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“Life is not a series of gig-lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.” “There is a coherence in things, a stability; something…is immune from change, and … Continue reading →

And third step backwards. An essential Edmo spring whether it may be April or May. The reality behind so many illusions. Hugh MacLennan called the phenomena “On Living in a Cold Country”–a wonderful nostalgic essay about growing up in Halifax … Continue reading →

spontaneous useless pleasures. In that, complete freedom from the herd and what Frank Lloyd Wright called ‘pig-piling’. What arises naturally and far beyond limited, limiting conventional social (i.e. others’)expectations. Life is, after all, for enjoyment and there is much more … Continue reading →

About 10 am, driving on a busy main street; guy stopped in front of me waiting for light. He opens his door and clumsily heaves out a pizza box which opens, pieces spilling onto the street. Closes door. Then drives on. I … Continue reading →

Good perspectives on his part. There is way more to life than one’s personal job or career (in his case, professional hockey). It is good to give your best and all. He did that–his ‘chicklets’ on the ice, the stitch marks … Continue reading →

gets in early. You see young tots trying out things, in some cases testing their audiences–siblings, parents, other kids–to see how they respond. And one learns early on that one can draw responses from others by one’s behavior or actions. … Continue reading →

Many people welcome new or different aphorisms in their lives, especially pithy statements which correspond to their world views and personal or past experiences. Aphorisms, then, have subjective appeal and mean or don’t mean much to a given listener or … Continue reading →

Impromptu observation of 2 year, 2 month grandson, from his car seat on drive home from day-home. From thought to language. Independent thought and consciousness expressed as in: “You know, it’s different outside now. I remember there used to be … Continue reading →

“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”

of the first sensuously warm spring afternoon butterfly. (Watch where you step!) ……………………………… This butterfly has quite a range in Canada, also being found in the Mingan Archipelago Park in Quebec–which I highlighted in a fall poem comparing Mingan with the … Continue reading →