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Actor Ben Cross(on right) from Chariots of Fire, still a fine, charming, inspiring, little, nostalgic, Academy-Award winning film from the U.K. Ian Charleson, the Christian runner 451, saluted here earlier passed earlier. As did Ian Holm, Cross’s coach.

violence, and unnecessary war going on around us every day, it is important not to become inured or case-hardened by all of it. Sensitivity to these things and pity are basics and touchstones. Pity for the suffering of one’s fellow … Continue reading →

of mine, Inside Stories III. An example of a personal response to Graham Greene’s “The Destructors”, based on a memory of a fall field trip to English Bay, north of Cold Lake in the fall of 1974 (not 1972, as … Continue reading →

I wrote for my Nelson Canadian Writer’s Handbook, still the top handbook for senior high English in Canada. An example of a story from a teen point point of view/as a teen might have written it. Probably written in less … Continue reading →

Arthur Miller’s first hit play was All My Sons which is about divided loyalties after WW II in America. Joe Keller has made a successful business, but during the war, he okayed a shipment of cracked cylinder heads for fighter … Continue reading →

especially medical technology is always welcome, as will be the forthcoming COVID vaccines. At the same time, a new Alzheimer’s drug is going to be released which halts the development of the disease slowing down and even delaying all the … Continue reading →

these famous people and prose authors. It was a pleasure to share the work of these folks with users of my textbooks. Shirley Jackson, Woody Allen, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Morley Callaghan, Emily Carr, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Chief … Continue reading →