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Archive for November, 2008

uncooked cards

If I ever entered into the world of greeting card writing, I’d never ever be as funny as the uncooked card people.  They are what I’d term a scream. (Caution:  many minutes of your life will be wasted surfing this site).  In Edmonton, find uncooked cards at my favourite flower shop, Swish Flowers.

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photo essay

Here is a beautiful photo essay by Philip Toledano.  It is called Days with My Father, and it is pictures and words about Philip’s dad, who is 98 years old.  Philip is a New York based photographer. Days with my Father is a lovely (but sad) piece about being a child of a parent who [...]

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eat your words

I am in the midst of taking a two-Saturday food writing course from Grant MacEwan.  It is called Eat your Words, and is taught by well-known food writer Jennifer Cockrall-King. I’m immensely enjoying the experience.  And while you might think that I’m old and too seasoned to take a course, it turns out that even [...]

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I went to Washington DC last week for three days to canvass for the Obama campaign.  I went down because I believed in Obama’s message.  I hooked up with dual-citizen friends and we worked in Northern Virginia.  We went to Obama’s last campaign rally in Manassas Virginia.  And we celebrated hard at 11 pm EST [...]

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