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Educator emeritus. Literature, media, music, art, history, environment, food. Banner: view from highway of underside of a girder bridge PFP: person with back to camera standing ankle-deep in water beside a mangrove tree


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#Caturday

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During the Toronto Pride parade.

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Yikes!

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Macbeth: C'est terminΓ©. Je suis vide.

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'a deal that puts Canada’s lab testing industry almost entirely under US control' 😬

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Yes indeed! πŸ™‚

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It does feel like a step into the past when hearing that bell ringing from down the street.

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Always. πŸ˜€

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#AltText

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Congratulations and best of luck!

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I thought this was going to be a mullet joke. πŸ˜€

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He wrote under pen name Lisa Kroniuk? Wow.

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That method sounds safer. Too bad he moved.

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Love the description of your grandpa! 'always willing to help - especially the girls of the Class' 'matrimonial course clear'

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To the stockades! πŸ˜‰

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I can't imagine my kayak towing anything! πŸ˜€

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I've never had a toaster oven, but I'm assuming there's some other kitchen crime that could be perpetrated that involves it.

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That's not cheating! We'll accept 16/24 for "How many things do you have in common with Canadians?"

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Probably on track to be 19%, unfortunately.

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I've been there, but had no idea about the origin of the name. Thanks!

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I've never used the service, but have often thought about how I would get the truck to stop. (Picturing people just running out of their houses into the street, waving their dull knives over their heads.)

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There's one in my neighbourhood.

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kitchen crimes incarceration

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I didn't know that Taameia is the Egyptian word for falafel. Looks like a great place.

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Can't disagree. πŸ˜„

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Now that their election is over, the UK can get back to more serious problems.

#FoodFriday

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Indeed it does. πŸ˜„

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We have lots of choices here in London, but the best I ever had was from a kosher food truck parked at the base of the World Trade Center. It was long ago now but so good, the memory lingers.

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Agree, but for falafel. πŸ§†

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Alpha-gal = another good reason to not eat red meat.

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'obviously cursed' πŸ˜„

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#FeatheredFriday

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Scoopy Doo?

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Seems like the spoon deserves a name, too. πŸ™‚

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Same! πŸ˜„

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Remember to take off your glasses first. πŸ™‚

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This duct tape dress was inspired by Brazilian artist Romero Britto.

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Think I saw his sad little buddy.

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Luckily there were no storms when I was there. However, people were setting off fireworks. 😨

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It was great music. πŸ™‚

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I was there July 1 for the Stones/Kansas/Peter Tosh concert. A scary stadium.

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7/10

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β€œtube sock over pants” πŸ˜„

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7 out of 10.

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Great Alt Text!

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Amazing!

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In the introduction to the new edition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stephen King's CARRIE, Margaret Atwood says: "Dubious female figures with quasi-supernatural powers seem to pop up when the struggle for women’s rights comes to the fore."

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