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(feeding backyard birds and squirrels 365 days a year) (many backyard flower favorites: Martha Washingtons, irises, begonias, celosia, coleuses, different kinds of lillies going back to these childhood favs above) (quiet, weekend walks all-year-round– the university delights with its seasonal changes … Continue reading →

Riding my Raleigh Oasis 6-speed bike daily. I may not be able to swim, but I don’t know what I’d do without the opportunity and possibility of hopping on my bike in several seconds and taking off whenever to go … Continue reading →

The Man Who Loved Canada has died at 84. Mel Hurtig. I will think of him every time I continue to look something up in my indispensable first edition (black hardbound) 1984 Canadian Encyclopedia. A major labor of love, as was … Continue reading →

(O Lucky Man! movie poster) Possibilities Consciousness Thinking Ideas Truths Freedom Choices “Following my bliss” Process Flow Play Curiosity Nature Beauty Music Great or classic films Language Literature Poetry Imagination Creativity Voice Genius Real People Family (live in-person) Presence Sensibility … Continue reading →

“That love of books…is among the choicest gifts of the gods.” Through the Magic Door, 1907

Rare signed note in her rare second book–1954–by Jay Macpherson in which she corrects the recipient for assuming she was a man! Along with Margaret Atwood, Jay Macpherson was a student, devotee and fan of Canada’s greatest critic Northrop Frye.

Another been there, done that.

Live at River Cree Saturday. Row 7. Tix bought for us by my daughter. Should be a blast. Singer/leader Raul Malo has some of the best, most passionate, sensuous pipes in Country. “What a Crying Shame”, “There Goes My Heart”, … Continue reading →

arrived today. The perfect way to end each summer in Edmonton with four nights of glorious music outdoors. So many memorable concerts, each series concluded with a full (not truncated) playing of Tchakovsky’s “1812 Overture” with cannons exploding and scaring … Continue reading →

is so that new growth and blooms get their chance. Without ‘editing’/deadheading, new growth is restricted. Deadheading, a necessary phase in proper/full care and process; in people’s lives as well with editing, downsizing and select pruning.