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Monthly Archives: November 2019
A Long-Gone But Memorably Unique Writer
(Warner Bros.–available as a stand-alone or as part of the excellent WB Tennessee Williams boxset) Tennessee Williams–the major American playwright whose fame came in the 1950s and ’60s with poetic, conflictful works such as The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar … Continue reading
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Malls are dying
thanks to people buying online. More big changes to come in life as we once knew it.
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Reunited with My Oldest Musical High-School Friend
(A summer stop in Calgary. We started playing together in 1966 and last played together about 5 years ago here in Edmonton. Our best work included recordings in the 1980s.)
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Further Musings about Consciousness
(the realization you’ve been ‘rabbit-holing’ all your life…) Not every day that I sleep in past 7 a.m. this time finishing with an elaborate dream about going to Washington to speak to the House about the Impeachment proceedings. Then, hearing … Continue reading
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As a kid, I was pretty mobile
once I got my Eaton’s CCM bicycle as a birthday present going into grade 5 in 1960. No longer did I have to depend on my mother’s old bike with the hitch in every revolution. I had paid my dues … Continue reading
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By grade 5, I had learned
(a paper cup for holding water) (CP menu from 1956 similar to what I had to choose from with our meals package) (this 1935 ed. of my gr. 5 Canadian history reader hadn’t changed that much by the time I … Continue reading
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3 Sure Signs of Christmas
-Emperor mandarin oranges (sold at Safeway) -Holiday Tea from Second Cup Coffee -Large red poinsettia plants from Costco that will last into January.
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A Winnipeg Grey Cup after 29 Years!
About time and it must have been a lot of fun on the no man’s corner of Portage and Main till the wee small hours last eve. Worthy victors, too, who dominated the Cats just like the olde Bud Grant … Continue reading
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“The World of Henry Orient” (1964): A Delightful Comic Delight
A definite charming classic. Recommended if you want to see what New York (complete with moody Central Park scenes) was like in 1964 before The Beatles arrived. Also for its old-fashioned take on two early sixties girls coming of age … Continue reading
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