Tent Cities Springing Up In The USA

The Oprah Show that aired on Feb. 25th, was the most heartwrenching program I've seen in a very long while. How can it be that in a country with so much wealth, blue-collar citizens are living in tents because with the horrific downturn in the economy they've lost their homes? How can the fortunate wealthy let this happen in their own country? Where is the humanity in society when few have much and most have nothing? These people are unfortunate victims of circumstance. They are not people who choose not to work, or pay their bills. How can the millionaires and billionaires sleep at night in their big. comfy beds, while decent fellow citizens are sleeping on the ground in a tent, unable to find a job to make their lives better? Shame on the wealthy! In the end, we will all be judged by our wealth - not by how much money we had, but our worth as a human being. It is shocking that in 2009, things like this happen and nothing is done to make this world a better place for everyone!

A Significant Problem

We humans have survived our own history,
And that was an incredible feat,
Considering the wars, and planet abuse,
We continuously seem to repeat.

We’ve been around for thousands of years,
Through plagues and ills of all kinds,
Now there’s a pill for unimaginable ills,
For our bodies and our minds.

We’ve even outlived countless animals,
In fact we’ve wiped them out.
For there’s no creature as important as us,
Aren’t we what life is about?

But a significant problem has surfaced,
For every man and woman alive.
If we don’t stop destroying our planet,
Not even humans will survive.

- Annabel Sheila

A Cashless Society

A Cashless Society


We live in a cashless society,
Quite a while it’s been around,
Sooner or later it had to give,
And the axe has finally come down.

There are very few among us,
Not living beyond our means,
Our burden of debt is breaking our backs,
Destroying our hopes and dreams.

We can’t afford to save a cent,
Our credit card debt is obscene,
We can’t see beyond our next paycheck,
Our economy’s the worst it’s been.

Debit card, credit card, don’t pay now,
No interest for a year.
But jobs disappear without warning,
Then we live with stress and fear.

Our leaders will gladly lend a hand,
To the corporate giants in need,
But you and I will have to pay,
For years of corporate greed.

How in the world did this happen?
When did things get so bad?
Maybe a cashless society’s not,
The best idea we’ve had.

- Annabel Sheila

Homelessness - Shame on us!

It's frigidly cold here in our city, and last night on the news I heard a Red Cross announcement advising homeless people to go to shelters. So, how exactly were the homeless people going to get this message. They are not driving cars while listening to the radio, watching television in the comfort of their homes, etc. In our beautiful, bountiful country, there should be no homelessness. In our city we spend money to do cosmetics to city properties; build new government offices; and countless other "necessary" expenditures. Why can't we build shelters? Places to go if you're homeless? A warm place to sleep in the winter months, a safe place to sleep all year. Shame on us Canada! No one would "choose" to be homeless. We've got our priorities seriously screwed up!

Il Divo In Concert - A dream come true!

A dream of mine is coming true. I am going to the Il Divo concert in Halifax, April 28, 2009. I have been following these extraordinarily gifted singers since their concept a few years ago. Simon Cowell, I could not begin to thank you enough for bringing this group of "Divine Male Performers" to the world!!! Emotions surge completely untapped with every song they sing! I will have to remember to breathe when I attend that concert in April. Their music is amazing! Do I have a favourite song? Quite simply, every single song they sing!! Can't wait!

Wait Time At Hospitals

I simply don't understand how a young woman with a broken foot can be left sitting in the waiting room of a hospital for 16 hours before being seen by a doctor, or having an x-ray. She sat in a wheelchair with her foot elevated the best she could, in terrible pain, without so much as a "can we get you something" from the nurses at the emergency reception area who knew why she was there and I'm pretty sure realized just by observing - her foot was broken. Before going to emergency she called the tele-care nurse to verify that she should indeed proceed to the hospital. The nurse advised her from her symptoms that she should get to the hospital and have the foot x-rayed; she told the young woman she would call the emergency department and give them a heads-up she would be coming in. A lot of good that did!!! For anyone who cares to listen to me, if you should fall, cut yourself badly, or whatever......CALL an ambulance! It's the only way, from my observation, to get emergency treatment at the hospital! The young woman's foot was indeed broken in several places and had to be cast for six weeks. It is simply not acceptable to have to wait 16 hours to see a doctor at emergency! Our politicians promised us shorter wait times, and we trusted them! I'm just guessing....but maybe the shorter wait times were for politicians and their families!