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Bobby Vee, Obit 73

The guy who from Fargo, N.D. (just over the border from Winnipeg) who picked up immediately where Buddy Holly left off. He was given his stage name by Bob Dylan who once played in Vee’s band. Bobby was the first … Continue reading

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A Snob’s Reaction to the Dylan Nobel Prize News

Margaret Atwood: [In reaction to Dylan’s win] “for what.” That is a(nother) truly jealous response if ever I heard one. She was ticked off last year that Alice Munro won and not herself. ( Al Purdy wrote a poem about her being the … Continue reading

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Truly Amazing 2012 BBC TV Series and Book

Earthflight; Six-part series recently shown on PBS. A massive labour of love by hundreds of bird fans. Highly recommended. Accompanied by a beautiful book by John Downer; BBC Earth/Firefly. Cover above.

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Rex Murphy Wonderfully Strong on American Election Again This Weekend

“How Trump is still a thing” (National Post, October 22, 2016) Opening two sentences:  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may finally have received the campaign miracle he needs: Madonna recently promised that, “If you vote for Hillary Clinton, I will … Continue reading

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Peace Matters (Most).

Inner Peace: Priceless.

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The New ‘Green’ Taps

(example of attitude and weather: hard to be sad on a warm sunny fall afternoon at the Banff Springs Hotel patio) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …that deliver a slow stream over a longer period of time are annoying, of course. Fortunately, we just … Continue reading

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Netflix Limited Bigtime

3,800 movies. Virtually none before 2000. No great movies or classics. Nothing to speak of featuring film as significant art form.

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“Ah, but I was so much older then,

I’m younger than that now.” –Bob Dylan (Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature), “My Back Pages” Clover does three-part harmony on Dylan song, Winter, 1970, YMHA, Winnipeg; with Calgary friend and oldest musical buddy Wayne Fraser on left; right singer: … Continue reading

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“Many young Canadians today

are 24/7 distracted and hardly conscious of physical reality, family, and Nature.”–RD

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The Importance of Personal Expressiveness

Everyone needs to express their feeling and thought at a basic level. Beyond that, their love, their insights, and learned life wisdom.

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