Bambi's Thoughts
Before going to bed, Bambi toured the news from the Middle East. Between worrisome and absurd news of exchange of missiles and drones across borders, she found a refreshing article about Mr. Nicolas Farah who turned 90. Of note, Bambi dedicated a 3-year-old post to his story, which is shared below. She wishes him to remain healthy, passionate, and grounded, whether in the air or Lebanon’s soil. Happy Birthday to him with a few songs and with his impressive picture taken from An Nahar!
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Following her post on the beauty of Canada, a dear friend and reader of this blog sent Bambi a song by the late Mr. Hank Snow, which she would like to share with you now.
What a beautiful discovery of a “distinctive voice” to use the precise words of this reader. Indeed, Bambi fell in love with the song in question, which is entitled “I’ve been everywhere“. Of note, she was fascinated also by Mr. Snow’s great memory and fast performance without any grammatical error.
For those of you who do not know Mr. Snow, despite his fame, he was a Nova Scotian (i.e., South Shore) . From what Bambi understood is that, as a young man, he travelled to Tennessee where he established himself as a country and western singer. He succeeded in becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry (https://shorturl.at/bcoPT) in Nashville. Bravo to him for his great success as a recording and performing artist in the United States of America during the 1950’s. What a pride for the Maritimes!
Of note, Bambi is grateful for her new musical discovery. If she may, she will now offer this song to another friend who has travelled to many places and who happens to celebrate his birthday [hello to Charbel and his family :)]!
This being said, this musical post will end with two other songs related to travels, one in Algerian-Arabic and the other in French (translated into English). Safe travels to all the travellers, regardless of their destination. Who knows? If not a geographical place, the latter may be an internal journey of self-discovery and, hopefully, of increased lucidity and inner peace.
How can Bambi go to sleep without honouring Mr. Jean-Pierre Ferland (1934-2024)?
She saw Mr. Ferland’s picture, with the title of one of his famous songs, in the headlines from La Presse (breaking news). The picture included his year of birth, along with “2024” next to it. Yet it took her brain a long time to understand the why… and to dare reading the article in question.
Many thanks to the GREAT Mr. Ferland for having existed. Bravo for his inspiring career (https://shorturl.at/dfwCO)!
To conclude this brief tribute, Bambi sends her heart to Mr. Jean-Pierre Ferland’s spouse and their family. May God know how to comfort them. Same for this singer’s numerous fans, mentees, colleagues, fellow citizens, and lovers of French songs worldwide.
Bambi took all the pictures shared with you below today in Amherst Point Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Chignecto National Wildlife Area (https://shorturl.at/MQSY6). This beautiful park is located in the Cumberland region, just a few minutes away from downtown Amherst in Nova Scotia (NS), Atlantic Canada. She hopes you will enjoy this beauty, along with a few songs in English, French, and Arabic, which celebrate nature, the charm of this Maritime province, and Fairuz’ love for “her cozy little house in Canada” :). Happy weekend to all!
Bambi had an older post about Dr. Patrick Provost. Up until today, he was a Full Professor of Microbiology, Infectious diseases and Immunology at the Faculty of Medicine of the Université Laval. He is an established researcher at the CHU de Québec Research Centre/CHUL Pavilion.
Because he publicly opposed the vaccination of children against COVID in December 2021, he was fired from his academic position, according to the Journal of Québec (https://shorturl.at/gCNO6). Related to the latter, Bambi will repeat her own comments: “Can you imagine the level of censorship in our collectively insane times? A scientist, expert in the field, cannot express a scientific opinion or share any research findings that may challenge an apparently merely politically-driven health narrative… She does not know about you, but she stands with Professor Provost and with his right to academic freedom and freedom of expression! Isn’t Québec’s latest bill precisely meant to protect this right (as previously posted by Bambi)”?
Of note, in cases of censorship, the titles of the Canadian mainstream media articles (such as the one cited above) seem to have the same writing style, which tells us what we should think, as readers. Indeed, whenever a title includes the word “controversial“, Bambi immediately understands the underlying following message: the censored person does not have the right to freedom of expression because he or she is contentious. In other terms, this person deserves the unfair treatment. In addition, readers should not dare to think that there could be some truth in the opinion or statements of the censored person, whether scientific or political, etc.
To conclude this post, it is Bambi’s hope that Dr. Provost’s union who filed a grievance of the administration’s decision will represent him with integrity. She wishes him all the best in his legal fight!
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This post is made possible, thanks to the lens and generosity of Bente. Her pictures were taken in t Zand, Schagen, North Holland (https://shorturl.at/guNY3). Below you can appreciate Bente’s pictures, which will be followed by a few songs celebrating the love of flowers in several languages. Long live the most charming tulips of the Netherlands!
With MUCH sadness, along with anger, Bambi read in L’Orient Le Jour that rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death penalty in Iran (https://shorturl.at/htzX8). As a reminder, Mr. Salehi has been in jail for over a year and a half. According to his lawyer, Mr. Amir Raisian as per L’Orient Le Jour, “the revolutionary court of Isfahan (…) sentenced him to the death penalty for corruption on Earth”, one of the most serious charges in Iran” (https://shorturl.at/htzX8).
“Corruption on Earth“?! Forcing women to wear a strict dress code, when they do not want to, is not corruption on earth? Dictatorship is not corruption on earth? Historically putting the Middle East on fire by proxy (or recently even directly) is not corruption on earth? Risking another world word war is not corruption on earth? However, singing for freedom, unity, and a fair place is corruption on Earth, according to the Islamic regime in the beautiful country of Iran. The world is truly upside down, isn’t it?
Bambi sends her heart to Mr. Salehi and his family. May God help them in those horrible moments of their lives. If this “crime” (this is Bambi’s own word) occurs, it would be the tenth since “nine people were executed in connection with this uprising, according to NGOs”, as per L’Orient Le Jour (https://shorturl.at/htzX8).
Mr. Shakespeare who lived until age 52 was born on April 23, 1564 (https://shorturl.at/agpWX). This post is a brief musical tribute to his incredible legacy. The song below entitled “Aimer” [To Love] is subtitled in English. It is taken from the French musical, “Roméo et Juliette: de la Haine à l’Amour“, which is based on Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” (music and lyrics by Mr. Gérard Presgurvic). Long live music… and love!
Passover, or Pesach, highlights the freedom of the Jews from slavery in ancient Egypt. If you happen to celebrate Passover, Bambi wishes you a blessed season (sundown, April 22 to nightfall, April 30). May the latter be filled with warmth for you and all your loved ones!
Vandalism is an act that involves a deliberate damage or destruction of a public or private property. This is what happened to a synagogue called “Kehillat Shaarei Torah” in North Toronto last night, according to the Canadian Jewish News (https://shorturl.at/uCLN2).
Why are we scaring innocent Torontonians who just want to go pray on Shabat (or Saturday)? Instead of feeling safe in their place of worship, like everyone should be feeling when praying one’s God, they saw five windows of their synagogue broken.
No to vandalism to any place of worship (e.g., synagogues, mosques, churches, temples, etc.). No to violence in Canada. How about learning or re-learning tolerance instead, just like Mr. Enrico Macias’ song below?
