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Connect the Dots – thoughts on Silent Spring

I have just finished reading Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a book she wrote 50 years ago.  While I have already shared a few thoughts about the book from when I was just part way through it, my response to finishing … Continue reading

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Honouring them?

It has been my honour to have played the Last Post dozens of times for fallen soldiers and veterans: at cenotaphs on Remembrance Day, at graveyards and in churches for funerals and on parade for other honouring ceremonies.  Lest we … Continue reading

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Reflections on Time

I saw this fun reflection and wanted to share it with a friend so I grabbed my new mp3 player with built-in camera, snapped a photo, plugged the device into the computer, transferred the photo, attached it to an email … Continue reading

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Turning Point

At 1230 am last night, a very subtle event occurred that only occurs once each year.  In the northern hemisphere, which is where I live, the North Pole arrived at the angle of tilt that is furthest from the sun:  … Continue reading

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