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Author Archives: Isabel Gibson
Redux: The Other Victims of 9/11
I can’t say it any better than what I said 10 years ago.
Posted in Musings
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Happy New Year!
Go, Marvin! Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Musings
Tagged Aging, Community, Exercise
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While the Sun Doesn’t Shine
Make knitting while the sun doesn’t shine? Continue reading
The Lower 46
Maybe a purchase is in order, strictly in the interests of science of course. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Food & Drink, Signs
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Re Re
More fun with prefixes and stuff. Continue reading
Be Careful
It’s a big world, and it isn’t fixable. Sometimes — many times — it seems that I can’t do anything at all about its problems. But that’s not true.
You Otter Be in Pictures
Wee sleekit, swimming, playful beastie. And others that Robbie Burns spake not of. Continue reading
Simple and Not-so-simple Sics
Calling all copy editors. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Wired
Tagged Critical Thinking, Miscellany
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The Horse
“In Canada, those [government] powers do not include arbitrary imprisonment and torture. But if the public is complicit or indifferent, they are very sweeping, including infringing freedom of speech and worship.” Continue reading