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Market Bounty
It took me some time to get used to shopping at the Charlottetown Farmers’ Market online (it was such an intensely social experience for 25 years; it will be again, I hope). But now I’m in. Order...
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Smoking? Spinning? Sculpting? Scintillating conversation?
Detail from the “sleep hygiene” circular my family doctor handed me yesterday (emphasis mine):
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Taskmaster Series 11
The British TV show Taskmaster continues to entertain and delight, no more so than the recently-debuted Series 11 (full episodes on YouTube).One of the magic ingredients of the show lies in the...
View ArticleWhat is that movie about the Taxi and Music and 💥?
A text message exchange between me and Oliver this afternoon:Oliver: What is that movie about the Taxi and Music and 💥?Peter: With Tina Fey and Steve Carrell?Oliver: No the other onePeter: Tell me more...
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Dry Standpipe
What’s a dry standpipe? Wikipedia’s got you covered with everything you need to know.My own summary: “we built fire hoses right into the building so all firefighters need to do is bring water.”To give...
View ArticleChildren of the Hummus
I was thinking last summer, after having a chat with Michael Stanley while he was tending his garden in downtown Victoria, and then, a few minutes later, running into his father Malcolm going for...
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Pfizered Up
By virtue of being in the “older Canadians” cohort—turning 55 has its privileges—I was eligible to receive COVID vaccine dose number one this afternoon. The Provincial vaccination clinic proved a model...
View ArticleMotion 30 Passed Unanimously
You may recall that MLA Hannah Bell tabled Motion 30, Social Assistance Vision Care, just under a month ago, in the Legislative Assembly of PEI.From my own District 12 MLA, Karla Bernard, I learned...
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#VaccinatePEI
A new addition to the back of Oliver’s laptop. We’ve both now received one dose of the Pfizer.
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Key Lime Pie
After seeing Alison Roman’s recipe for key lime pie, I had nothing but Alison Roman’s key lime pie on the brain for days. The only way to engineer my way out of this was to actually make Alison...
View ArticleLiquor and Stickers and Strawberry Moons
Charlie Hickey’s Ten Feet Tall is my song of the season, and not only because I’m in the strawberry moon business.Among other things, it’s prompted several conversations between me and Oliver about the...
View ArticleWidow(er) We Do Now?
One of my lifelines this spring has been the Widow We Do Now? podcast. I stumbled across it a early in the new year, and I’ve been a regular listener since; I find the hosts refreshing frank, and...
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WKRP inside WKRP
My family were inveterate fans of the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati, which originally aired from 1978 to 1982, and then in syndication for years afterward.Because we lived in a television reception sweet...
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Eyeglasses Next
Five years ago, on a March school break trip to Halifax with Oliver, I went eyeglasses shopping, ending up at Gaudet Optical where I ordered the blue round eyeglasses I’ve been wearing for the past...
View ArticleWe Are As Gods at Hotdocs
The Stewart Brand biographical film We Are As Gods is streaming this weekend at Hotdocs (geo-restricted to Canadians only, alas). You can watch the trailer here.We Are As GodsStewart BrandHotdocsFilm
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Progressive Madness
It’s happened every single time I’ve received a new pair of progressive eyeglasses, since I got my first pair in 2012 when I wrote:Everything’s alternately blurry and clear. They say you get used to...
View ArticleAdrenaline Junkie
Anyone who’s done any public speaking will know the feeling, when things have clicked, the presentation or the speech or the award-giving has gone well, of stepping off the podium with a surge of...
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The Start of Cycle Trailer Season
A need for both groceries and potting supplies inspired me to haul the bicycle trailer up from the basement this afternoon. By the end of my midtown run the container was filled with food, with potting...
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Market Friday
marketrain.mp3The generous helping of topsy-turvy in the air caused me to think Thursday was Wednesday and thus to miss my scheduled 5:00 p.m. Charlottetown Farmers’ Market pickup.My penance was to...
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Circumnavigators Club
In February I reported the sad news that my friend Harold Stephens had died.After Steve died, I made the acquaintance of Albert Podell, co-author of the book Who Needs A Road? that originally led me to...
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