Monthly Archives: December 2021

Pretty much. These three have given my life direction and purpose from the early days on, such that I became a writer, poet, English teacher, and book collector, as well as a film classifier, movie and art book collector, and … Continue reading →

He will bankrupt Canada at this rate.

I remember buying this LP for myself in a doldrums period then and hunkering down to listen to great songs like “Changes”. And then Karen phoned me out of the blue, inviting me over to visit. It was the turning … Continue reading →

Charlie at his best. Nicely cleaned up with a dubbed-in piano accompaniment, just as it would have been done in 1925 theatres. The first New Year’s Eve classic as well as the Gold Rush classic, complete with a recreated 1897 … Continue reading →

for failing to criticize Kenney for announcing he is helpless to legislate unto the unvaccinated and then saying unvaccinateds should mingle in with vaccinateds this Christmas. How nice, thoughtful, and responsible! Hello, media! Uh, what’s wrong with this stupidity and … Continue reading →

Wild West Stampede revisited! People going to 11 pharmacies trying to get them. Some individuals taking 9 boxes, other individuals get none for themselves. People (including seniors and handicapped) waiting for hours outside in long queues in the inhumane cold. … Continue reading →

344/500 ltd. ed.

1 of 350 framed Canada Post ltd. ed. She’s been a part of our life since her first major publication– The Circle Game poetry book we bought back in 1967.

Just finished reading his 1959 memoir of his encounters with visual art and culture in his life.Covers his growing-up years in a reasonably well-to-do family, his first art purchase as a teen, his early travels to Europe and becoming familiar … Continue reading →

“Looking through my bedroom window, out into the moonlight and the unending smoke-coloured snow, I could see the lights in the windows of all the other houses on our hill and hear the music rising from them up the long, … Continue reading →