Monthly Archives: March 2021

St. Pat’s, 2021

The humor and fun both intact in the 2nd pandemic year.

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“Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses”

Refrain from one of Gordon Lightfoot’s many romantic ballads. The first significant Canadian folk singer of the sixties and a master songwriter. This photo from circa 1967s about the time of the above song.

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Visiting Grandsons

through a living-room window during pandemic.

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Covid has long made all people on the planet

more aware of death and its proximity and real possibility before its natural time. As one of my former doctors said “We are going to die; some today, some tomorrow, some 20 years from now.” But it is in a … Continue reading

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Another Kenney Window-Dressing Exercise

Asking a commission to see if how the public “feels” about coal mining in the Rockies. A waste of time and money. The People have already spoken. They don’t want it. As always, Kenney needs to be watched very closely. … Continue reading

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Finding the Infinite in the Finite

A process divinely to be wished for. We are meant to experience this as much as possible in our ordinary daily lives. For anyone seeking what that means and how it works, I would recommend the following poets and examples: … Continue reading

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The world is in other hands,

as I have remarked several times before on this blog. Therefore, one must needs seek out balance in one’s life, which means not forcing things, going with the flow )chi), accepting one’s lot and limitations, and relaxing and enjoying life … Continue reading

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The Limit of Specialization

is never seeing, understanding, and appreciating the bigger picture. No matter what one’s specialization is, one has to look beyond at other areas, views, and perspectives. There is also a larger experiential component to this broadened perspective approach. It is … Continue reading

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And so the best thing about playing music live

for audiences over the years was seeing how they would react, how music affected them, and what they did in response to it. When Ken and I performed as Fudge for students and staff functions, the effects were immediate. Listeners … Continue reading

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The Olde American Guns and Violence Influence

via Western movies, tv Westerns, and comic books. Both pistols blazin’ (in the imagination): a typical grade 2 Canadian kid in 1957.

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