Category Archives: New Perspectives

A potluck of musings: What else to do with insights on birding gained from parenting reminiscences?

Shot by Shot

The Godfather, Die Hard, Kierkegaard, and me. Continue reading

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Awe

How to forget yourself. Continue reading

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Pretty Well

It’s not just a difference in degree: It’s a difference in kind. Continue reading

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Let it Begin

Start. Start again. And repeat. Continue reading

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Free-range, low pulp, and added fluoride, please

Fresh or from concentrate? No pulp? Regular pulp? Extra pulp? Added calcium? Super-duper added calcium? Arggh. Continue reading

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The Answer

Audrey Hepburn and Bruce Lee. Continue reading

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“There is No Honking at Night.”

“What I haven’t noticed, not even once, are reporters from any of Canada’s news agencies walking among the trucks to find out who these people are. So last night, I decided to do just that – I introduced myself to my new neighbours.” Continue reading

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AKA The Truth Will Out

I hate sticky. Continue reading

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New Year. New Me?

Maybe it is a call to wholesale personal change . . . Continue reading

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