Another birthday has come and gone. The day before was spent in the city, but it was relaxed because there was no pressuring to-do list attached to our wanderings. We did the flea market circuit and added some more books to my library. Who wouldn’t love a mint 99-cent copy of the 2010 Giller prizewinner… Read more »
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I’m no fashionista. My writing wardrobe would give Valentino conniptions and I don’t subscribe to Vogue. But I’ve been following the fashion world closely these days because of the upheaval surrounding John Galliano and the burning question many are asking. Is it acceptable to buy the designer’s clothes in spite of his repugnant personal views?… Read more »
Album: Conjunto Roque Moreira, Sintonia Da Mata Sing, Dance, Love Life ?Our role is to expand the variety of music in the world and to make our fans dance, uniting them in a love of life.? Conjunto Roque Moreira drummer Anderson Almeida, in an interview with Wanda Waterman St. Louis The group’s name is a… Read more »
Convocation 2010 AUSU wishes to congratulate this year’s graduates, whether attending Convocation in person or by distance. We wish you the best of luck in your future pursuits. You are an inspiration to all AU students! AUSU Executive Election AUSU has recently held its internal election for the Executive. We wish to congratulate Barbara Rielly… Read more »
Last fall, as I was spending hours on end in the combine, I relied on CBC Radio to keep me company. The Jill Bolte Taylor interview stuck with me for months. I needed to know more about this woman’s incredible story. Her book My Stroke of Insight had been beckoning from a stack of must-reads,… Read more »
Album: Stacey Kent, Raconte-moi (Token Productions 2010) Performers: Stacey Kent, voice; Graham Harvey, piano and Fender Rhodes; John Parricelli, guitars; Jeremy Brown, double bass; Matt Skelton, drums and percussion; Jim Tomlinson, tenor sax, soprano sax, baritone sax, clarinet, and sansula. ?Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in… Read more »
Convocation 2010 AUSU wishes to congratulate this year’s graduates, whether attending Convocation in person or by distance. We wish you the best of luck in your future pursuits. You are an inspiration to all AU students! AUSU Executive Election AUSU has recently held its internal election for the Executive. We wish to congratulate Barbara Rielly… Read more »
In December, Roy and I got iPhone 4s. Even with the three-year TELUS contract, we had to pony up nearly $160 for each of the phones. Then we needed to add call display to the bundle of features. Next, we selected a car charger and protective cases to safeguard our fancy-schmancy bit of technology. Roy… Read more »
The literary world has many divides, and backers of a given side can be ferocious in defending their views. E-books versus paper. Science fiction and horror versus literary journals. Usually I’m content to wander somewhere in the middle of the battlefield, seeing the pros and cons of both sides. But when it comes to marginalia?those… Read more »