Monthly Archives: January 2024

Spot of Joy: Field Trip to Ye Olde Coca-Cola Plant, Winnipeg, 1960

Early spring. We were actually going somewhere for a change and it was much appreciated as we piled onto a bus similar to the ones that picked up the air force kids at Bannatyne School. We were escorted through a … Continue reading

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Another Day in Poets’ Paradise

Just received a copy of my bio and two poems (“Deux Cataracts”, “Default by Techno”) published in the 2023 Atunis Galaxy Anthology: Anthology of Contemporary World Poetry, a Netherlands anthology. DEUX CATARACTS Vivid, I said More widescreen and maybe more … Continue reading

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On tv this morning, if you had a choice,

which would you rather watch? The New Hampshire primary coverage or “The Littlest Hobo”?

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Growing up in 1950s-60s Winnipeg Summers

was special with the Monarch butterflies.

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English Canada’s Top Film Director Passes

Norman Jewison, 97. In the Heat of the Night Fiddler on the Roof Moonstruck The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming The Cincinnati Kid And Justice for All A Soldier’s Story Rollerball The Hurricane Agnes of God Jesus Christ … Continue reading

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Me and Golf

Always liked it–the whole business of one person challenging nature, the course, and other players to win tournaments. I really got interested in golf in grade 5 and 6, initially playing with 2 very old woods and 2 old mismatched … Continue reading

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1971-72: Any Ivory Tower Aspirations

to go into U of A Graduate English ended during my 3rd yr. of my B.A. in English. ‘Twas in the middle of the winter session, I sensed that this was my one and only chance so, with two egotistical … Continue reading

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Revisiting Suzanne Today

Definitely one of my past musical and concert ‘spots of joy’. Went with my daughter, who is also a fan. Met her in the Arden lobby afterward to get some of my prized Vega merch signed. Don’t know if she … Continue reading

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Goin’ to Theatre Movies with My Dad

from the 1950s to the 2000s: The Golden Age of Comedy Laurel and Hardy’s Laughing 20s Bedtime Story (with Brando and Niven) The Naked Edge (Cooper and Kerr) The Bridal Path The Americano Deliverance Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid … Continue reading

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Re. Trump

If you or I said we’d want to be “Absolute Ruler”, we’d be handcuffed and led straight-away, chained, to jail.

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