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The concept that we become what we imagine ourselves to be (or what we pretend ourselves to be) is from a quote in a book by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. The concept also brings to mind a line from William Blake, who speaks of people who became what they beheld. I came across both concepts somewhere […]
An Oct. 7, 2017 Politico article is entitled: “Trump Is the Star of These Bizarre Victorian Novels: And the Internet is losing its mind.” The one problem with the headline is the expression “losing its mind.” I refer you, in this context, to the YouTube video entitled: Keys to our Past – Language & Stigma Similarly, […]
I much enjoyed the “Keys to Our Past” Mental Health Film Series Premiere that took place at the “G” Building at Humber College Lakeshore on the evening of Oct. 4, 2017. I’ve outlined what the series is about at a previous post: Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre presenting Mental Health Series Film Premiere, Wed., Oct. 4, […]
We’ve had extensive discussion, at this website, about a remarkable, and memorable, elementary school in Montreal that, in retrospect, played a strong and positive formative experience in my life, and in the lives of fellow students from the 1950s and 1960s, who attended Cartierville School. The school went back long before the 1950s. Among the posts […]
A May 31, 2014 blog post at the Preserved Stories website, a post that many people connected with Malcolm Campbell High School have read, is entitled: Jenning Dai (MCHS ’63) tragically passed away 50 years ago this month (May 1964) At the latter post, Sheila Dai has posted the following comment, which I am featuring […]
On many days, I walk from the vicinity of the Long Branch TTC Loop in Etobicoke (Toronto) to the Small Arms Building in Lakeview (Mississauga) at Dixie Road and Lakeshore Road East. It’s a walk that I enjoy; over the years I’ve been documenting, at this website, the changes and events that have been taking place […]
In the course of my life, I have been inspired by decency, honesty, fairness, and genuine (as opposed to fake) justice. It’s been my observation that the pursuit of such qualities as decency, honesty, and so on, appeals to some more than to others. Thus I must say that I was very moved – tears […]
A March 10, 2017 CBC article is entitled: “No Vacancy: Scarborough art exhibition takes look at Kingston Road motel strip: The exhibition features interviews with people who had personal experiences on the strip.” I look forward to attending this event, which I first learned about through listening to a CBC Metro Morning interview on March […]