Monday, 30 April 2018

My Leonard Cohen is not a Planetary Icon

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I was not amongst the nearly 300,000 visitors to the Musée d’art contemporain’s blockbuster exhibition, Leonard Cohen Une Breche en T...
Friday, 6 April 2018

Looking Through Painted Glass-Rosemary Lawton's Debut CD

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Rosemary Lawton’s premiere CD, Painted Glass is a delightful listen–full of colour, tone and nuance and a few surprises.   What follows i...
Monday, 26 March 2018

Sleeping: I'm Just Not Good At It

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Some people count imaginary sheep when they cannot fall to sleep.  Other people, like poet Ryan Buynak, make lists–lists of favourite song...
Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Waterloo Library staff recommend books based on your tattoos

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A photo of this tattoo was sent to the University of Waterloo library  as part of a project to recommend books based on tattoos. -...
Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Black Panther –Hype or Racial Equity?

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A scene from “Black Panther.” Matt Kennedy/Marvel — Disney   I have a weakness for superhero films and I am a dyed-in-the-wool Mar...
Monday, 5 February 2018

Canada 150 From an Atlantic Perspective

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Late last week my copies of the winter 2017 issue of Billie magazine arrived in the snail mail.   This issue focuses on the Atlantic perspe...
Tuesday, 23 January 2018

How Art Sugar Coats the Pill

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A mixed media extravaganza by Tracey Robinson, which I purchased in 2016. I am currently reading Jodi Picoult's The Tenth Ci...