Photo Memories of the Week
Clouds of the Week
Quote of the Week
Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.
- Ed ViestursEd Viesturs reached the summits of all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen, an 18 year project. And got back down.
Posted: Oct 29
Music of the Week
Author Archives: Isabel Gibson
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
New. But Normal?
A small course correction? Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives, Politics and Policy
Tagged Attitudes, Citizenship, Community
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Fast: Just Try to Pick It
Who makes (up) these rules, anyway? Continue reading
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
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Relationships and Behaviour, Sports and Exercise
Tagged Attitudes, Community, Culture
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