Author Archives: Isabel Gibson

The Lower 46

Maybe a purchase is in order, strictly in the interests of science of course. Continue reading →

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Re Re

More fun with prefixes and stuff. Continue reading →

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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.

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You Otter Be in Pictures

Wee sleekit, swimming, playful beastie. And others that Robbie Burns spake not of. Continue reading →

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Simple and Not-so-simple Sics

Calling all copy editors. Continue reading →

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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 →

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New. But Normal?

A small course correction? Continue reading →

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Fast: Just Try to Pick It

Who makes (up) these rules, anyway? Continue reading →

Posted in Laughing Frequently, Officialdom, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 13 Comments

Finish the Thought

Gurdeep Pandher is a bhangra dance instructor from the Punjab, living in Yukon. With COVID-19, he’s become an internet sensation. I don’t know the man but his on-screen presence is relentlessly cheery, upbeat, patient, and encouraging. He dances to traditional … Continue reading →

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