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Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove; O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and … Continue reading →

(Keats’ death mask) When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain, Before high-piled books, in charactery, Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain; When I behold, upon the night’s … Continue reading →

“Oh how is it that I could come out to here and be still floating And never hit bottom and keep falling through Just relaxed and paying attention.” –Jim (Roger) McGuinn, “5D (Fifth Dimension)”, by The Byrds

“Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark, unfathom’d caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”

My parents had no car. We lived on a Winnipeg bus route and seemed to get around ok without one. January or February 1965: I decided to take my girlfriend to my school’s dance. I lived in St. James, about … Continue reading →

(Chas Da Man) What a terrific, transcendental Friday evening spent in the company of the only be bop maestro from the ’60s still goin’ strong at 75! A show that 99.9999% of Edmontonians missed. A veritable aural banquet for true … Continue reading →

is, of course, on the floor. Your Better Homes and Gardens rooms won’t be picture perfect and end up a mess, but if you want to connect with kids and grandkids, the place to do it is to play with … Continue reading →

(Haystack Rock pictured)

I bought for the living room coffee-table