"so this will clearly be a non-tropical storm"
A “Tropical Cyclone Information Statement” went out yesterday and I was reminded, yet again, that the meteorologists at the Canadian Hurricane Centre write like real people, and often inject wit into...
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Not Your Father's 511
The relaunched 511 website for Prince Edward Island is a cavalcade of useful features, chief among which is that you can define a route, like your commute to and from work, and then set up alerts to...
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Goodbye to the Hell Room
Many years ago, in a bid to carve out a place for myself at 100 Prince Street, and to lay down some of my own aesthetic tracks, I painted one of our three bedrooms orange.Or red. Or red-orange. Or...
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Birthday Cake
Ann Cakes hit it out of the park for Olivia’s second birthday party tonight: their tiramisu cake was delicious and expertly-crafted.
View ArticleHey Google, Stop!
Why is it that my Google Home speaker can understand “Meh Groovle” and “Fey Rupal” from 100 feet away, and spring instantly to life, but its reaction to “Hey Google, stop,” when I want it to stop...
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Take Another Look at Lightbulbs
There are some really interesting things happening in lightbulbs these days, and if you haven’t taken a look at lightbulbs lately, it’s time.Last month I bought a Merkury Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb Dimmable...
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Looking Silly
Our Haviland Club improv troupe moved north to the Irish Cultural Centre tonight for a real show on a real stage with a real audience (of friends and family). And thus our private silliness became...
View ArticleStephen Fearing on Bandcamp
Stephen Fearing, in February, on pulling his catalog from Spotify:What a relief! After years of holding my nose from the stench of @spotify. I’m taking down the music that I own. We must all pick our...
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She’s Exploring
In She’s Letting Go (Again) Lisa writes eloquently about her decision to go exploring.But it’s only by entering that uncertainty that I’ve been able to find a new path: learning to surrender, to do...
View Article"I was sure they would outlive me."
This morning’s Citizens’ Alliance Newsletter included Gary Schneider’s comments from this weekend’s post-Fiona ”Tree Tribute” in Bonshaw; in part:I wish I had something really inspiring to say, but...
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Morgan Mullin wrote a lovely piece about Greco pizza in The Coast this week, In praise of Greco, the greatest bad pizza around; in part;The appeal of Greco pizza—the only good thing to ever come out of...
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Chair of the Health PEI board, Derek Key, delivered an address at the Health PEI Annual General Meeting last night that highlighted, with eloquence and precision, jurisdictional quagmires that are...
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98 cent LED lightbulbs
Home Depot in Charlottetown has a vat of Ecosmart 60 watt-equivalent LED lightbulbs at the front of the store near the customer service desk, on sale for 98 cents each.They give of a lovely warm light,...
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Monvember
Paul, in England, has been reflectively -vembering this month; this is an homage.I’m perched on a stool on the Starbucks that’s embedded in the Superstore. I don’t have enough psychogeography...
View ArticleThe OG Shed Closes (for now)
An announcement from Hai at The Shed on Facebook:The hardest thing to share, for us these days is to close the sweetest spot which is our original shop at 99 Pownal. Just to do more crazy things such...
View ArticleTaking a Vacation
Alicia Kennedy, on taking a vacation:A vacation is taken to escape the daily, to appreciate something new—I suppose I’ll be wondering whether it’s a good thing to do, or perhaps a neutral thing, or...
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A Postcard from Shanghai
A few days ago I walked to my mailbox up the street and opened it to find just one piece of mail, a postcard featuring a Shanghai street scene:On the back was a short handwritten message about how...
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By Opening This Book is a limited-edition 200-page book from artist Jonas Lund that is “not exactly a book”:This is a book, yet not exactly a book, more a contract between Jonas Lund and You, the...
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M. Vrac Closes
Two years ago I wrote about my first visit to M. Vrac, the zero-packaging store that had just opened in West Royalty. I wasn’t entirely sold:All that said, I’m not sure whether I’ll go back to Monsieur...
View Article"What will I cook for these men?"
Bruce MacNaughton writes, in It Was a Big Night, about his early kitchen experiences:The custom was to serve old food to staff who were further down the pecking order in the kitchen brigade. The...
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