Three Elephants
Earl Fowler Actually he was not used to writing by hand. Apart from very short notes, it was usual to dictate everything into the...
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Earl Fowler
Jun 360 min read
MEDITERRANEAN HOMESICK CRUISE
The less tomorrow becomes thinkable, the more license to splurge today: a system’s impending demise may reveal itself in feverish...
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David Sherman
Jun 14 min read
Living with a remote-control hot seat
David Sherman I’m living with a wonderful woman and one hundred and thirty-eight remote controls. They’re not wonderful. They’re a pain...
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David Sherman
May 305 min read
Meet the Soldier of Fortunate
John Pohl When I graduated from university in 1969, I had already avoided being drafted into the U.S. army for four years. To continue...
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David Sherman
May 94 min read
The machines have taken over
David Sherman We’re at war with the machines and we’re losing. In fact, we’ve lost. Started last week when Netflix told us our Samsung...
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David Sherman
May 35 min read
Cities on the fast track to doom
David Sherman From our front porch, through the trees, comes the sound of “The Doom Loop,” our snippet of the vast migration of office...
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David Sherman
Apr 294 min read
A great drug. And it’s legal
David Sherman Many friends and I are hooked on this great drug. It’s a tad expensive but it’s legal and we can get it almost as much as...
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David Sherman
Apr 282 min read
Creating Jaclyn’s Neighbourhood
Jaclyn’s Neighbourhood, acrylic on mylar, 20 x 26 inches, 2024. Art & text by John Pohl Once a week I go on the Outdoor club d’art’s...
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David Sherman
Apr 254 min read
Exhibit: Arbe/moi – The Hackmatack
Arbe/moi was a year-long project involving 40 artists and organized by Elizabeth Whalley with the financial assistance of the MRC des...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 241 min read
All the Precedent’s Men
The ongoing criminal trial of a former president of the United States is often said to be unprecedented, but in one sense it’s perfectly...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 221 min read
Bender on the grass
(Editor’s note: This is the latest addition to this blog’s periodic Reader’s Digest, Humour in Cannabis collection, to which you are more...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 201 min read
In Memory of Daniel Dennett, 1942-2024
Earl Fowler The downside of being an atheist and proving the faithful are craziest is that when you die there’s mud in your eye. You...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 194 min read
Carnal College: Sex, Thighs and Fiddly Dates
Bob Morrissey While thinking of former “lovers” recently, it occurred to me that both influenced me more by what they said than what they...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 174 min read
Voice in the wilderness nothing to shout about
Bob Morrissey Have you ever had a health problem you’re too embarrassed to tell your doctor about? That’s what I’m struggling with now....
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David Sherman
Apr 155 min read
Meet "The Marc Boutin," a true hero in the profession of life
David Sherman For half a decade I lived in an old fishing lodge that Brian had devoted the last decades of his life converting to a...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 115 min read
It’s A Love That Has No Past
Earl Fowler I’ve been having dreams about Taylor Street. Taylor Street and Wiggins Avenue in Saskatoon. Wilf Murray’s house. We used to...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 101 min read
True Dharma White Lotus Sūtra 57
Earl Fowler Jan. 16, 2014, was the day Sarnia-born David Madden, who played Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family, Russell Johnson, who...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 87 min read
Walpole, Beckett and the bear
Earl Fowler No one reads Hugh Walpole any more. Or hardly anyone. If he isn’t being confused with earlier man of letters Horace Walpole...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 53 min read
Life is short. Have a cafard.
By the Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl Fowler So here’s what’s wrong with life. Silent movies were just starting to realize their...
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Earl Fowler
Mar 281 min read
Contemporary conservatism, distilled
Mr. Putin, build back this wall.
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