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Stand tall. Walk tall. And for prolonged sitting, keep changing your position.
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, MCHS 2015 Biographies, Newsletter/by Jaan PillIn the course of my life, I’ve learned the basics of good posture. I am, that is, a graduate of Posture 101. Many people have been my teachers, over the years. State of near-collapse Early in my life, before I found my way, I was severely stooped over, my youthfulness notwithstanding. My ribcage was collapsing in […]
Update from Graeme Decarie, retired MCHS and Concordia history teacher: Three children in school, one at McGill, two at Concordia
/3 Comments/in Commentary, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI recently told Graeme Decarie that I would put together an update based on a recent email exchange with him. The update follows below. On Jan. 9, 2018, Graeme Decarie wrote: One of my boys, Nicholas, has been studying at university in Fredericton, and will graduate this year. Today, he got accepted for a master’s […]
Deadlift – with barbell and with hex bar – requires close attention to proper form
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillMy big project these days is learning to do the deadlift, with proper form, both with a barbell and with a hex bar. Some people can learn to do the deadlift, with proper form, at once. I am not in that category. Using a barbell, I have learned to work with both the double overhand and […]
When I visit the USA, I adopt the mindset of “the foreign correspondent”
/5 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan PillUpdate As noted in a comment at the end of this post, the flippant tone of my review of the Chicago Tribune “gentrification” article is perhaps not warranted. Accordingly, a tentative bottom line that occurs to me, influenced by the preface by Richard J. Evans in the first of his three books – his trilogy […]
My father’s photo album from 1936 Berlin Olympics prompts my reading of Richard J. Evans’s trilogy about Nazi Germany
/2 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - J. Pill, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan PillI have long been pondering how to approach the writing of a post about my late father’s 1936 Berlin Olympics photo album. The photo on the right was taken in Tartu, Estonia in 1936 or earlier. The photo, which is available online and is also featured in my father’s 1936 Berlin Olympics photo album, is of […]
Very impressed with the opening of the Route 501 art exhibit at the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: Route 501: New art exhibit launching Aug 30, 2017 at Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre I attended the opening, on Aug. 30, 2017, of the above-noted exhibit, and I was very highly impressed. I very much like the idea of pen and wash paintings to highlight features of South Etobicoke history. This […]
So, what do you see walking along Twenty Fourth St. in Long Branch?
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Long Branch Character Guidelines, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillSome time ago, I became involved in a small way with the Long Branch Urban Design Guidelines pilot project. I remain involved, but these days my interest in matters related to urban planning in Toronto are minimal. Absolutely minimal. What a current series of posts will concern are some thoughts that occur to me, as I […]
John Stewart of Wiarton has shared some photos of the fire that destroyed the Long Branch Hotel in 1958
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Some Popular Posts - Past & Present, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn earlier post is entitled: John Stewart of Wiarton has added a comment to a previous post about the 1958 fire at the Long Branch Hotel John Stewart lived for many years on Arcadian Circle in Long Branch. I met with John in Long Branch on July 12, 2017, and had the opportunity to scan […]