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(Canada Day fireworks) I stand here dazzled with my heart in flames at this World of wonders World of wonders World of wonders World of wonders –Bruce Cockburn, “World of Wonders”

We all avoid it like the plague, but see it daily in the media or happening to others around us including family. As outsiders, it is difficult to fully feel the actual pain of others regardless of how much empathy … Continue reading →

Instances of permanence these days in the Big E: Major roads will be torn up everywhere for months at a time. There will be long traffic snarls in rush-hour including the freeways. One accident will basically shut down an entire … Continue reading →

(Brian Miles and Paul Rischer harassing chick Diane Minaker while, uninterested, Rick and Wayne Fraser  casually talk music and enjoy a laugh at the back of our grade 12 class before afternoon classes begin; photo by the talented Bill Barkman) We … Continue reading →

(Rick in gr. 12 English, back of class, reading poetry) Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. … Continue reading →

We live in an age of image-laden screens and customized e-media, an age in which information, e-connectedness, and money rule all. Whatever remnants of poetry, as it used to be studied in schools and universities, has morphed into the blase … Continue reading →

(friend-Edmonton Albanian poet Kadrush Radogoshi’s latest work published in an Albanian magazine originally started in 1888!) (back cover of magazine: Kadrush and his nice wife in lower centre–met her last evening; inside mag, RD’s intro to KR’s work presented in English and … Continue reading →

(Tory and Rutherford discussing the fall weather; Barbara Paterson’s excellent statue) (Arts building still has red leaves on red brick) (Humanities Centre theatre exit) (An uncommon view of Rutherford House) (Geosciences outdoor rock exhibit by tree grove) (large spreading tree near … Continue reading →

Crow wins.

(a nice, clean DVD print from Universal–A Paramount Picture) A nice mix of elements including Alan Ladd as Raven (a cat-loving professional killer),Veronica Lake (a pretty nightclub magician-singer), Robert Preston (her cop-boyfriend), and a successful script adaptation of a Graham Greene thriller A Gun … Continue reading →