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Bob Dylan’s Birthday on Galiano Island, B.C.

By admin | Published: 2010/06/30

My coast-to-coast pilgrimage/ minitour in the summer of 2009 permitted me to reconnect with family members not seen for far too long. There was great music all along the way, much of it with my cousin Glen and his son Greg. During the course of that action-packed weekend in Vancouver, I was introduced to the [...]

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West Coast Trip

By admin | Published: 2010/06/18

I love British Columbia, and not just because I have roots there (my father’s family settled there after the Great Depression and many of them stayed). To praise the natural beauty is as redundant as stammering one’s affection in the presence of a supermodel, and almost as embarrassing. But it’s not just the soaring mountain [...]

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Summer 2010

By admin | Published: 2010/06/14

There’s been so much going on I don’t know where to start. Between watching the finales of 24, Bones and NCIS, finishing Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, and opening bottles of wine, I have found myself stretching the days and nights to pursue the muse. Seriously though, May brought many highlights for Double Essence. In Toronto [...]