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222 on the Big Screen
My other task at last night’s Celebration of Life for Catherine Hennessey was to assemble photos of her into a slideshow for projection on the in the Carriage House at Beaconsfield.I used this sketch...
View ArticleA Few Small Repairs
Lisa wondered the other day if the people who read my blog can intuit my mood from how much or little I write, her thesis being that if I post a lot, I must be in need of diversion, which must signal...
View ArticleCelebrating Catherine Hennessey's Life
Last night was a Celebration of Life for my late friend Catherine Hennessey. It was a lovely event, held on the lawn at Beaconsfield on a perfect summer night.I was asked to be one of the speakers, to...
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Black & White Postcards
Last summer, on a lark, I made some postcards for Black & White in St. Peters Bay. They were decidedly simply, and I wasn’t sure whether anyone would purchase them. They did! And now the last one...
View ArticleOn Library Holds
From On Library Holds by Parker Adey:Holds appear on a special shelf in the library with their spines turned away. Each book wears a printed band showing who it is being held for. Elastic bands hold...
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Finding the Rhythm of the Words
When I set out to print this Milton Acorn passage that I typeset yesterday, something felt off, and I realized that although it wasn’t a poem, it was kind of a poem, and deserved to be set such that...
View ArticleCraig Mod on Matthew Dicks on Storytelling
Craig Mod writes about hearing Matthew Dicks speak about storytelling:The other takeaway from Matthew’s talk was people tend to “report” stories rather than tell them. So they report what happened and...
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To Souris With Love
It was a year ago yesterday that I had my right radial head replaced with a titanium upgrade, the result of an unfortunate fall off a box in the gym.All things considered, my recovery over the last 366...
View ArticlePhyllis Bottome
From Phyllis Bottome by William Denton:This all got me to checking Phyllis Bottome in Wikipedia, and I was amazed. She and her husband (apparently a spy) studied under and took analysis from Alfred...
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Joy
From These days by rebecca toh:I like to lie on my bed and let my life, all that I’ve done and said, all that I’ve taken and given, fall upon me like a giant blanket, and feel the joy and weight of...
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Remembering Fred Hyndman
Fred Hyndman died a few days ago, news I was sad to receive, as I had great admiration for him as a businessman, philanthropist, and raconteur.Back in the summer of 2019 I was invited to join John...
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Green Meadows Bake House
Green Meadows Bake House, just south of Morell, is open on Saturday mornings and sells a selection of breads, desserts, jams, and eggs. Watch their Facebook page for highlights of the week and for the...
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All The Places I’ve Linked To
I mentioned here that, over the years, I’ve linked to 133 places on OpenStreetMap from the space.I set out to find a way to see those all on a map together.I started by pulled out the OpenStreetMap IDs...
View ArticleWhat are the linkable nouns of blogging?
I am a very linky blogger: if I can hyperlink a noun in something I’m writing, I generally will. As evidence: there are 32,250 links in the 11,096 posts here. I consider this not only a service to the...
View ArticleDandelion Coffee
Véronique wrote:I love the aesthetic of Dandelion’s coffee shop website/blog.Dandelion is a “speciality coffee bar in buxton, derbyshire,” Buxton being a town of about 20,000 people, southeast of...
View ArticleKevin Kelly’s Protopia
From Protopia by Kevin Kelly:Dystopia leans into problems; utopia leans into progress; protopia leans into problems and progress in unison. It acknowledges there is no progress without problems, and...
View ArticleTayte Willows
I was walking to the public library this morning, past Province House. Newly-elected Green Party member Tayte Willows walked by me, and for a moment, everything felt right in the world.
View ArticleLive-in Librarian
According to Canada’s Historic Places, the Zoé Vallé Library, in Chester, Nova Scotia, has a live-in librarian:Since 1978 the continuing support of the community has ensured the Zoé Vallé Library...
View ArticleSeventy Flavours of Soft Serve?!
From Seventy Flavours, Vanilla by Clark MacLeod:The actual highlight of the day was a visit to Pictou, a town I’ve driven past many times and always wondered about. There isn’t much to see — an...
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