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M. Vrac turns hidden into obvious
Shopping at Monsieur Vrac, the new zero waste general goods store next to Best Buy in West Royalty, is a pain in the ass.That’s kind of the point.Or at least it was the point driven home to me. All the...
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Inside the Closet of Mystery
My old friend, and former business partner, Dave Moses is conjuring magic from his closet during these unprecedented times. Oliver and I had front-row seats in the Zoom audience last night, and we...
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New PEI Peak Electricity Load on December 16
I’ve now been archiving Prince Edward Island electricity load and generation data for the last 7 years. Last night at supper time, the Island was consuming more electricity than it ever has before: we...
View ArticleThe Coast Guard Celebrates Christmas
The Coast Guard knows how to celebrate Christmas, in its own quiet way, as evidenced from these buoys on the Charlottetown waterfront near the Marine Terminal.(The black and yellow buoy in the middle,...
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MMXX!: The Postage Stamp
Nineteen years ago, at the PopTech Conference in Maine, I first learned about Canada Post’s custom postage stamp service, Picture Postage; Megatrends author John Naisbitt mentioned it in his talk.Being...
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Love and Travel
Edward Hasbrouck’s latest post on The Amazing Race touches on love and travel:There’s certainly an argument that if you can stay in love through a trip around the world, you can stay in love for a...
View ArticleNimrods’ on Dry Land
Nimrods’, the exuberance known for its floating pizza on the Charlottetown waterfront, has decamped for winter to the former KFC building in Stratford, upping the ante from pizza to an eclectic menu...
View ArticleWinter Solstice Campfire
On Sunday night we drove out to our friends in Belfast for a socially-distanced winter solstice campfire. It was a perfect night for it (but, of course, for it not technically being the solstice): the...
View ArticleChristmas Village Rides Again
One of Catherine’s Christmas traditions I could simply never wrap my head around was setting up a model Christmas village for the holidays. It always just seemed, well, weird, with a Norman Rockwell...
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This Christmas Eve
It’s a remarkable Christmas Eve here on the Island: warm, sunny, calm, green.Oliver’s full-on request for help, launched in November, met with open-hearted response from those far and wide: our pantry...
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Channeling my Nana
Oliver insisted we have a go at making Apple strudel tonight, from my grandmother Nettie’s recipe. Poor planning on my part meant we had to go the whole nine yards and make the dough from scratch....
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Wind Powered Turkeys
Quick, get your turkey in the oven: it will be cooked by 100% wind energy at this hour. ElectricityPrince Edward IslandWind
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Annual Boxing Day Walk
This year we expanded our terrain and walked all the way to Stratford. The new path along the Hillsborough Bridge is only half-completed — from Charlottetown to the span — but the way is passable...
View ArticleDave Actually
My friend Dave has launched a project to, over the next 52 weeks, film a shot-for-shot remake of Love Actually, but with his kids in the starring roles. At least that’s what I think he’s doing; I may...
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One for the birds
Following Nature Conservancy advice that local birds will appreciate a novel winter hangout, I placed our retired Christmas tree in the back yard.ChristmasTreeBirds
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