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Sort Of
I had coffee this week with an emissary from Toronto, someone considering a move to the Island now that COVID times have rendered the big city lifeless and crowded, with none of the old upsides.She...
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Civil Defence Instructions
Found in the 1964 Prince Edward Island telephone directory, just before the “Alberton” section. It’s helpful to remember, in the age of Delta and Omicron, that the phone book once contained the...
View ArticleHailey’s Gift
When I was a child I was a regular at the Hamilton YMCA on Saturday mornings. True to the Y’s “spirit, mind, and body” ethos, that included everything from basketball to tumbling to swimming to model...
View ArticleBacon-Wrapped Scallops
Last night was the annual “Modified Yankee Swap” meeting of the Pen & Pencil Club of Prince Edward Island, the highlight of the fountain pen-based social calendar in Charlottetown.The “modified”...
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Riding Jack
Last week I rode Jack for the first time, and felt compelled to document the experience.I rode Jack again today, and learned even more. Jack will be the horse I successfully “post” on, I think; I don’t...
View ArticleDay After Tomorrow
I make the mistake—I think it’s a mistake—of assuming the Algorithm is serving y’all up the same new tracks as it’s serving up to me.So, for that reason only, I point you to Day After Tomorrow from...
View ArticleUncertain
James A. Reeves, in part:There’s nothing sane to do except remain vigilant and uncertain. And that’s the hardest thing, isn’t it? Remaining uncertain until the shape of a thing becomes clear.Yes.
View ArticleFloat
“It’s going to be a nice day today,” she declared. The sun had climbed higher. The whole island, and the sea, were glistening. The air seemed very light. “I can dive,” Sophia said. “Do you know what it...
View ArticleSt. Paul's Anglican vs. COVID
Archdeacon John Clarke writes about the parish’s internal debate about requiring proof-of-vaccination to attend services.St. Paul's Anglican ChurchCOVID
View ArticleA reminder for the needle averse (and those who love them)
Between the annual flu shot, and the COVID regime, it’s needle season. And with the approval of COVID for younger kids, it is, I can say from experience, a time of great anxiety for families of needle...
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How many of each letter do I need to set the type for every month of the year?
I start with a list of the months, in a text file, months.txt:JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBERUsing my text editor–Sublime in my case, but you can...
View ArticleThe power to still the stormy seas for 14 days...
It’s only nine days until the Halcyon Days begin!It’s a longer story but let’s just say that it ends tragically with Ceyx drowning at sea. Grieving Alcyone was about to throw herself into the sea to...
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Onigiri in Charlottetown
There’s a new shop offering Japanese products in the Shops of St. Avards in Charlottetown, Sumikko Market.I read a CBC News story about it back in October, but driving by St. Avards in the time since I...
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But the levee was [still] dry…
In an unfortunate but understandable echo of last year, New Years levees have been advised against for Prince Edward Island.I sent out this note to the unofficial list of levee organizers that I...
View Article1,440
I might not know much, but I do know there are 1,440 minutes in a day. 86,400 seconds. Such are the things one commits to memory over a half a life in service to North America’s preeminent periodical...
View ArticleWinter Tires
Noting for posterity that (a) we are expecting our first significant snowfall tonight and (b) my appointment to have my winter tires installed is tomorrow morning. Tires
View ArticleMore Using Her Marbles
A fresh box of Using Her Marbles–the book I published last year chronicling the six years Catherine lives with metastatic breast cancer–arrived in the mail yesterday from the printer, and I’ve...
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