Category Archives: Canadian

Critical Statistics We Must Not Skip

When a Covid-19 vaccine was invented, we were relieved.  We were cautioned that it is not an antidote for the virus and does not provide immunity against it.  It does not make the vaccinated less contagious than anyone else, nor … Continue reading

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Carolyn’s Canadian Reading 2021

I am happy to rejoin my Ontario friend, Shonna, who is the very wonderful, creative hostess of the Canadian Reading Challenge theme.  Here is to year #15!  Human rights, animal rights, colourful cultures and lands, memory, friendship, and literature:  here … Continue reading

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Carolyn’s Canadian Reading

I am an ongoing member of the Canadian reading challenge run by my friend, Shonna, in Ontario.  I love acquainting and supporting the Canadian arts and frequently find names I had never heard of, at book charity sales.  Some are … Continue reading

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Corey Hart’s Winnipeg concert kept me sane.

We and all other animals are accustomed to a spectrum of emotions ranging widely from elation, to sadness or fear.  Thankfully;  secure, positive emotions rise back into place, or replace uncomfortable ones entirely.  Season-wise, as in this very month, Manitoba … Continue reading

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Dread & Read Book Summary 2018

My turnout was passable, the first time I tried Jane’s interesting reading theme.  I finished and reviewed 150 books for myself, with plenty I was less keen about.  It so happens I targeted two of the three I estimated, dismissing … Continue reading

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Reading Naturally, Summary 2018

I rejoined “Reading Naturally” with pleasure and it merits a fresh page of updates, since we have arrived all the way to my birth month:  November!  Jane is generous, inclusive of Canadians, which I know as her first year’s winner!  Our … Continue reading

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Reading Naturally 2018!

  Exposed to nature:  1-3 books Engaged with nature:  4-6 books Immersed in nature:  7+ books.   It is my sincere pleasure to rejoin Jane’s new nature reading group for the second time.  I am partial to fiction, which fits … Continue reading

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Gentle Spectrums 2017 Summary

  I have not forgotten about my read group quartet!  I have been preoccupied not knowing where our kitty has been for 3 months.  They are sons and daughters to us.  Conan O’Brien is named after a comedian for good … Continue reading

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My Kind Of Mystery 2017 Summary!

  I have not forgotten about my read group quartet!  I have been preoccupied not knowing where our kitty has been for 3 months.  They are sons and daughters to us.  Conan O’Brien is named after a comedian for good … Continue reading

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Sifting for good things.

It is a relief to catch-up because WordPress has been rejected by either my internet connection or a software glitch for weeks.  Today’s accessibility might be tenuous so I am taking advantage of updating my review menus and finally writing … Continue reading

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Amazon Change Might Be All Right.

Where do you buy physical books?  If you appreciate the real objects versus reading the contents any old way;  the best way to afford as many as we have is to seek far and wide for second-hand deals!  This is … Continue reading

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Where to buy music albums nowadays!

How do you play music at home?  It’s great to have a little Ipod when you’re on a bus or plane, to tune out the random public, or brighten your commute.  Anyone can play music on a PC but that … Continue reading

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