The Glass Character
Sunday, July 10, 2022

As I Went Out One Morning (after W. H. Auden)

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As I went out one morning As I went out one morning Walking the primal road My shoulders were bent over With an invisible load. And down by ...
Saturday, July 9, 2022

My favorite poem

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This poem has been my touchstone since I first heard Mr. Griffith read it in Grade 11 English class. I could never share with anyone how muc...
Friday, July 8, 2022

Little Lolita (a short work of fiction)

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It’s not that she wasn’t grateful. When you don’t get to go anywhere on a Saturday night because everyone thinks you’re a loser and full of ...

W. H. Auden's homoerotic masterpiece

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THE PLATONIC BLOW – W. H. AUDEN It was a spring day, a day for a lay, when the air Smelled like a locker-room, a day to blow or get blown; R...
Thursday, July 7, 2022

💗The Troll Doll Channel: DOUBLE UNBOXING of Juju Doll and 9" Bearded Tro...

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Unboxings are always exciting, though I keep thinking: where am I going to PUT all these guys? I haven't quite figured it out yet, nor h...
Wednesday, July 6, 2022

BOOM! goes the nighthawk!

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Another video featuring the common nighthawk's famous "boom", which is actually more of a "zoom".

STAR JELLY: What is it, and WHY?

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STAR JELLY: What is it, and why? On 11 November 1846, a luminous object estimated at 4 feet in diameter fell at  Lowville, New York , leavin...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

VOCAL FRY: WHY must women sound like frogs? An investigation

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YES. . . . . . . . . . WHY?????
Monday, July 4, 2022

Common Nighthawk Dive Bomb

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A beautiful short video of the "Skeezix bird" swooping, diving and "booming" in pink and golden clouds. The bird even fl...
Sunday, July 3, 2022

Voices: Common Nighthawk (The Skeezix Bird)

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It was one of those hothot HOT summers in Chatham, in the heel of Southwestern Ontario, when it felt like someone was holding something to ...
Saturday, July 2, 2022

💥WHEN BIRDS ATTACK! Swarmed by AGGRESSIVE Canada geese

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As I attempted to feed a lovely white dove which has taken up residence at the dock on Burnaby Lake, GEESE muscled in from every side - big,...

The End of the World

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I LOVE THIS!! Though she was pretty much a one-hit wonder, I think Skeeter Davis is brilliant in this song. The clarity and utterly true pit...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

if people talked like support chats

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This lady usually covers historical costumes, but once in a while comes out with a gem like this. 
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

🌈UFOs? Heavenly messengers? Or just a big hole in the sky?⛅

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A great big hole in the sky! “A fallstreak hole (also known as a cavum hole punch cloud, punch hole cloud, skypunch, cloud canal or cloud h...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

🌈The Troll Doll Channel: My Magic ZELF (slightly damaged)!

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Zelfs ARE trolls, sort of, though they don't resemble any of the others. This one was so gorgeously customized that I HAD to have it. A ...
Friday, June 24, 2022

🤎NEW CHICK IN TOWN: Adorable BABY Sandhill Crane!🤎

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Bird-watching can be very hit-or-miss. One day birds show up in noisy droves, challenging your ability to even get them into camera range, a...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

The Troll Doll Channel: DOUBLE UNBOXING of Juju Doll and 9" Bearded Troll!

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O happy day - to have TWO trolls to unbox, with Bentley helping me every step of the way.
Monday, June 20, 2022

The Unremarkable Meghan Markle

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PLEASE NOTE: I did NOT write this article, and reproduce it here for educational purposes only. Here is the link to the original article, wh...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

Amish dreams: visions of the disaffected

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  God, I have crazy dreams. . .   I don’t usually even remember dreams, but once in a while I have a doozie – not really a nightmare (I do...
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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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