Monthly Archives: July 2021

“I am large, I contain multitudes.” (Walt Whitman)

and Joseph Haydn: 160 CDs of music. What modern musicians and artists have equalled his output and career?

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The many short and long bursts of consciousness

that have made me what I am and kept me focused , structured, and moving forward to the future and toward unexpected epiphanies. This morning I retrieved my very rare signed book by Virginia Woolf (Street Haunting) and roamed through … Continue reading

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As the smoke unnaturally smothers Edmonton

on a Sunday summer morning, these parts start to resemble Peter Brook’s King Lear or Orson Welles’s Macbeth, both shot in black and white. These are apocalyptic days of Nature’s “eruptions” when “Nothing is but what is not”. Best put … Continue reading

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When you blow 1.3 billion of public money on a rejected pipeline,

then you make it up on the backs of hard-working Albertans, buzz-sawing their meagre wages. Today, add the general support service health workers to the list of medical workers as Kenney continues his war on ordinary folks who keep us … Continue reading

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Distraction +++++

“Kenney says daylight time and equalization referendum questions will be on fall ballot.”

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One Damn Thing After Another

Pandemic. Heat dome/wave. Variants. Wildfire smoke for the rest of the summer. (Welcome to B.C.)

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Wednesday Memory

It all came back in seconds. The farm. My mother’s childhood home. Several miles west of Libau, MB. down one of those archetypal dusty country roads. Sitting on the old-fashioned wooden swing with facing seats inside the yard. There with … Continue reading

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Donovan, Zenly, 1967:

The caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly withinCaterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there isFirst there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, … Continue reading

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If Ever There was a Time for Watermelon…

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If your mental health feels precarious these crazy days,

it’s likely time to disconnect from the media (including social media) in order to get a break from the chaos, violence, ubiquitous politics, and stupidity. This is usually a good time to reconnect with yourself, Nature, and your better-angel values. … Continue reading

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