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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…..
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April 7, 2018

5 Apps that mark your place! or do they?

In our tiny beachside cottage on a sheltered Vancouver Island bay, a stones throw from the water, I felt like the painting by Millais, The Boyhood of Raleigh, peering out…..
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March 3, 2018

6 Quotes: William F. Buckley, Jr. on collectivism, freedom, and power.

Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of National Review and the father of postwar American conservatism. In his honor, here are six quotes…..
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November 10, 2016

Frederick Albert Tilston, VC, 1990

  On March 1st, 1945, he led “C” Company in a 500-yard attack across muddy terrain soaked by recent rain and snow, through barbed wire and enemy automatic weapons fire……
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November 2, 2016

The Collapse of Time – John Hejduk

30 years ago, in the Summer/Fall of 1986 the Students and Staff from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London built , for John Hejduk, “The Collapse of Time”…..
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June 16, 2016

LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET COLLECTION

NEW YORK – An exceptional 35-lot collection of furniture and lighting masterpieces will be presented at the Design auction on June 21 at Bonhams New York. The lots originate from…..
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May 19, 2016

SUMMER OF HAMILTON

NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO LAUNCH SUMMER OF HAMILTON HONORING THE LEGACY AND RESURGENCE OF THE “$10 FOUNDING FATHER” New York, NY, May 16, 2016—Beginning this July 4th holiday weekend, the…..
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April 29, 2016

Odyssey of A LIberal – Freda Utley – Interlude With Temple

Chapter 14 Originally Temple’s voyage had been planned as a joint enterprise with his three closest friends: Rab Buchanan, Walter Field and Gilly Back, who all professed an ardent desire…..