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May 20, 2018

My Utterly Weird and Bizarre Life; VAG; The Loo; Alexis as Television Star; Olympic Village; Sugar Highs; and Questions of Conflict Resolution

Don’t faint, you will never believe this, but I am in my living room watching television and what is on? Well the Royal Wedding – it is a replay apparently, I think it already happened….

May 19, 2018

Tea and Trumpets; No Canada; Special Needs; and a Cute Shoe

You had to be there. There being the Tea and Trumpets concert on May 17, 2018 at the Orpheum Theatre. It was a thoroughly amazing, heart warming, magnificent occasion that began with the orchestra playing…

May 18, 2018

My Epitaph; Sirens Within the Royals; Being at the Vancouver Art Gallery and Then an Encounter with a Homeless Man with No Support from Those Around

The words you have been waiting for – my wished for epitaph chosen from the pages of Cobra Clutch: Stormy Daze was a busty, cantankerous, scotch-swilling babe who was chock full of moxie.(page 51) i…

May 17, 2018

The Myth of the Royal Wedding and Relationships in General; Marriage as a Necessity; Random Conversations; a New Role Model and a New Project

The hills and dales are alive with the sound of music – Mendelssohn’s Wedding March anticipating the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan and it is sheer garbage meant to distract folks from the awfulness…

May 16, 2018

The End of Feet of Clay; or Who Wrote the Better Obituary

So this is where we left off yesterday. “ Could you have paid a finer tribute to this man? What about this piece of writing, this tribute? How does this rank as an obituary? Can…

May 15, 2018

Refusing to Get Caught Up In Royal Wedding Fever but Instead An Examination of the Obituary, Part I

I am loath to admit that I am sort of starting to get caught up in this Royal Wedding stuff, breaking down and watching a PBS program. So now I know her name: Meghan and…

May 14, 2018

A Loser Book; A Wedding Dress; A Hot Dog on Mother’s Day and Some Actual Good Memories of Times Gone By 

So I am at Vancouver Public Library (one of my favorite places on earth) and I pick up a book Best Canadian Sports Writing. I leaf through it and I bloody well cannot believe it –…

May 13, 2018

Such a Morning with My UK Classmates; WOW What a Day Yesterday: The Greek on Mainland; and: I Can Buy My Own Flowers

I woke up this morning to an email from my former classmate and colleague Ted Powell. He informed me of his fame and celebrity sending an email to all classmates and the instructor. He: If…

May 12, 2018

Emulating Emily Carr; A Selfie: Boris; TeeJay Singing Higher Window

To all of you needing vocabulary instruction emulating means: “If you emulate something or someone, you imitate them because you admire them a great deal.” Sons are traditionally expected to emulate their fathers. [VERB noun]…

May 11, 2018

The Stradivarius Legacy Circle Lunch; I Will Never Forget You; Symphony Ticket Purchase; Husn Azzan; and New Nails

Chris, my computer guru is on vacation and despite that he is loyally posting my blog – what a guy! But I decided to take it easy on him and not blog, giving him a…

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