So I’d say that was just about enough introspection for at least a week! Let’s all look at something else, shall we? Like yesterday’s morning sunrise, watching some lucky someone’s yacht work its way around…
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Miguel Syjuco’s Ilustrado, which won the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, has been widely acclaimed. Charles Foran’s review in the Globe and Mail convinced me to read it, and I must agree with much of…
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A few weeks ago, I began writing about portraits in response to the wonderful show that recently closed at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and I intimated that I would follow up by telling you something…
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Wow! That was a busy, busy week. The academic workplace demands such a change of energy to move from research, reading, and coursework prep into active teaching mode. And the beginning of term, creating a…
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Poor Pater — I interrupted his new retirement habit of reading the papers on-line this morning, asking him if he’d photograph my back-to-school outfit for my blog. He made sure to take enough shots from…
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