I won. Seems like. I. Already re- caulked the shower with a new silicone seal. Wish me luck. That new Fibe Bundle I spoke of last entry. You can rent a fairly recent movie for. Over the past few weeks, we. Currently reading a biography. Maxwell Perkins (Hemingway, Fitzgerald. Picked up a remaindered. BMV Book Store for a mere 5 bucks. I understand there. Genius. They traveled to. Louisville, Kentucky. He had a great time. Said it was an eye- opener in. The kit costs $7. Should be interesting! Jays are in New York tonight. I have the blind faith of the Fan, though. Get my VISA. card ready to pony up. A bit of a shock. Just started looking. Reading Thomas Perry books again (read them several. Read. them in order. Bill Esler is Conference Program Director at Woodworking Network Bill manages event programs for Woodworking Network conferences at the Woodworking Machinery.Prime Day is a one-day only global shopping event exclusively for Prime members. Sign up to experience the benefits that millions of Prime Members enjoy. News, reviews, previews, tips, and downloads for multiple platforms.
I recommend them, if you. Had the Bell Fibe Bundle installed in the house. Daniel (1. 6 years old) was the catalyst. He seemed to notice the sad state of affairs, where. I didn. It was set around 1. Nova Scotia, and pivoted. Courtship was tough. Those Maritimers and New Englanders had more sense than. Clearly, they laid the bundling groundwork coming in now like. And apparently, I. Stewart (1. 89. 5- 1. Stewart was a. professor of English at UC Berkeley for over 3. Ordered a biography about him from Amazon (The. Life and Truth of George R. Stewart, by Donald M. Scott), which. is a wonderful, scholarly tribute. More Googling brought me to the EARTH. ABIDES project web site, hosted by the same biographer, Donald M. Suggestion: do yourself a favour and read Earth. Abides. Have to wait until next spring. St. Held an Open House from 3 to 5 Saturday, October. Went to visit on the occasion, along with Merle and Michael and. Gina (Michael is the Michael from grade 1, mentioned near the. Names). He remembers almost nothing (fascinating. I remember lots of bizarre events and people. It was. a bit of a buzz for me! Feel like I. The main place it. Listen to the lyrics from his 1. Highway. 6. 1 Revisited album/CD. Pretty incredible stuff for a guy in his. Listen to his 1. 99. Time Out of Mind. I read somewhere that he. The 2. 1st century. September 3. 0, 2. Been a while. October tomorrow. Books read. to start. Re- read Frank. Mc. Court. I think most of us. Click here for Names. And while I. It was called. I read at The Round Venue in Toronto. Click here for V- Day. It can sometimes be a strange link, as stories. TDR are now archived in Libraries and Archives. Canada. If you click on the link, there? Maybe? For Now. Liked the movie American Sniper, so tried. Chris Kyle. Ended up skimming it. Not up to the. movie. Preachy, plodding. Three older John Clarkson novels: much better. And finally, I. Just finished Be Cool. The Hot Kid. He always comes through. Best book recently, though: The Singer's. Gun, by Emily St. John Mandel. The latest: Western University. The anxiety has been rising, and I. The technology won. The tidal wave. of the future doesn. No rest for the comfortable. More change: I sold my 1. Yamaha Virago 5. 35. Bought it 1. 6 years ago (see Sept 4, 2. It was time. Toronto traffic ain. Advertised it on the internet - - Kijiji. Sold in a couple of days. I paid for it 1. 6 years ago. Time stands still. May 2. 6, 2. 01. 6Long past time I should have checked in and updated. I read a lot - - a major pleasure. Wrapped up my classes at Western back in the early. April. I'm now into my 3rd week of teaching the online summer course. Western - - the 3rd summer I've done so. It runs. from May 9 - July 2. August should be good, before I get back in the saddle. September. I'm also looking after grandson Sully Wednesday. Yesterday was a ripple on the pond, as. I was waiting outside a Play. Area downtown, where we'd planned on spending some time). Big adventure.. Today: more normal. Reading (mentioned above).. Picked up John Clarkson's. Thieves, so went back and read his previous 5 novels (full of mayhem. Lance Hill's. Evil that Men Do (first read back in the '8. It's a good thriller. Page- turners. Read Mark Greaney's. Blast.. Merle, Daniel and I watched DVDs of Collateral. Bull Durham - - both under- rated movies - - and Merle and. I are re- watching Breaking Bad the same way (up to Season. It's incredible. Again. And one nice little writing note.. I wrote a. small (8. I titled simply Names, which is a. The Danforth. Review (see Feb 1. September. When it appears, I'll post a link to it on this. For Now.. February 1. The Reading at The Round Venue 2 nights. Had a great time! Merle, Daniel, Conor. Western, Kathryn Mockler, showed up . This was its first airing, and the venue was the perfect one for. I. I guess that. Recommend 2 more novels: The. Dog Stars, by Peter Heller, and Brooklyn, by Colm. Toibin . Have to mention that today. Jacquie. She turned 8. Unbelievable. Daniel. Raptors game, Conor, Jenn, Owen, Sully . A fine time indeed. Christmas Books read: Saturn Run (John Sanford &. Ctein)The Crossing (Michael Connelly. All are. welcome! Should be fun. My buddy Bill turns 7. We. were in high school together. This is getting serious. December 2. 