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Back on the Dairy Bike
Since the start of The Meditation in March, Tom Cullen, personable owner of Purity Dairy, has kindly dropped milk and yogurt by our front vestibule each week. My bicycle is on the road now, though, and...
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We ordered Thai takeout for lunch today. The first time we’ve had restaurant food in 47 days. It was amazing.Khoaw Pon has online ordering and will bring your food to the curb.I recommend the Thai...
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SimMarket
Another Saturday, another rise to the challenge of simulating a Saturday trip to the Charlottetown Farmers’ Market. This week: homemade bagel with smoked salmon from Gallant’s, cream cheese, capers,...
View ArticleThe Oral History of a Blog Post
things_i_learned.mp3My friend Dave Atkinson mused that an oral history of how I learned the things I learned the other day came to be learned.So I recorded one.Dave Atkinson | Podcast | Blogging | Oral...
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Archiving Catherine's Instagram
I’ve been working on a way of keeping the photos and videos in Catherine’s Instagram online without Instagram, and finally came up with a solution today, which you can browse to your heart’s content...
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Postcards for the Neighbourhood
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View ArticleInterconnected Bicycle Ride
Charlottetown: where the mayor, who used to be your son’s French teacher, stops his crane to let you walk your bicycle across the street; then, 10 minutes later, you pass your Green MLA, who defeated...
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Failed Spoke Wrench
On the left is the spoke wrench loaned to me by my friend Cynthia, which works like a dream; on the right is a 3D printed spoke wrench, which took just over 3 hours to to print on my Monoprice Select...
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Corney's Shoe Store
Under cover of pandemic darkness, Corney’s Shoe Store on Queen Street pulled up stakes. Inside has been stripped back to the brick, not a shoe to be seen.CharlottetownRetailHistory
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Cracked
For the first time in 38 years of driving, I suffered a cracked windshield. So the Kia Soul is at Good Guys this morning having a new one installed.Postscript: Excellent service, quick turnaround. Good...
View Article#DancingontheInside
In case this has escaped your notice, #DancingontheInside is why we invented the Internet.It started with this song from Gen Hoshino, to which he added:Share your own instrumental accompaniments,...
View ArticleI Burn but I Am Not Consumed
Besides being an excellent song, Karine Polwart’s I Burn but I Am Not Consumed is one of the few songs written about gneiss, surely the only song ever sung from the perspective of gneiss, and certainly...
View Article"I'm Jo Vito Ramírez, and I've never done this before..."
Jo Vito Ramírez makes an end table:Sick of watching videos from experts insisting that their wildly complicated craft is “simple”? Why not learn along with another beginner? Join Jo Vito Ramírez as he...
View Article"In so many ways a friend with a boat is better than owning a boat."
I am not one for pithy life advice, but Kevin Kelly’s pithy life advice is better than most. My favourites:Everyone is shy. Other people are waiting for you to introduce yourself to them, they are...
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Crazy Eights
I’m ahead by two games in the pandemic tourney.Crazy EightsCoronavirusOliver
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May Erlewine and orchestra warm up with her song Wild before a 2017 Beethoven & Banjos. A lovely song and a lovely rendition.May ErlewineMusic
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Steamed Lunch
Sushi rice topped with steamed carrots and kale (both from Heart Beet Organics).Remind me again why we need restaurants?Heart Beet OrganicsKaleCarrotsRice
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Perogie Run
Lori Jaworski has refashioned her perogie dealership for pick-up: order by Tuesday, pick up Thursday, at the Charlottetown Farmers’ Market, between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.It was the warmest sunniest...
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"You're going the wrong way..."
There will come a time when I don’t document every trip to Sobeys for groceries like it’s a polar expedition. We’re not there yet.Yesterday, 14 days since my last visit, I made my way up Prince Street...
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Oliver in Black & White
Oliver has been growing his “Peter Bevan-Baker beard” throughout the pandemic.OliverPhotos
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