Piddingworth Greg Benton |
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| 'Piddingworth...where St. George's Cross is not yet banned.' --Mark Steyn |
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| Honour all men. Love the Brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. (1Peter 2) |
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| Trust in the Lord and He will give you the strength & courage to do your Duty... Rose West Leonard |
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| CANADA'S DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER |
| 'This noble and elegant site
is both a tribute to a family's history, and to a national heritage.' --Daniel J. Cassidy Sunlit Uplands |
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| COMMENTARY |
| There is a new book titled The Strange Demise of British Canada (The Liberals and Canadian Nationalism, 1961-1968) by C.P. Champion, Ph.D. and after reading it I have come away being sadly reminded of that rare psychiatric diagonsis of 'Dissociative Identity Disorder' where the patient, in this case 'Canada', experiences at least two identities or personality states that are very different in nature. Each of these 'personalities' have distinctly different ways of looking at, thinking about and relating to themselves or the world around them and in a distinct pattern, assume control over the whole of one's identity. In medicine, this disease used to be called 'Multiple Personality Disorder' (like the infamous Sybil) or 'Split Personality Disorder'. Continue |
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| SHARE THE INHERITANCE From our friends at 'Brits At Their Best', David Abbott and Catherine Glass, thiswonderful book brilliantlysets out the richness ofour British inheritance and the foundation of ourcivilisation. I especially recommend this for young people in Britain,Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. It belongs to us all. It really is quite superb. G.B. |
| Swifter far than summer's flight --
Swifter far than youth's delight -- Swifter far than happy night, Art thou come and gone -- As the earth when leaves are dead, As the night when sleep is sped, As the heart when joy is fled, I am left lone, alone. Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| 'The Last Walk' by Greg Benton, 2010 |
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| The English must not take their future for granted
by Robert Henderson England has a truly remarkable history. It was here that Parliamentary government evolved; here that the Industrial Revolution began, here that the only world empire ever worthy of the name was acquired and ruled. In the arts and sciences the English can point to the likes of Shakespeare, Newton and Darwin; in martial matters Cromwell, Marlborough, Wellington and Nelson; in goverment the Pitts, Disraeli, Glasdstone and Churchill. The country has remained unconquered for the better part of a thousand years and her domestic history is one of remarkable peacefulness when put in the context of the wider world. The English are one of the rare peoples who do not need to exaggerate their history because the reality is sufficient for pride. MORE |
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| "We are two nations, but under one Queen and united by one set of values" PM David Cameron, Address to the Canadian Parliament, 22 September 2011 |
| Let us then move forward together in discharge of our mission and our duty, fearing God and nothing else. Sir Winston Churchill |
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| THE STATE FUNERAL OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (movie approx. 28 min.) |
| ‘Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a ery large majority of mankind unite together to defend them’ Sir Winston Churchill |
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| THE VICAR OF PIDDINGWORTH 1996 - 2010 |
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| LONG TO REIGN OVER US |
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| AP Photo: Pier Paolo Cito |
| My father's Canadian Grenadier Guards |
| "I am a Canadian,
a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind." The Canadian Bill of Rights Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC, FRSC, FRSA, Dominion Day, 1960 |
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| Jerusalem |
| Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 |
| LIKE A DIAMOND |
| LOVE UNKNOWN |
| “The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen when she loses, she votes down the prime minister.” Sir Winston Churchill |
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| Christians are marginalized, they’re mocked, they’re told their views don’t belong, they’re told to keep their views out of the public square and keep their religion at home. And where it can be quite sinister is at universities where Christian students they’re told that their ideas are stupid. I’ve even seen it with my children who are in university. Somehow Christianity is not a valid area of thought any longer. You can bring your socialism, your feminism, your homosexuality, your anti-Zionism into the class but if you bring your Christianity that’s not to be taken seriously. Michael Coren |
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| When the Canadian government asked my wife and myself to visit Canada to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, I began to consider ways in which our tour might help to make a difference. I wanted to find practical opportunities to celebrate how Canadians are serving their communities, the country and, indeed, the wider world. Service to others is the central theme of the Diamond Jubilee and it is this that guides the Queen and my family in all that we try to do. Service takes many forms. Our tour will rightly begin by recognizing the vital contribution that Her Majesty’s Canadian Forces make in promoting international peace and stability – and the sacrifice made by those families whose loved ones have not returned from their operational service. At CFB Gagetown, which I remember so well from time spent on exercises in Canada while serving with the Royal Navy in the 1970s, my wife and I will have the opportunity of expressing our greatest respect and enduring gratitude. As the father