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Continue reading →: No space for hateToday marks a day of protest and counter-protest over gender-based curriculum and sexual identity in our schools. In Ontario, the 2016 sex-ed curriculum revision introduced by the Liberal government was repealed by the current Conservative government in 2018 and largely taking curriculum back to the outdated 1998 model. Discussions of…
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Continue reading →: 60 things I’ve learnedBack when I turned 50, I wrote a ‘50 things I’ve learned’ list and posted it here. Since I recently turned 60, I thought I’d do another list (most of these are recycled from the 50 Things list, with some revisions). So, in no particular order, here we go:
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Continue reading →: Book blurbs for fun: Tales from Phantom CityI know, it’s been a while, right? Been busy with the new job at Young W and working on the odd freelance editing gig. Patrick Jenkins’ debut graphic novel came across my path, both personally (I know him) and professionally (when he listed the late April book launch event and…
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Continue reading →: Soldiers in the Arts: I Found My Horn & Tunnel at the End of the LightSolider in the Arts (SITA) presents two plays, I Found My Horn and Tunnel at the End of the Light, running back-to-back on the Alumnae Theatre Mainstage (70 Berkeley St., Toronto, ON, M5A 2W6), opening Wed, May 3 and on until Sun, May 21, 2023. Details and tickets for each show…
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Continue reading →: Mysterious experiments & interspatial portals in Hall of MirrorsStep into a dream-like sci-fi world of mysterious experiments & interspatial portals with Patrick Jenkins’ short animated film Hall of Mirrors, now available for viewing on CBC Gem as part of its Canadian Reflections series. Jenkins describes the film as: “A whimsical meditation on human foibles and how we struggle…
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Continue reading →: So, where have I been?Well now, that’s a question. I previously mentioned that I was cooking up some new stuff for the cowbell blog in the new year. And just when I was sorting out what to do, something wonderful happened. In mid-February, I started a new job: a part-time contract position (till mid-Aug)…
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Continue reading →: Guild Festival Theatre 2023 Summer SeasonHey all, I know – it’s been a while. More on that in an upcoming post. In case you were wondering if there was more to summer theatre festivals than Shaw and Stratford – yes, there is! And one such fest is right here in the GTA. Guild Festival Theatre…
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Continue reading →: Theme song of the year 2023Image: YouTube video screenshot photo of the band Queen, posing together for a photo. Hey again. So, this week I nailed down my theme song for 2023. At first, I was thinking more in terms of some kind of “fight” song, but I chose instead to go with something that…
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Continue reading →: Word of the year 2023Image: A close-up of sunflowers against a clear sky, with the word: THRIVE, in a paintbrush-like font, in the bottom right corner. Photo by ulleo on Pixabay. Happy New Year! I hope 2023 has been good to you so far. We’re well into the first week of January now, and…
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Continue reading →: #BringBackMasksImage: A medical mask. Photo by Ri_ya on Pixabay. Given the current public health and respiratory virus/illness climate, I thought this post, originally titled “People suck & also rock”, was worth a re-post. Sadly, it’s pretty clear that we can’t count on political leaders to #BringBackMasks That doesn’t mean we…
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