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Winterlude………..

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h4>>Well, the mid-winter festivals have been celebrated; today is the first day of a new year. 'The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older' - Pink Floyd. It is a good life when there is something to celebrate in the middle of winter, especially in these cold and dark climes where the daylight hours are so, so, so, short.  Feasting, partying (hopefully with some common sense), …

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The long, dark days of winter

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h4>>The long, dark days of winter are upon us; it is dark at 4 pm, the days are getting shorter.  Until the 21st day of December.............and then sun rise is earlier, and earlier, and soon it will be spring. There are many mid-winter festivals, many of them centered around light; Divali and Hanukkah among them.  There is the Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanza and Hogmanay.  In many …

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The 2012 Eastside Swarm

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h4>>    I just listened to an interview with Lou Reed, an old interview, some time in the 1970's where he has great fun with the journalists, all straight faced.  You can listen to it on uwall.tv.   Okay, so this is not what the headline to this post says, but thought it would be nice to see how hard I work to get this blog out:)  Oh, right, and I also listened to Jeff …

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Mending and Darning Clinic in the Downtown Eastside

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h4>>Okay, so what does this have to do with art, you might well ask. Our lives are the greatest piece of art we can produce.  She declares.  Well, you can disagree, but please do it as a comment to this post. This is a link to a very brief, easy to read article that will make my point.  http://www.treehugger.com/style/darning-clothes-as-an-art-form.html So, bring your mending, bring your …

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