of two sons serving in the armed forces, I appreciate only too well the anxiety of knowing that our loved ones are in harm’s way – and the pride we take in their commitment to serve. It is for this reason that I am delighted that my Prince’s Charities Canada foundation is supporting a project called Operation Entrepreneur, which will help Canadian Forces men and women, including wounded personnel, to retrain and broaden their opportunities for a successful transition to civilian life. Service can also mean thinking about how we can use our own positions to help others, especially in these times of economic uncertainty. In this regard, I am pleased to be playing a part in bringing people together in Canada to help share and spread good ideas through a process I call “Seeing is Believing.” Over many years, I have seen how a good idea or example of best practice in one region or one part of a community can inspire others if they see it in action at first hand. This can have a tremendous multiplying effect. So often skepticism, resistance and deadlock in one area or community can be overcome by enabling people to meet and discover from those who have already been through a process of transformation that there really can be better opportunities and returns by doing things differently. Next Tuesday in Toronto, I will be joining CEOs, inspirational youth leaders and young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods who have been listening to each other’s perspectives and discussing, as a group, how they can best work together for mutual benefit. It is already delivering results, including new internship programs to equip young people with the practical skills they need. Working on these issues over the past 27 years has led me to think more broadly about ways in which we can build social cohesion by encouraging many more opportunities for people to contribute their particular skills to others. Many of the engagements during this tour are deliberately focused on highlighting individual cases of success which tell a wider story so that they might inspire others to become involved in similar ways. This can only strengthen the social fabric and enhance Canada’s enviable reputation as a country where people think beyond themselves to the needs of others to build a tolerant, open and outward-looking society. I have long believed that one of the most effective ways to foster cohesion in a sustainable way is to build partnerships between the public, private and NGO sectors. The whole is always greater than the sum of its parts and it exemplifies the basis of what I can only describe as “community capital” – that invisible but vital element that holds communities together. When you think about it, at the end of the day it is communities, in all their forms, that are at the heart of everything and I believe they function at their best when people have real identity, a sense of belonging and a commitment to each other. When my wife and I last came to Canada, in 2009, I remember recalling something I had said on a much earlier tour, back in the 1990s: “Every time I come to Canada … a little more of Canada seeps into my bloodstream – and from there straight to my heart.” That is why I am so looking forward to returning to Canada in this special Jubilee year, to renew my own pledge of service and to encourage others to consider how they might contribute their own particular talent. HRH The Prince of Wales, 18 May 2012 The Globe & Mail |
| HRH The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Regiment of Canada |
| THE DUTCHESS OF CORNWALL COLONEL-IN-CHIEF THE QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES OF CANADA |
| It's the lovely and delicious strawberry season. That means it is close to the All England Championships at Wimbledon where the tradition of purchasing strawberries and cream (at prices somewhat dear) is well-known. Because of hot-house farming and the ability to fly fruit to anywhere from anywhere at anytime, strawberries of some kind seem to be readily available. Most of those are quite large and without much flavour. Similarly with oranges even as I remember the luxury of an orange in my stocking on Christmas morning. What aroma! In season, late May to mid-June, the strawberries grown locally are small in size and wonderfully sweet. With vanilla ice cream they are outstanding! The garden strawberry was first bred in Brittany, France, in the 1750s via a cross of Fragaria virginiana from eastern North America and Fragaria chiloensis, which was brought from Chile by Amédée-François Frézier in 1714 A simple pleasure, well preserved. (pun intended) |
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| THE PASSION OF STRAWBERRIES |
| Strawberries
There were never strawberries like the ones we had that sultry afternoon sitting on the step of the open french window facing each other your knees held in mine the blue plates in our laps the strawberries glistening in the hot sunlight we dipped them in sugar looking at each other not hurrying the feast for one to come the empty plates laid on the stone together with the two forks crossed and I bent towards you sweet in that air in my arms abandoned like a child from your eager mouth the taste of strawberries in my memory lean back again let me love you let the sun beat on our forgetfulness one hour of all the heat intense and summer lightning on the Kilpatrick hills let the storm wash the plates |
| REMEMBERING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON MEMORIAL DAY |
| Britain, Canada and all the Commonwealth and the world itself has no greater friend and ally than the United States of America. We have fought with her and pray God that we continue to stand beside her. For all the sacrifices of her sons and daughters we pay our reverent hommage. May God bless and keep that magnificent country and people that she may continue to be a force for all that is good, free and true in this troubled and dangerous world. GE Benton, May 2012 |
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| I VOW TO THEE MY COUNTRY |
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| IN MEMORIAM Private Steven Jay Philbrick H CO, 2ND BN, 9TH MARINES 3RD MARDIV, III MAF United States Marine Corps Hampton, New Hampshire My young friend was cut down in Quang Tri Province Viet Nam, 6 June 1969 |