anti-corruption campaigns but which Western security agencies have said have also been used to target and silence dissidents." China hires two money laundering experts to find out who is stealing from them and the FBI shut down their investigation because the CIA and the FBI were the ones stealing from them. The Fake News is ridiculous.