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January 19, 2021

Dolly’s Birthday Today. Happy Birthday Dolly!

Dolly Parton and Queens of Country, though I guess Tanya Tucker was a Princess at the time. Dale Evans definitely the Queen. Classic garage door decor!

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January 13, 2021

Surrealist Games – The Exquisite Corpse

A piece of paper folded the number of times there are players, each player draws on their section, with a slight overlap on fold to give the next player a…..

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January 11, 2021

Doug & Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award – Katie Ohe – 2020

Legacy Awards Calgary Arts Development 2020. Katie Ohe

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January 9, 2021

Chapter 34 Vital and Danny Thebeau

CHAPTER 34 Summer of 1975 My friend, Jack Moore was keeping a few horses; he told me I should have one. I thought about it. I had a brother-in-law that…..

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November 26, 2020

Harry Palmer -Photographer

A long-time supporter of the arts in Calgary, and our dear friend, Harry Palmer passed away this month. When we think we know a story, it is easy to assume…..

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November 5, 2020

The Bonfire Plot – Who Is Guy Fawkes?

Guy Fawkes: Also known as John Johnson,or as Guido Fawkes apprehended on Nov 5th 1605, under the Houses of Parliamnent with hundreds of pounds of gunpowder and a handful of…..

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November 2, 2020

Out of Africa an entrepreneurial society emerges.

So whoever wins the presidential election should recognize that sub-Saharan Africa’s more than one billion people represent markets for American goods, Ichikowitz said. Positive outreach to Africa would also provide opportunities to bring African and African-American entrepreneurs together, given their common history of oppression. That would be true win-win-win.

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April 4, 2019

Ringo Starr’s Beaucoups of Blues

I bought this when it came out, 1970-71ish, and I’ve owned it ever since, I always heard Ringo had made it for his mother, who loved country music.  A few…..

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March 30, 2019

A Message For You Ch. 30 – Feel Good About Your Job! – Vital Thebeau

CHAPTER 30 The job that I enjoyed was working alone on the forklift – most of the time that was my job – to keep this forklift going. The operators…..

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March 16, 2019

A Message For You- Ch. 29 – Getting an Education!

CHAPTER 29 Sometime in 1972 the Department of Labour, said that we had to have a license to work in the mill, they wanted all the mechanics to have their…..