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Cultural Appropriation: As Common as Poutine

Lots o’ folks running around spouting the new catchphrase as if it’s something really new. But if you go back in history (not that anybody does these daze except to use it to make complaints in order to wheedle reparations), … Continue reading

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Ah, all the myriad uses and abuses

of the world! A nice morning for a solitary walk at the u.

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Perspective: Via Meister Eckhart

“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was “thank you”, that would suffice.”

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No, you’re not imagining it.

That is the annual influx of female no see ums (also called sandflies, biting gnats, and biting midges) outside that are biting and leaving blood marks on human skin, sometimes in a row. These can itch after a bit, but … Continue reading

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Another Studio Theatre Winner

A fairly, straightforward production of a mysterious Henrik ibsen play adapted reasonably and faithfully by Michael Bradley while retaining the power, conflicts, and mystery of the main character. Ellida is the lovely lady from the sea, born, raised, and living … Continue reading

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The Skin of Our Teeth: Reality, Homeowner-Style

Many homeowners in Canada would not be able to handle an increase in the bank rate. 70% of mortgage-holders would not be able to handle a 10% rise. Only 38% would be able to handle a rise between 1 and … Continue reading

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Lipanzzaners: Human and Nature in Perfect Harmony

(The Legendary White Stallions: a highly recommended PBS Nature series DVD.) An amazing documentary showing the world-famous horses from birth, through adolescence to adulthood to old age, while tracing how the stallions are slowly, carefully, humanely, and sensitively trained. The … Continue reading

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“It is the essence of genius

to make use of the simplest ideas.–Charles Peguy

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Dorothy Thompson:

“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.”

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Wed.–A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall

In Edmo. Gale-style winds. Batten down the hatches. The readiness is all.

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