My ebooks being sold without my authorization

I was disappointed to see my ebook of Military Policewoman being sold by an Australian company without my permission on line. I have contacted them but of course have received no reply. It is unfortunate that people think it is ok to make money from the work of others. I suggest that if you want a copy of my work to either buy from me on my web site https://www.silvaredigonda.ca or with Indigo. I wanted to post on Amazon but I cannot as an individual. I have tried. So, have a good weekend. The devestating war in Ukraine continues as Russia breaks every and any rule of war. I have a recommendation of a book and documentary about Putin and his murderers. I want to finish first so I can share some info about it. The weather is improving and so I hope to spend some time reading outside in the sun. That should happen next week. I will also be attending a few lectures next week and the week after which I shall share. Wishing you the best and thank you so much for reading my blogs.

For Love of Country - Military Policewoman continues See me at Word on the street, Jun 11&12, at Queens Park (Toronto)

“The members of SIU section Winnipeg wish Silva a long and prosperous second career, but caution her not to choose any trade related to automobiles. Good luck Silva. Maj Solist, our commanding officer, was seated at my right. I was pleased. I learned that he had not been formally invited; instead he had arrived at the detachment asking to pay his twenty dollars to attend. He had seen a flyer, I imagine. Capt Jones, our Security Officer, was seated at my mother’s side. He had not been in Toronto long and was new to the Military Police Branch. I had spoken to him a few times and liked him. He was amiable, polite, and handsome, even with a beard. His futile attempts to have a conversation with my mother were almost comical. He was not aware of her current predicament. Seated beside the Captain was his Warrant Officer. He too was new to Toronto. At the other end of the table beside Maj Solist was my dear friend Maj Cassidy. I simply called him “Father”. I had known this priest for about twelve years. https://silvaredigonda.ca Excerpt From: Silva Redigonda. “For love of country : military policewoman. Note: Maj Solist and I continued to be friends way past both our retirements. His death was a suffering loss.

Single Parents: Is it enough (from an essay in my earlier years) continues

“Children in single-parent families exhibit more non-compliant and deviant behaviour than children in intact families.” (page 257, E.W. Beal. Carol Lynn Pearson however, has a healthy family in her single-parent dwelling. She is the supporter for other families, “My children have become used to seeing strangers sitting on our couch when they walk in from school, and if its’ a woman who looks a little stunned, and perhaps some children, they know we have another battered woman for a few days, here in a safe home while arrangements are made to get her away from a violent situation in her own home…There was the lovely black grandmother with the three children who had watched as their family, had killed their mother. My impulse was to my hands over my children’s ears so they would never have to know that a man had killed his wife (p 77). Being a single parent is difficult. Responsibilities, provisions and caring may become the burden of a sole parent. Support may be required. However, support is also required in many duel parent homes. Being a single parent may be enough provided there is sufficient love and understanding shared. “The world is a battlefield and too often the home is a theatre of war when it ought to be the safe, warm place we all can crawl into to be warmed and renewed. Family violence is in every edition of every newspaper. Is that the result or the cause of violence everywhere else?” (Carol Lynn Pearson, p 78)

For Love of Country : Military Policewoman continues https://www.silvaredigonda.ca

...sends his regards and adds that sight of your retirement message brought such a flood of memories of CFB Baden that it would require a publisher to do justice to the anecdotes. Silva is gifted with a supreme self-confidence which, when coupled with her incomparable hauteur… Tom, I thought to myself, you have improved your vocabulary. I’m impressed. Four letter words and antieducation – puff – gone! … has led her down the road to embarrassment many times. Silva, I remember window shopping in Karlsruhe… Oh, yes the prostitutes. I recalled my embarrassment. … diesel fuel in the benzene vehicle, vehicles in the bush, bush in the vehicles, vehicles on dikes, not to mention June bugs in your cup, or the time I had to search your apartment for your notebook and the resulting pseudo-sexual misunderstanding. Nothing was done with anyone’s underwear… I could not remember that one. Just as well, I suppose. Above all, however, I recall the phone call you received from the Commanding Officer of… who wished to complain about someone playing a stereo on the lawn at 0300 hrs. After giving his rank, name, and address the Colonel balked at giving his social insurance number and other particulars as he wanted to go to bed. The last thing he heard before the dial tone was your voice saying, “Sorry, Sir, but we don’t take anonymous phone calls.” You’re exaggerating a bit, Kaufman. He refused to identify himself, and we didn’t know who he was until he complained.

Excerpt From: Silva Redigonda. For love of country : military policewoman

Single Parents - Is it enough? essay continues from a grade 13 student - Me (at the time of course)

A child hounded by a well meaning parent for whatever reason may compound it by a diverse reaction. An ally is required for the child but does not have to be a parent. It can be another adult, a child or even his dog, “I looked out the kitchen window and watched the two of them fetch and throw…..I was grateful to this black dog that made John so happy, that simply delighted in him, that never asked him about homework or wondered what in the world was going to become of him. I was grateful to Jesse for being to John what his mother could not”2 (Carol Lynn, Pearson. The Ups and Downs of a Single-Parent Family. New York: Random House Inc, 1988. Page 10. Further refs will be indicated by author and page number. John’s dreaminess had started long before Gerald [her husband] had left, long before John was three, in fact (Pearson, 11). Pearson has the intellect to separate the cause and effects from being a single parent to other possibilities. This open-mindedness reduces the stress that she would have if she blamed her predicament at being sole parent. Beal (from previous blog) reflects that, “Intact families have an average income that is twice as high as single-parent families (p257).” This is probably true in a sense but what does it reveal? Pearson reflects on such an occasion. The outcome was rewarding. A neighbourhood boy had stolen the Christmas bulbs which had encircled the house, “It made me angry too. The lights had been a luxury. Every other house in the neighbourhood had long strings of coloured lights that blinked their good cheer from mid December on. (p 73)” This particular resourceful family retrieved their bulbs from the found culprit and bought him a gift to “…return good for evil…”p 75. Years later the culprit gave them a gift in return. Poverty can also make one appreciate what is really important - love. to be continued next week.

Ignatian contemplation through photography

For Love of Country - Military Policewoman continues https://www.silvaredigonda.ca

“The Base Security Officer, senior non-commissioned members, and non-commissioned members and staff of CFB Shilo Military Police Section wish to extend best wishes to MCpl Silva Redigonda on the occasion of her retirement after twenty years of loyal and dedicated service in the Canadian Forces and the Security Branch. We wish Silva health and happiness in all her future endeavours. Silva, Baden Soellingen was a more interesting place to work due to your presence and patience with the numerous pranks played on you by us juvenile, but fun-seeking chauvinists. All the best in your new career. Tom Kaufman! I thought. He tormented me in Europe. My mother nudged me timidly. The section had requested the presence of a family member and my mother had volunteered. It seemed appropriate. “Do we have to stay much longer?” she mumbled, trying not to open her mouth. She had bitten hard into a piece of chicken earlier during the meal, only to have her dentures break. I found it amusing, but to her it was a nightmare. She had quickly disappeared into the bathroom to remove the damaged goods. “Yes mother, it’s my retirement party. I have to stay. No one will care if you have teeth or not.” Sgt Tom Kaufman sends… So it wasn’t Kaufman! Who’s in Shilo, I wondered?" Excerpt From: Silva Redigonda. “For love of country : military policewoman. Come to Word On the Street to see me at Queens Park, Toronto, 11 and 12 Jun (Sat&Sun) 22