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Far and away

My last big trip was two years ago. I did Holland, Germany, Austria and Hungry with my 82-year-old dad. We stayed in a hotel in Amsterdam, just down the street from Anne Frank’s hideout. I listened to...

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Janis

Photo: Still searching for credit I just discovered Janis Joplin. It only took me 40 years and three Dick Cavett CD’s to realize what a comet she was. My four year old self said she was a bad lady....

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Alice Munro

Alice Munro, 2013 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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And still I rise

Thank you, Dr. Angelou. For everything.

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Printemps

Orange tulips smell like oranges. In a loud way. Purple tulips … you guessed it. They smell like grape! Not real grape, grape popsicles. I have no idea why this is so. But it’s marvellous.

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The Champ

I briefly experienced Muhammad Ali’s dynamism and generous personality. It was 1986, my high school prom, and word spread on the dance floor that Muhammad Ali was staying in a room at the hotel we had...

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Selfie Nation

Photo Credit: Barbara Kinney/Hillary for America “It’s not in my DNA to be self-promotional,” said the Gen X’er.  

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Colour variations

I obsess over colour. I stare until I’m forced to blink. Then I stare some more. Do you see the atomic lift off in the yellow? Pure magic.    

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Flesh tones

The only thing I remember about colour mixing from grade school is: red + blue = purple. I’m guessing you also discovered that the result was an ugly, muddy maroon, not the Tyrian purple worn by Roman...

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Lake Ontario

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings In the rooms of her ice-water mansion Old Michigan steams like a young man’s dreams The islands and bays are for sportsmen And farther below Lake Ontario Takes in what...

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