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The Mindful Bard – Shut Up and Sing

DVD: Shut Up and Sing Release date: 2007 Directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck It’s a sad sad story when a mother will teach her Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger. And how in the world can the words that I said Send somebody so over the edge That they’d write… Read more »

From Where I Sit – The Open Road

Dear reader, I have a confession to make. I’ve been keeping something from you. I was hoping to have a good news, happy ending, victory-over-defeat story to share this week. Alas, it was not to be. Last year Roy bought a Honda Gold Wing motorcycle, thereby living out a dream. He took the Alberta Safety… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – Inland Empire

DVD: INLAND EMPIRE Release date: 2007 Written and directed by David Lynch. Starring Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, and Justin Theroux. “. . . as a rule the images of the unconscious are not produced by consciousness, but have a reality and spontaneity of their own. Nevertheless, we regard them as mere marginal phenomena.” Carl Jung… Read more »

From Where I Sit – House Lust

The National Post has been excerpting Daniel McGinn’s House Lust. In the three parts I’ve seen, he touches on a broad range of topics I find endlessly fascinating. According to the book, ?real estate falls into the category of intimate things??topics like roles and relationships you discuss with close friends. Preoccupation with all things real… Read more »