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The layers of illusion-reality

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Canada’s Greatest 20th Century Artist

(“Embarkation”, subject of a rare signed book Embarkation: The Genesis of a Painting which I own, that I bought at a local gallery) (Colville’s signatures are usually on the small side) (an awesomely rare signed personal letter) …………………………… Thomson, MacDonald, … Continue reading

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‘Clover’ in Concert–March 1970, YMHA, Winnipeg

Find the blog author, as usual the band leader, 20. (Wayne, the main computer programmer for Calgary City now retired, mentioned in next poem, in white sweater playing a righty12 string left-handed–talk about a learning curve! Chris Harman, now the prominent … Continue reading

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Goin’ Back

(the 15 year anniversary CD recording of my songs in Wayne’s basement, Calgary) (Poem for Wayne and the way it was 15 years earlier…) Remembering who or what I was slowly, in pieces returning, the way I felt without ever … Continue reading

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“Sunday”

“Watch the day fade away, babe Watch the passing of Sunday (Sunday!) Watch the day fade away, babe Watch the passing of Sunday (Sunday!)….” -Ian and Sylvia Tyson, “Sunday”, Lovin’ Sound  

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The Big Question:

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

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Taking Stock of One’s Day

(an RD installation) 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 … Continue reading

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Re-Entering Walden/Thoreau in the Summer

is always Exquisite. September is also a good month timing-wise. There is so much available for the soul’s estate in his work and he readily allows a sensitive reader to reconnect with Nature and a more leisurely flow. (Aside from … Continue reading

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Walt Revisited: A Great Documentary on a Great Life

The amazing 4 hour American Experience documentary on Walt Disney was so good when I first saw it in 2015, I had to own it and see it again; every minute was that informational, entertaining, and thoroughly engaging. Walt Disney was … Continue reading

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Rachel Carson:

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”

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