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Canada Waits For Christmas – December 4th

What Canadian cultural treasure will reveal itself first from behind the tiny cardboard door of the calendar today? Please let it be rock’n’roll… It is! It is rock’n’roll! The Tragically Hip‘s song “Thompson Girl” from their most awesome album Phantom Power was released in 1998. According to Wikipedia, it won the 1999 Juno Awards for […]

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Hello and happy Valentine’s Day! It’s a celebration that means nearly nothing to me, but it is fun to gather up a collection of Valentine’s Day images and thoughts. Wait a minute. Before I fully commit to saying that Valentine’s Day means nothing to me, I should share a deeply meaningful memory that I literally […]

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A Post About Nothing

Hi there! Welcome to this re-post about nothing in particular. I posted this upon returning from beautiful Mazátlan, Sinaloa, at the start of this very long global pandemic. At that time I couldn’t have imagined this situation lasting as long as it has. I remember my auntie asking me in late March of 2020 how […]

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What Careful Soil Testing Revealed About My Level of Patience

Soil testing in my garden accurately measured the level of my patience. Listen to me read this post: Dave tested his soil and found out that it was very low in phosphorous. He went to a seed plant, bought some, and added phosphorous to his garden. Now his potato plants are three feet tall. “Do […]

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A Duck In the Sink Beats a Pan On the Table

Listen to me read this post: Today my uncle called me with a mystery. Each morning, my uncle heads downstairs to make coffee for him and my auntie. Then he goes back upstairs while the coffee’s brewing and when the coffee’s ready he brings it back upstairs. My auntie and uncle enjoy their coffee in […]

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No One Needs To Hear It

Yesterday we sat outside the restaurant eating our hamburgers in the car. Through the windows I could see the tables and chairs stacked up, wide yellow tape surrounding them as if it were a crime scene. Some nights I dream of eating inside the A&W, and then I wake up and remember that things have […]

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Wrinkle Perspective

There are worse things than living long enough to see yourself grow and change.

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A Caturday Post (About Cats)

  Lately, I’ve been dreaming about cats. The other night I dreamt that a half-grown grey cat brought a small mouse into the garage where I was working. The cat set the dead mouse down a couple metres from me (physically distancing herself) and began picking away delicately at the rodent. Soon after, another cat, […]

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Hard-Won Happiness

I was just thinking about how it doesn’t feel much like Easter. When I woke up this morning, some dry snowflakes were drifting down from the lead-grey sky, and that felt about right. It’s been a mixed time in my life. I myself, this being, am just fine. I’m healthy, occupied enough, and enjoying my […]

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A Post About Nothing

Hi there! Welcome to this re-post about nothing in particular. I posted this upon returning from beautiful Mazátlan, Sinaloa, at the start of this very long global pandemic. At that time I couldn’t have imagined this situation lasting as long as it has. I remember my auntie asking me in late March of 2020 how […]

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