21st
December
2021
My personal calendar had two events to observe, today. First, and of local importance, was my transfer of the recycling bags to the road. Once a month, if I feel the need. Today, I did my best to make sure the pile stayed in one place until the bin truck came by; the driver did have to go ditch diving, but that’s probably listed on the “necessary tasks list” for the profession. I’m now good for another thirty days.
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posted in history |
10th
December
2021
That which brings joy to one and all: the dulcet, reassuring voice of our public health office(r). What we all need, right now. Unless…
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posted in history |
26th
October
2021
On my timeline, a photo of a rock band with a familiar name. In fact, the guitar player was the band leader, back when they performed at my high school, a full half-century ago. I will squash the name, to protect the aged. But here’s the thing; since we don’t get much live music nowadays (blame it on the pandemic, or the fulgurant cost of tickets, or whatever). The memories of the bands we did see hold a special niche in the brain.
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posted in history, music |
23rd
October
2021
ON my scorecard of “life experience”, I have a glaring hole. I’ve never been in jail. I have driven by a jail, but that doesn’t count. It has been repurposed into a pizza place, if memory serves. Anyhow, I did try, once, to get into jail.
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posted in education, history |
19th
October
2021
One of my preferred days in my monthly calendar: blue bag day. That’s when I get to send all of the various empty milk bottles and tin cans off to their final reward. Today, the bags looked sl onley that I decided to bonify the stop for the big green truck.
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24th
June
2021
With a lifelong interest in genealogy, I believe in record keeping. I mean, the whole of our society is based on keeping track of those around us. Births, deaths. The inbetweens. All of our true institutions depend on the sanctity of our system. That’s why the ongoing news leaves me aghast.
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31st
May
2021
Public opinion is a chameleon. Here on the Island, we’ve gone through months of trying to “delete” a statue that was placed in the city core, to give tourists a venue for selfies. No matter that the work of art was mundane and entirely wrong, certain of the city leaders wanted it to stay, because… we still don’t have an answer to that.
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28th
May
2021
I came across a heroic tale, this afternoon. Details of the communications systems on board the Titanic. Not quite as shown/imagined in a famous movie. No matter. The ship sank, and we know most of the story.
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17th
April
2021
Another short small world story. This evening, on social media, I watched a report from many years ago about a world renowned author. What set the story apart from so many others was the detail that one of the author’s books had been translated and printed in Charlottetown. Now, I haven’t read the book, but her son lived on my floor in residence at that point, so it was an interesting detail for me. Your mileage will vary, of course.
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posted in health, history |
14th
April
2021
I must be really old, because I once owned a chemistry set. Turns out, with evolving safety measures, this stopped being a toy of choice for curious boys around the time that we were putting people on the moon. Coincidence?
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