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~ Serenity is golden… But sometimes a few ripples are needed as proof of life.

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The Favourite: How important is Historical Accuracy in a Period Movie?

January 12, 2019

Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite is on my Top Ripples 2018 list. I added it in after I’d already posted my …

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Canada Reads 2018: Book Review of ‘Forgiveness’ by Mark Sakamoto

March 24, 2018

Mark Sakamoto’s family memoir was first published in 2014. The book reemerges now due to the Canada Reads 2018 event. …

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The Railway Man by Eric Lomax: Book Review

March 29, 2014

This is an important book in that it chronicles the real-life experience of a prisoner of war in the hands …

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Saturday Snapshot February 22: Austen Doors and Windows

February 22, 2014

Continuing with the theme of doors and windows, let’s hop over to the UNESCO city of Bath. I was there …

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Saturday Snapshot February 8: Cabin Fever continues…

February 8, 2014

The snow and cold persist. I’ve to revisit Southern France to assuage cabin fever. Here are more photos from my …

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Bonhoeffer Read-Along Part 1: Chapters 1-18

February 15, 2013

February 4 has come and gone without fanfare, without even being noticed by me, the one hosting a read-along of …

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Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey: Facts that give rise to Fiction

May 10, 2012

Downton Abbey in real life is Highclere Castle, situated among a thousand acres of beautiful parkland, perching on a hill …

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

November 1, 2011

In December 1994, a small team of cave explorers came upon a cave near the valley of the Ardèche River in …

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Paris: The Latin Quarter

September 14, 2010

Solution to Arti’s Cryptic Challenge #3: Paris It was pure serendipity that I’d picked a hotel right in The Latin …

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Bath’s Persuasion

September 8, 2010

Solution to Arti’s Cryptic Challenge #2:  Bath From London’s Paddington Station we took the 90 minute train ride to Bath …

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CBC Disbands Radio Orchestra

March 28, 2008

Update April 1:  Reader Tom has alerted me to the site for online petition to save the CBC Radio Orchestra.  http://www.savecbcorchestra.com  Please …

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