Author Archives: rdavies

Sense Memory

(two WWI houses: the childhood home (1955-1964), stripped of hedge and trees on right, garage added later) (at the 100th anniversary of my Bannatyne elementary school with Hugh, my oldest friend; Hugh worked for Boeing in Winnipeg) ………………………………………………………… Feeling the cold air … Continue reading

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“We’re so engaged in

doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget that the inner value–the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it’s all about.” –Joseph Campbell

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Bob Dylan,

a worthy Nobel Prize winner for Literature, astutely anticipated and predicted Trump’s plight back in 1965, 53 years ago: “But even the president of the United States Sometimes must have to stand naked.” –“It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding”)

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With Bach, It’s All About The Feeling, Baby!

Three good examples: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor Partita No. 1 in B Minor Sonata No. 2 in A Minor as played by Kristof Barati. Great composing meets great playing.

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Can’t Be Repeated Enough

Doh! Ain’t no apps for: -common sense -intelligence -sense of humor and wit -decency -sensibility -personal depth -natural capacity to respond to beauty -creative consciousness -empathy and sympathy -civility and courtesy -gentleness, kindness and caring -natural innocence, awe, and wonder … Continue reading

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Mass Societal Addiction to Phones and Screens

From birth (because of irresponsible parenting), at home, at the dinner table, in bed, with family and friends, at schools (which have totally sold out to the digital age), at work, in offices, in parks, at beaches, in museums and … Continue reading

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Purpose Today?

Dog-sitting Peanut while her family is in Calgary to enjoy the Thomas the Train festival at Heritage Park.

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One of the Best Spoofs on Trump Yet

In today’s news, Dana Millbank’s brilliant satire of Trump’s imagined Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. Enjoy!

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On Deleting in a Digital Age

It’s the attachments that are ‘killers’. The price of love?

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A Sensuous Delicacy

Something new from Fifendekel Pie Shop Café: Strawberry pie! Bought the first one today at the 51 Ave. location. Wonderfully fresh and needs to be tasted to be believed.

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