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Monthly Archives: October 2020
Thai Red Curry Pumpkin
I never cook with a recipe, although I occasionally record what ingredients I have combined to make a dish. More often, I have no idea what it will taste like until it’s done, and by then I have moved on … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Health, recipes, Self-reliance
Tagged Pumpkin curry, recipe, Thai red curry
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Nepotism and the Publishing Industry
The writing community industry is small enough in Canada that even someone like me, who is tangentially related to the literary world, can often see names I recognize in literary magazines. I also check which books are published by which … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Literature, Writing
Tagged canlit, nepotism, patronage, publishing, small presses
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Teaching Farley Mowat
Farley Mowat occupies a curious position in Canadian letters. He is a kind of Ernest Hemingway of the north, but in the academic world of English study, he is never dressed well enough to be invited to the party. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Culture, Environmentalism, Literature, Writing
Tagged Canadian Literature, Farley Mowat
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Travelling Without Geography
Most people around the world marvel when American television shows feature street geography quizzes and Americans cannot point to a single country on a map. The subsequent discussion usually centres around the failing American education system, the geographical ignorance that … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Peoples, Culture, Education, Internet, Self-reliance, Travel
Tagged Australian Aborigines, dreamlines, Geography, maps, mound builders, Roadside Assistance, silk road, songline
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Excerpt from the second in the Life at Sea series: Landlocked
He tried to recover the salt air, the yelling men in the rigging, and the other piecemeal accoutrements of the nautical life. He rarely imagined himself on a whaler, although Moby Dick had taught him to expect the hardy meals … Continue reading
Posted in Literature
Tagged Joshua Slocum, Kon Tiki, Moby Dick
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Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Covid
News about the Covid 19 virus has become a ubiquitous backdrop in our lives, and the media’s frenzy in our lives has become more ubiquitous than the trappings of the disease itself. More than masks and people side-eying while they … Continue reading