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The 3000 km Walk to School
Oliver started grade 9 at Birchwood this week, his last year at intermediate school, and the 9th year we’ve been walking up Prince Street together every morning. As with last year, Ethan’s not quite...
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You should go and see Evangeline
Fraser McCallum, personable communications manager at the Confederation Centre of the Arts (and Charlottetown’s foremost cardigan-wearer) flagged me down on the street earlier this week.“Would you be...
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The Year of Open Data
It has been the year of talking about open data.It all started back in February when I was invited to present to a meeting of ARMA Prince Edward Island, a comity of public servants working in “recorded...
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It's Raining Quilts
The annual Quilt Show is happening inside St. Paul’s Anglican Church in downtown Charlottetown. Catherine is one of the organizers, and our 2000 VW Jetta is the platform for the “car quilt” that’s out...
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Wandering Heathrow
Did I mention that we’re going to Oslo? It’s a trip that started with “hey, we should spend Thanksgiving in Iceland with my parents!” that evolved, once Iceland’s 4-week service dog quarantine became...
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Norsk Folkemuseum and Vikingskipshuset
We spent the day at the Norsk Folkemuseum– The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History – and it was the kind of museum that scratched all the right itches for me: a museum focused almost exclusively on...
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Seven Great things in Oslo
Here are seven great things I found in Oslo today:Coffee at Fuglen. Twice. Very, very good.Comic book shopping at Tronsmo. Indeed any book shopping, as they have a stellar selection of books the likes...
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As goes my battery, so goes me...
Here’s a screen shot of my Moto G mobile phone at this hour. I draw your attention to two items: first, the battery (the tint icon in the top left next to the time) is at about 50% and, second, I have...
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Welcome, how can I help?
My high school biology teacher, Judy Libman, taught me many things. Some of them, I’m sure, were about biology. But the most valuable lesson she taught me is that people like to talk about...
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Sometimes it's worth walking through the front door, even if you're afraid of...
While Catherine was off acquiring quality Swedish clothing yesterday afternoon, Oliver and I were left to our own devices. As we wandered about the Grünerløkka neighbourhood we came upon a building...
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On the End of Coop Energy
I have been a happy member and customer of Coop Energy for more than 20 years. The service has been great, the people friendly and helpful and, more than anything else, I’ve been happy to be able to...
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EatingBreadworks, the bakery recently relocated to Charlottetown (off the alley between the Atlantic Technology Centre and David’s Tea), makes the bread you wish you always had ready access to. I’ve...
View ArticleBeautiful Cascumpec
One of my favourite stretches of road on Prince Edward Island is Route 12 north from Route 2 to Alberton. It’s a road that runs through the heart of Cascumpec, through hills and valleys, over bridges,...
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My, how I've shrunk...
Earlier this year I mentioned to Premier Wade MacLauchlan that 2015 was the 20th anniversary of the establishment of www.gov.pe.ca, the official website of the Province of Prince Edward Island, and a...
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Sleeping Dog Lie
One of the challenges of having a service dog like Ethan in your house, when he’s not in service of you, is remembering that you’re just there in a supervisory capacity; you’re not “the customer” for...
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Kerry Campbell interviews Dog
While we’re on the topic of Ethan, my friend Heather Mullen, who is the best “snap a quick interesting photo on their phone” person I know, captured this shot of CBC’s Kerry Campbell about to do an...
View ArticleThe Day the Whirring Stopped
One the second floor of our house at 100 Prince Street we have a washroom with built-in shower that sports a light and exhaust fan in its ceiling.Last week I went to take my morning shower and, as I do...
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The Old Farmer's Almanac Said It Would Rain Today
The Old Farmer’s Almanac long-range weather forecast for Charlottetown for November 2015 calls for “showers, cool”:It is currently overcast and 7°C with light rain in Charlottetown – showers and cool,...
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Selkirk Road Public Forest
About a year ago the Restore an Acre initiative of the Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project came to my attention. There was something about its simple, direct, well-executed approach to forest...
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Reinvented in Vinyl
I really, really like Lumi, a company offering small runs of things like screen printing kits and vinyl decals from your own artwork. To try its services out, I prepared a vector version of the...
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