Monthly Archives: June 2017

Playing with a 14-Month-Old Boy

Very challenging and demanding. Quite exhausting, too, over seven hours! The thing to remember is to see the world through his eyes and context. What is the environment he typically plays in? Then consider the possibilities which are embedded in … Continue reading

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The Gifts of Self

  The baby and young child start life as gifts, unbeknownst to themselves. They are what they are, naturally, as much as a beautiful, undisturbed landscape or animal in the wild. Consciousness is relatively undeveloped through the early years. And … Continue reading

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A Caution to Everybody

Dazzling & bright eye m just visiting yr loco galaxy a whimsical bit of cosmic mass from `somewhere else.` Entering yr atmosphere eye plunge comet-like thru clouds of destiny sidereal satellite of the last 1/4 my magnitude unlimited. Don`t look … Continue reading

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Remembering Dean: One of His Summer Poems

Waterscape by Dean McKenzie (a memory from Cafe le Gare, 1989, reading with Dean for the first time…) In the rain mirror the city is downside-up. The silvery splash of mist drops in a cloud of grey: sheets of glazed … Continue reading

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Lost in the Realm of Thomas

(Thomas the Train playmat: lining up the engines and Fisher-Price cups; self-enclosed solitary play: putting things in order)

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Father’s Day 66 Years Ago

(Lest I Forget: the post-WWII requisite sailor suit, especially for navy men’s kids)

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“The rooms were so much colder then,

My father was a soldier then, And times were very hard When I was young…” (Eric Burdon and The Animals)

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Return to Dad,

in time for Father’s Day: a young blue jay landed on the above large blue jay mobile in the backyard this morning.

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Really Good Works Dept.

No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation remembering the fallen, the veterans and the many men and fathers who sacrificed themselves in war to help keep Canada free. They should never be forgotten or dissed by those who enjoy all the … Continue reading

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Today Out There: Signs of the Times

SPRITUALLY GIFTED Real Men Drive Fords LvnDLf

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