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Beecroft, 73, my smart colleague from Scona High days. Scona used to be a ‘brainy’ school back in ’86 when I arrived with the likes of Bill and Larry Booi, who were teaching Academic Challenge courses then. I took over … Continue reading →

our mothers (and fathers)?

Each day I check my calendar to see what’s happening, what’s come up, and what’s coming soon. Occasions like birthdays and anniversaries, e-mail from friends, and the like to answer or move on. These days, things continue to move slowly … Continue reading →

To die for: 160 CD boxset of the complete Josef Haydn.

“Cheers!”

for making Alberta the Covid hotspot of North America?

-World peace overall since 1945, no world wars. -Ongoing wars, violence (especially against women), and atrocities in remote parts of the world along with global hunger and geographical displacements and migrations -1950: first organ transplants foreshadowing all the modern medical … Continue reading →

I’ve been writing since my youth, and began writing for others at about age 22, and later producing books from 1980 to today (writing during teaching from 1978 to 2002). My poetry writing became more serious beginning in 1980. These … Continue reading →

(1969-70: Playing back in the University of Winnipeg days with Clover–above wth close friend Wayne Fraser in white, and with my first trio with Glen Hall and Ian Gardiner) (1973-75: Playing back in Grand Centre/Cold Lake, AB with servicemen from … Continue reading →