Category Archives: This & That

A Tribute to Toller Cranston

Precursor to the light in a dark age, he was far ahead of his time with entirely much too much of every quality not desirable in a male sport–personality, artistry, vanity. Continue reading

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Running for the Train

Like a herd of wild beasts, we’re merely running. Like everybody else. Continue reading

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Touch someone with your love today

“When you are dying you need to be told how loved you are,” Barbara Winters says. Why wait that long? Continue reading

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Happy Canada Day!

Bless all those who chose to call Canada home in order to create better lives for their descendants. Continue reading

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The 2014 Sake Rice Crop in Abbotsford, BC

Optimistic and pragmatic, Masa Shiroki sees rice production in Canada not only as a way to use land now lying fallow, but also to take advantage of global warming. Continue reading

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Patrick Chan WINS Silver in Sochi

Patrick Chan did not settle for silver. He WON it. Continue reading

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Musings on Third Advent Sunday

Long before the existence of Christianity, Northern peoples created various rituals with fire and green boughs to ward off the deepening darkness Continue reading

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International Service Club (ISC) Kyoto

One of Kyoto’s great treasures is not found among the famous temples, gardens, museums, galleries or various artisan’s shops. Rather, it’s a largely unsung and little-known club with no splashy website: International Service Club (ISC) Kyoto.

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Note to Self: Grab a Pillow

The voice inside our heads that tells us that we’re not doing everything well—you know, you should put a pillow over that voice and suffocate it. –E. Renzetti Continue reading

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Special thanks

Getting to know passionate and top-quality people through contract work has been an unanticipated bonus in my writing life. Continue reading

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