Monthly Archives: May 2019

May 20th is a good day to go out

seeking out May trees in full bloom to smell. This is the ultimate spring smell that compliments freshly-cut grass smell.

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The thing to remember about dogs

is that they need to let outside and preferably walked each day. A little ‘pull’ play also makes their day. They are creatures of Nature much like humans so sun, air, and movement are all positive experiences. Even when the … Continue reading

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RD Reading at CBC Radio in ’18 Poetry Festival

(on far left as people passed in the downtown mall) (with olde friend Ken Mitchell on left in audience) (showtime) All pics by Heather Davies.

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We all of us

live on faith, hope, and expectation every day. Even our dogs and squirrels.

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Still a Great Film about Relationships

and the ones that don’t work out no matter how hard we try. John Schlesinger’s 1971 classic Sunday Bloody Sunday stars Peter Finch (as kindly doctor Daniel Hirsh) and Glenda Jackson (as Alex Greville, a restless employment agency worker) at … Continue reading

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At 85

The white-bearded Sikh pulled his grandson in a long plastic car along the sidewalk. He considered the neighborhood as the red car thunked along. Some day maybe the boy would remember him and this walk after supper. The wind was … Continue reading

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Always nice to receive

a delivered-to-the-door special occasion gift from Edible Arrangements. Their chocolate strawberries are a slice.

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Edmonton’s Chianti’s

remains one of the nicest places in E-Town to go for lunch. Nice, friendly, attentive servers. Tables with windows and flower-boxes. Half-orders available on many of their main courses. A good choice of wines. And the Bailey’s Callebaut cheesecake is … Continue reading

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Two Kindred Reptiles’ Mutual Love

Incestuously mirroring their own pompous egos, hypocrisy, greed, and total corruption. Trump pardoning Conrad Black who, similarly, committed fraud and obstruction. Black, who fawns all over Trump and wrote a phony positive book about him. No way in hell this … Continue reading

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Possibly the Most Insightful Welles Documentary Ever

(Orson tracked down and cornered by another filmmaker) Mark Cousins’ The Eyes of Orson Welles (shown this week on Turner) is very impressive and imaginative. His creative and critical response to Welles’ work and life made a no. of surprisingly … Continue reading

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