Just as a reminder that a blog, while revealing much about a writer’s personality, only gives its readers a partial view of the blogger’s life. For example, my former doctoral supervisor visited Pater and I…
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Pater asked me the other day if I thought I was enjoying life as much as I could or should. He’d been asking himself that same question, wondering whether he was appreciating the passing moments…
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The Travel section in this weekend’s Globe and Mail carries Gemma Bowes’ feature on surfing holidays in Portugal’s Figueira da Foz(link is to The Guardian where the article first appeared) which we visited in 2008.…
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Today’s Globe and Mail includes an adapted excerpt from David Adams Richards’ new book, God Is, an excerpt that I think is important, controversial, and well worth reading. The headline for the essay suggests its…
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You’ve seen this hat before, here and here, on the head of my handsome “little” brother, but I love this shot my BIL took where it shows up like a beautifully woven basket or piece…
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