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Monday, February 22, 2021

FATA MORGANA: can we believe our eyes?

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  A Fata Morgana (Italian:  [ˈfaːta morˈɡaːna] ) is an unusual and complex form of  superior mirage  that is seen in a narrow band right abo...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

Johnny Cash - Wanted Man - Live at San Quentin

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The best, if not the only, version of this song. Johnny Cash wrote the tune, and Dylan the lyrics (can't you tell?). I had this album in...

Wanted Man (Bob Dylan)

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  Wanted man in California, Wanted man in Buffalo Wanted man in Kansas City, Wanted man in Ohio Wanted man in Mississippi, Wanted man...
Saturday, February 20, 2021

Bob Dylan - I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You

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I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You Bob Dylan I'm sitting on my terrace, lost in the stars Listening to the sounds of the sad...
Friday, February 19, 2021

Wedding of The Painted Doll - 1929

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One of my all-time favorite numbers from the early-talkie musicals. The choreography is extremely odd! These dancers lack the grace I see in...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Be careful, Amelio! Troll doll takes a ride on a drone.

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Brilliant! I love the "medical team" at the end.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

"MEOW! Get me down!" Brave little kitten in cherry tree

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

"PLEASE STOP!" History's Worst Singers (an encore)

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  (I rediscovered these recordings a little while ago, then realized I'd already done a post on them. Well, if I can stand to hear them...
Monday, February 15, 2021

My all-time favorite cherry blossom cat

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Sunday, February 14, 2021

Some favorite cherry blossom cats

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Saturday, February 13, 2021

Donation guilt: "Go 'way from my door"

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  I have some serious issues with the two people who came to my door on a freezing-cold evening, right at supper hour, and said, "Thank...
Friday, February 12, 2021

Haunts of violence

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Psalm 74 A maskil of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture? Remember...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

With glowing hearts, we see thee rise

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My favorite version of our national anthem. Even without words, it expresses so much about what it is to be Canadian - with breathtaking gli...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Sit tight: Victorian side-saddle images

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Margaret Gunning
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Welcome to Margaret Gunning's blog: a tribute to the strangeness of the ordinary. Ms.Gunning is the author of The Glass Character (Thistledown Press), her paean/tribute to the brilliant silent screen comic Harold Lloyd. Researching and writing this novel celebrating Harold's legacy and legend was by far the most compelling (and fun!) experience in her long and varied writer's life. The novel is available on Amazon and Kindle, Thistledown Press, and other major book sites. Her previous novels, Better than Life (NeWestPress) and Mallory (Turnstone Press) explore her lifelong fascination with family secrets, alienation, and the surprising joys of the ordinary. She has also written hundreds of book reviews (Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Toronto Globe and Mail) and newspaper columns for small-town papers across the country. Her philosophy: "Everything that happens is happening for the first time."
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