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there is quite a bit of information that arises, things one learns about others in terms of process, for example. Over time, one changes anyway through changing situations, contexts, health, relationships, etc. Such that people one was once close to … Continue reading →

Always at this time of year, at the most frigid of times, I resort to imagination and healthful viewing to warm the cockles of mind, heart and soul. It is as simple as putting on my Visions of Italy, Sicily, … Continue reading →

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(decorated her blue Betta’s fish tank today–he’s at Santa’s feet putting in his requests)

Winter City? Frozen North? (fact) Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” or Sam McGee incarnate. Too bloody cold for rats. Snow blown across Xmas potholes. Someone else’s bad dream rammed down a senior’s throat like feckless mayors, windrows or snow-covered … Continue reading →

(after Glenn Gould’s The Idea of North) dedicated to Dean McKenzie …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (We have administered these vast territories of North in an almost continuing state of mind…) High latitude vast flatness of poles wind a whitewash breathing lungs stone-cold (I … Continue reading →

Frozen North aka Edmonton. A good day for chestnuts roasting on an open fire as opposed to insanity on the roads as people stress-out shopping and driving to stores everywhere in pursuit of materialistic Christmas. A good day to stay undercover/s or to … Continue reading →

I can remember being back at Golden Gate High in Winnipeg, February, 1962, and the radio broadcast of Glenn landing in the ocean and being recovered was broadcast via radio over the intercom in our classroom. A rare historical moment; something … Continue reading →

Days where a man could perish from simply being caught outside. (relevant viewing: rare DVD ready by Orson Welles of Jack London’s classic freezing-to-death story)