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Monday, November 16, 2015

La Pocatière…I

I had mentioned in my previous post that I have memories of La Pocatière, and have decided to tell you about them… *** The road ahead is dark now, lit up only to the next curve or to the crest of the next hill, where my headlights stab into the sky… The highway’s shoulders are marked by the wall the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Travel Notes...V

After many stops and starts, I finally make it through Montreal's Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel that takes me under the St. Lawrence to its southern shore. It’s an impressive tunnel because the St. Lawrence River and all its water up there are also very impressive, but I have never bothered to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 8, 2015

Travel Notes...IV

I have told you of the way in which driving floods my mind with visual impressions, thought associations, reflections, music, and that I sometimes sing… I haven’t yet mentioned that I tend to compose a bit of poetry…It’s mostly haiku, many of them eminently forgettable and hence indeed forgotten,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 6, 2015

Travel Notes...III

One of the fascinations of driving long distances is the way it opens the mind and stimulates thinking. Where often we merely look, the rapid and fleeting impressions against the backdrop of the more slowly changing scenery in the distance force our eyes to see, and seeing not merely invites... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Travel Notes II

Driving… I enjoy driving long distances…It’s a very sensory experience that begins with the car itself. Driving around town to go shopping or going to a meeting it recedes, is muted by the concerns of the moment, and I almost forget about my car. But on longer drives I make its acquaintance again,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 2, 2015

Travel Notes I

I'm on a trip right now...I am currently ensconced in a motel at a place called Riviere du Loup, and I shall be chatting about this trip as I have about previous ones, though with a slightly different perspective... But now I shall turn of the light, 'cause it's been a long day... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 1, 2015

Naut’s Fabulous Impromptu Salad

At lunch today, being a bit pressed for time, a quick peek into the veggies drawer revealed – near emptiness! No cukes, no lettuce of any kind, only a few stalks of celery, the inner sections with some green still on them but getting a bit limpish… Oh well, no time to go shopping – so what do I do... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Forgotten English…31

You think you don’t know any of these? I’m sure you do… snollygoster A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician. Perhaps connected with snallygaster… a mythical monster supposedly found in Maryland. - Sir James Murray’s New English Dictionary, 1919 *** How is that again? ‘Especially a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 30, 2015

Baseball Thoughts…

The World Series is on again tonight, my second-favorite team is playing, I’m going to watch, and I was thinking a bit about the whole thing… I have a reasonably good understanding of baseball, and I’m not merely speaking of the rules of the game. I’ve never played it, but I have observed it a lot... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Forgotten English…30

I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t be one of these… dubskelters Persons who ride fast on horseback, and send the wash, or dubs, about on both sides of the way. John Mactaggart’s Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824 *** I haven’t encountered too many careless people on horseback around here, but I have... Sign in to see full entry.

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