Monthly Archives: March 2018

Of Lingering Larger Views…

The Awakening (“History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” Ulysses, James Joyce) And if you go far enough and live long enough, you shall come at last to where the remaining bodies are excavated … Continue reading

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Winter Returneth to E-Town Today…

A poem for a cold bitter morning… First day, paper route/January, grade 5 It all went well till I got to the end of Thompson Drive which ran out of houses at the edge of the prairie. 518 was next … Continue reading

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Marvellous CD/DVD Collection by the Late Glenn Gould

The monogrammed blue box. For any real aficionado of his work. His best work and then some.

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St. Pat’s 2018 Memory

Crème de menthe on Oreo ice cream–decadent delight! St. Pat’s cupcakes–yum!

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Snowed In

Edmo– First 3 Mos. in a Nutshell

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Low Comedy/Slapstick at Its Absolute Best

The Golden Age of Comedy, the first of two films included on this precious DVD, came out in 1957 when I was in grade 2 and played theatres everywhere including Winnipeg, my hometown. My Dad was a big fan of … Continue reading

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Fake News on Google

Celine Dion cancels Las Vegas residency for three weeks! (Let’s give Trump one credit for popularizing one needed term in assessing media news today.)

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The Continuing Relevance of Sherlock Holmes

“The Devil’s Foot” episode in the great Granada DVD set is so relevant to today with its references to chemical poisoning (the UK spy poisoning) and to allowing higher justice to have its way (Trump and maybe Trudeau today). Holmes … Continue reading

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Full Circle: Looking Back at an Unseen, Unknown Future

(5th birthday, August 31, 1954, Winnipeg, with Jeanne’s cake–the latter still an annual tradition)************************************************************************************There is much we can not foresee, especially at a young age such as: -wearing glasses beginning from grade 7 on -acquiring diabetes 2 at 48 -surviving a … Continue reading

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Albert Einstein:

“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.”

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