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Category Archives: New Perspectives
Tubs and Ladders
A little bit like snakes and ladders. Sort of. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Buildings, Miscellany
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Creating Crust
Getting the last word in an argument from 40 years ago. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Conversations, Food & Drink
11 Comments
A Photographic History
It’s not just “stuff” – there are too many photos, too. Continue reading
OK, Buttercup: You’re Up
Who knew air took up so much space? Continue reading
An Approximation? Exactly!
A reliable memory? Maybe just the approximation of one. Continue reading
Your Place or Mine?
Thinking about borders: what they matter to, what they don’t. Continue reading
An At-home Failure
What’s changed in the world since the Edmonton Elks last won at home? Not enough. Continue reading
Remember When? No.
The things we just, you know, know. Who knows how? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Critical Thinking, Culture, Miscellany
16 Comments
My Whole Life
I am a one-kid illustration for glump. glump: to look glum: FROWN Sitting at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to the half of our storey-and-a-half house in Edmonton, my head hangs, my shoulders slump. Can you blame … Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Mortality, New Perspectives
Tagged Aging, Attitudes, Family
8 Comments