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Tony Charges
Tony needed a top-up for his Nissan Leaf during a meeting across the way this afternoon. How great is that he can fill up at our place!Electric Vehicles
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The Taylor Swift documentary Miss Americana is fascinating, and so much more than the concert film I was expectingThe heart of the film is Swift’s 2018 decision to come out publicly against the...
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The Infinite Pile of Money
Beyond Catherine’s longstanding fundamental discomfort with the notion that, for the most part, I earned money and she didn’t, which we came to terms with as much as it’s possible to come to terms...
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50 Sheets of Paper
Catherine died a month ago today, just around this time of night.Over the last several weeks I’ve been spending time in her studio making paper using the letters and cards and flowers of condolence...
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Where is the Basket Ball?
When Confederation Bridge opened in 1997, a development called Gateway Village opened with it, on the Prince Edward Island side, in Borden-Carleton.Part of Gateway Village was an interpretive centre: a...
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Parking Bad
Parking pro-tip: if your car, truck or van is covering the sidewalk, you’re doing something wrong.Imagine rolling down this Prince Street sidewalk on this bitterly cold day only to encounter this: your...
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Halfway Tree from The East Pointers.Meet me at Halfway Tree Heart in your hand Bask in our revelry We’ll go dancing We’ll keep dancingThe video is a little whirly for my tastes, but it’s a lovely...
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Humidification
If there is one aspect of my father that I recall as a constant throughout his life as I knew it, it was his obsession with humidification.It seemed he was always fussing with a humidifier or a...
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Palliative Care Comics
Because Catherine was enrolled in the Palliative Home Care Program, we could call paramedics anytime, and have them come, without lights and sirens. I think we ended up doing this about half a dozen...
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Porte-manteau pétanque
Oliver and I spent a frightfully short amount of time in Paris in the spring of 2009, no more than 24 hours. But I made sure we visited the Jardin du Luxembourg. As a Gopnikophile I was eager to see...
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Libby Osgood is doing good work at the Mexico-US border, and writing about it.Today, in part:Halfway across the bridge to Mexico, while relaying my exciting adventure to another participant, I realized...
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Craig Potato
Some quality potato bag design from Craig Potato in North Tryon.Craig Potato operates with strong values and principles and a willingness to try new ideas to stay current in the potato industry. This...
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Nanci Griffith Love at the Five & Dime, recorded live at Anderson Fair in Houston in 1988. Such a talent.Nanci GriffithMusic
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"And, finally, do the strudel part..."
My grandmother Nettie’s signature dessert was her apple strudel. It was served at all family occasions. Not only was it very good, but it was made from phyllo pastry that she made herself, from...
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Sleeping Dog Lies
All reports from his adoptive family are that Ethan is thriving and is much-loved. I do miss him so, especially those times he would climb up on my lap, despite his 65 pounds, and fall asleep.Ethan
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A commendable example of living the obligation to explainfrom they of Hundred Rabbits; in part:Our head was previously equipped with a solar fan, an accessory not suited to offshore waters. It came...
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Retiring the Grey Sweater
I do so aspire to a fashion sensibility.Back in April, at a campaign event in Summerside, I snapped a quick photo of Alex Tyrrell, leader of the Green Party of Quebec, wearing a smart black shirt and...
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CatherineHennessey.com turns 20
Twenty years ago last week my friend Catherine Hennessey started blogging.And then she kept at it for three years, eventually writing more than 200 posts. Enough to turn into a book.It’s always given...
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Ironing
Short of ironing my shirts on those weeks I’m on the job in New Hampshire—a habit I learned from brother Johnny—I have never been an ironer. And I’ve absolutely never ironed pillow cases. But when life...
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