Category: Humour
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S. A Few Pinches of Native Soil (con’d)
A Kentucky-born friend and I have joked about the commonalities of our respective boyhood territories. In growing up, we both found ourselves at odds with ole timey religion, country music and conservative ‘values’… Outside of Acadia, the Canadian Maritimes–– like southern Appalachia–– retains a dominant Scots-English-Irish population. There is considerable evidence that rural Maritimers are…
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S. A Few Pinches of Native Soil (intro.)
Introduction: About a decade ago, I planned to write a monograph about my oft uncomfortable relationship with the province of my origin. That project faltered with the usual exigencies. From the muddle of notes made in preparation for a first draft, I have pulled out pieces which I have hopefully, battered into some coherence……
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W. Levity Redux (con’d)
The best people– a little phase that conveys so much! As if there were a class of people who are a species apart from the common lot of homo sapiens–– a more highly evolved species with more perfect bodies… A manager of an exclusive hotel certainly has a nose for the best people–– and has…
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W. Levity Redux: (intro.)
Introduction: ‘A little Levity’, posted on this site early last year, was intended as a break from the grim reaper-themed vignettes that preceded it. The vignettes of ‘Levity Redux’ are intended to juxtapose with the grimness in postings planned to follow… If the ‘levity’ of pieces in the first batch seemed dark–– many of…
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M. A Few Clearings (intro.)
It felt strangely intimate this morning to be lying in a chilly darkened room with a young female technician standing beside me. Her wrists protruding from the long sleeves of a wool jacket looked delicate. With one hand, she tapped a computer keyboard while her other briefly tugged her brown ponytail. On the monitor screen…
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M. A Few Clearings (con’d)
It was only when we moved from the table to the sofa that the conversation turned to the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life (SETI). I asked my old classmate in his capacity as the acting president of the western chapter of the Canadian UFO Research Centre, if he really believed any claims of direct contacts…