2, 2. Fall classes wrapped up. Great groups! Photos. Reading tip: Station Eleven, by. Emily St. John Mandel. Best book I read this year. Check it out. November 2. Almost 3 months since last post. Don't think that's. What can I say? Life's a landslide, time and energy finite. All still good. But where to start? Here and there.. This and that.. Just enjoy. my rambling. Last entry mentioned that it was Labour Day. That. seems both long ago and only yesterday, like everything else. Two good classes. Always a sense of melancholy. Part of the experience of teaching, of being involved with. Books read or re- read: The Dogs of Riga. White Lioness (Mankell); Last of the Breed (L'Amour). Daybreak (Meyer).. Henning Mankell (above author) died back. October, as did Jack Larson, of Jimmy Olson fame in the 1. TV Superman. (my childhood).. Got up to Randy's cottage (along with Chester and John. T.) north of Minden for a weekend back in early October.. Have fixed (at. various times since September) light switch in kitchen, lamp in living. Back- and- forth on trains to London. Ah, well.. It's still all good. And the most. memorable sporting event of the Fall (I mentioned the Blue Jays in my September. Game 5 between Texas and the Jays, and Bautista's bat- flip. I smile just thinking about it. Small publishing update: my novelette, Ashland. Kentucky, originally published in ISAAC ASIMOV's SF MAGAZINE back. Shadow of Ashland - -. Don Hutchison's Northern Frights anthology. It's postponed - -. January or so. A meeting was scheduled at Western in London. Sept 1. 6), so the conflict made it impossible. I'll post. new information as it becomes available. Labour Day! Still hot here in Toronto. The Jays. are 2. 0 games over . Record for the last 3. I remember. the 1. Detroit Tigers, who came out of the gate that year with a 3. Won the World Series too. Check it out!)For Now.. August 1. 5, 2. 01. Mid- August. Merle and I were last there 1. Landed in Dublin, rented a car, and. Shannon a week later. Took Daniel (1. 4 years old). A very good. family vacation . He was a 1. 0- year- old. Made the trip complete. And I highly recommend the breathtaking. Updating re the e. Book reissues of Sailing. Time. It appeared August 7: http: //www. In a month I. Looks kinda uber- cool. And later today, the annual. Green family reunion at Bill and Milvia's. A great buzz. And hey.. This web site's now topped 3. The Leafs traded Kessel and the Jays whomped. Red Sox 1. 1- 2. Don Cherry threw out the opening ball and Bautista, Encarnacion. Donaldson and Smoak (2) all homered. Got some cottage time planned, and. Now that I've dealt with the important stuff. I've agreed to teach. Fall and 2 more in the Winter session at Western - -. Fantasy Writing course. And Open Road is releasing. Sailing Time's Ocean and The Woman Who is the. Midnight Wind as e. Books next week (July 7), so get ready to Download. Who knew?) Check the main page for more.. So I'm back in the saddle. But because. there's no travel involved, it's a soft saddle. Sully turned 1 year old (April 2. He's being. dropped off here tomorrow for the day. Hoping for good weather. Maybe we. can go to the park. Could be a perfect day. My fantasy: him playing in. Like I said: a fantasy. We need. 'em. Emma Pulitzer at Open Road Media emailed. The Woman Who is the. Midnight Wind and Sailing Time's Ocean as e. Books. Hadn't seen it since its initial release. Daniel to see it. He found iit riveting, and commented that. Health classes in high school. Nathan Pila was. 6. I wrote the following on his Memorial page, and would like to honour. Nate and I had our. East York Collegiate, where we taught for a generation. For many years we had. September,to reflect on what was. Philosophy, angst, humour. I last saw Nate and Lily. Marv Lichtenfeld's service a year ago. We. spoke warmly, promising to get together. Again, life got in the. We were stunned then, and I'm stunned now. One minute you're here. Nate and Lily were at. Brooklyn Avenue for the last episode of Seinfeld. Then we drifted into retirement, and drifted apart. That final Seinfeld.. Way too soon. That twinkle. So alive. March 5, 2. The Audiobooks of the 3 Ashland novels. Dec 1. 4/1. 4 entry & Feb 2. Audible. com. site. Fine news.(Click the link.. Check it out!)February 2. My birthday, Owen's birthday, Valentine's Day. The sands of time. Conor's birthday is up next (March). Been idling. Read a couple of books (older John. Sandford novels), saw a couple of movies (American Sniper, Birdman). Breaking. Bad prequel Better Call Saul, which premiered these. Like I said: very nice. In the December 1. I mentioned. being a resource for Jennifer Foster's Writer's- Digest- Book artcle on short. I was contacted again last month and asked to be a resource. Spent some time getting my. They're using Phil's New. Digs, the piece I wrote back in 2. Russ Walker for his Autocondo web site. New life for another old story. The 3 Ashland books have been read. Chris Sorensen(again, see Dec 1. Audible. com for mastering and final. Looking forward to listening to them. Audible. com has also. The Woman Who is the Midnight Wind and Sailing. Time's Ocean for audiobooks.
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