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(keyhole crescent lit up) (front of house) (front hall rug) (l’arbre par nuit–my talented daughter’s annual artistic gift) (living-room in the a.m.; winter scene painting, prominent poinsettia on coffee table and CD player–right, for Xmas carols, Xmas music of olde–English … Continue reading →

(cropped photo detail from 2004 Edmonton Art Gallery poster on my study door, “First Snow”–painting by the truly great Alex Colville, 1998)

Del’s last Christmas was in 1997. He had been diagnosed with cancer in September that year and the cancer and treatments had started to obviously ‘waste’ him, something I became aware of when I was in Winnipeg that November. I … Continue reading →

Dazzling & bright eye m just visiting yr loco galaxy a whimsical bit of cosmic mass from `somewhere else.` Entering yr atmosphere eye plunge comet-like thru clouds of destiny sidereal satellite of the last 1/4 my magnitude unlimited. Don`t look … Continue reading →

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” “The goal of the journey is to discover yourself as consciousness.”–Joseph Campbell The comet lit up the sky for weeks and months, changing the lives of many. A very intense … Continue reading →

I pulled back the small drape on the side door window, and there was Venus in the great winter darkness. What a treat and privilege!

Easy to pick out the civilian teacher (lead singer-rhythm guitarist) who didn’t have a day job on the base. (A magical musical opportunity a mere 41 years ago.)

Christmas of U.K. Olde does not get better than Dylan Thomas’s “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”, when experienced on Christmas eve or Christmas Day. Dylan Thomas Reading (which features the classic story read by Thomas himself) was the first album … Continue reading →

In deep November there is disbelief A loss of faith that winter, not yet here, Will go about its business and be brief. Instead the season generates a fear That winter, once in place will stay that way Forever–cold and … Continue reading →

(the two must-see Christamas movies of all time;  recommended versions: 1951’s A Christmas Carol (VCI Entertainment)–intro by recently deceased Patrick MacNee of The Avengers TV series; 1947’s It’s a Wonderful Life (Alliance Atlantis) ………………………………………………………… “He who loses his life shall find … Continue reading →