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Addressing the Collegiality Drought
I didn’t know how much I was missing day to day interactions with human beings, at least ones that I have not fathered, until we held Pen Night online tonight, spending two and a half hours together in...
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Public Service Announcement
These cards I printed in May 2018 seem particularly useful during these trying times.
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How to keep frequent handwashing from destroying your hands...
Very early on in her life with cancer, Catherine benefited from a call with an anonymous “cancer buddy,” a veteran who knew the drill.One piece of useful advice she got was to up our family handwashing...
View ArticleThe Power of Birds
How to Make These Next Few Weeks a Little Easier, Courtesy of Birds, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.I wouldn’t go as far as saying that I’ve been anti-bird, but I have seldom felt common-cause...
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Jumpins
One of the side-effects of COVID-19 is the newly-instituted morning video message from Archdeacon John Clarke at St. Paul’s. You need not be anything other than a human being to profit from it.John...
View ArticleDystopian Grocery Store
Mindful of Dr. Heather Morrison’s guidance, I have avoided grocery shopping as much as possible, and had not been out to Sobeys in the last 10 days. But our staples were running low, and Oliver slept...
View ArticleEmergency Pickled Onions
Desperate times call for desperate measures.On Saturday Oliver announced his expectation that our regular smoked salmon bagel routine be hewed to. I was able to scrounge almost everything I needed from...
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Receiver Coffee Delivers
Order bread, coffee beans and meals for curbside pickup or $5 delivery in Charlottetown. Order by 9:00 a.m. Wednesday for Friday delivery.It’s a win-win-win: Receiver gets business, you get food, and...
View ArticleThe Belong Podcast
My friend Cynthia has started The Belong Podcast. Her first guest is Parkdale Doris, fresh out of cryogenic storage. And Cynthia learns about her ancestors via 23andMe.
View Article"Conquer Anxiety and Nervousness" Adult Anxiety Program
Our family was helped greatly by the Strongest Families program in 2017, and emerged as believers in their tele-mental-health approach that allowed us to receive coaching, as a family together, at...
View ArticleHenry Jamison in his Bedroom
The response of musicians to all of us suddenly becoming shut-ins is something to behold; here’s the great Henry Jamison playing in his bedroom:The RainsEther GardenFlorence NightingaleIt is my great...
View ArticlePerpetual Sunday
From Stephanie Booth, Le dimanche perpétuel:Je viens de faire un petit tour dans le quartier avec mes jambes et mes bâtons. Peu de monde, beaucoup de calme. J’ai toujours aimé les dimanches et les...
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Landscape
Our long provincial nightmare is over: today we were able to see our Premier in luscious landscape after weeks of awkward portrait.VideoOrientationDennis King
View ArticleMary Chapin Carpenter's Dog
Mary Chapin Carpenter has an adorable dog named Angus. She’s playing beautiful songs from her kitchen, every day. Mary Chapin CarpenterMusicCoronavirus
View ArticleSuzanne Vega's Tiny Desk Concert
Suzanne Vega at NPR’s Tiny Desk, in 2014, with Gerry Leonard on guitar.Suzanne VegaNPRTiny Desk Concert
View Article"The same technology that identifies coughs could also identify laughs..."
Yuval Noah Harari, writing for the Financial Times in The world after coronavirus:It is crucial to remember that anger, joy, boredom and love are biological phenomena just like fever and a cough. The...
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If you need books or a puzzle to get you through this unprecedented time...
The Bookmark, Prince Edward Island’s bookstore, remains at our service, despite capitalism seemingly otherwise being on hiatus:If you need books or a puzzle to get you through this unprecedented time,...
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