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(craggy-looking Mr. Steinbeck pictured with a drawing of Charley, his black standard poodle that accompanied him on a trip across America) The snow had started falling again as I walked with my limping horse on the road. Given the cars … Continue reading →

Something about energy and enthusiasm, chi most likely, and its movement toward…? Where is one going today? Is there a sense a movement or moving forward toward something (maybe even someone)? Likely something resembling felt meaning and purpose. “This is … Continue reading →

Who or what would you be willing to die for? The sort of question which helps to set or confirm priorities and values. The sort of question which, first of all, clarifies one’s own level of self-centeredness vs. other/s. It, … Continue reading →

Find the blog author, 21. Look Ma, no monitors! (How bands played live through the ’70s. Had a particularly tough time hearing their singing voices.) This is also pretty much how we looked in January 1970 when we had the … Continue reading →

(my signed letter by Colville) Thomson, MacDonald, and Harris were the first great artists of the 20th century, but because they focused on landscapes exclusively, they lacked the range and variety of Alex Colville’s work. Colville subtly and deeply affected … Continue reading →

in April at the Edmonton Poets Festival. Meantime (Magnum) OPUS getting a good reception as I suspected it might. I will feature some of its poems in entries to come…

the Edmonton Oilers. They have more hockey smarts, play as units, defend well, skate fast, and have more energy, will, and commitment than the fat cat NHL club. It would be interesting to put up either team against the Oilers … Continue reading →

is just another selfie-style photo opportunity to curry favor with East Canadian Indians to get their votes in the next election and to diminish whatever potential impact the NDP leader might have had on that result down the road. Elsewhere, … Continue reading →

“Life is a verb, not a noun.” –Charlotte Perkins Gilman “Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. “Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” –Charles M. Schulz … Continue reading →