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Monthly Archives: April 2012
20 April 1997 – Michelangelo, Isaac Stern, Wordsworth, Milton, Van Morrison
Sunday, 20 April 1997, 8:24 pm, Vancouver, BC The last several weeks: a lot of work on the First Nations project, and on the SFU writing courses. Plus the Museum: Michelangelo Body Parts. And some work for the Editors’ Association, for which … Continue reading
Posted in 15 Years Ago, Journals, Music
Tagged Art, Editors Association of Canada, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, John Milton, Michelangelo, Mozart
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19 April 2002 – Bach Cantata 182
Friday, April 19, 2002, 9:33 am, Vancouver, BC A fair amount of planning and research during the day. Walked to Siwash Rock – the day splendid – in the afternoon. Read the score to Bach’s cantata 182 later in the … Continue reading
17 April 2007 – RCMP Community Relations
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 7:44 pm, St. Stephen, NB Long days, still. Monday culminating in Council approval of turf maintenance contracts, salary adjustments, relocation of civic administration, and settlement of land-lease issue. Got nice thanks from Councillor Mary Gilmore; and … Continue reading
15 April 2007 – Strategic planning into the stardust
Sunday, 15 April 2007, 8:15 am, St. Stephen, NB Worked through more strategic planning, with which I seem to be somewhat obsessed as I try to clarify what it is I’m trying to accomplish, and pushed along further with the … Continue reading
12 April 2007 – Government on Both Sides of the Border
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:45 am, St. Stephen, NB Exceedingly long day, starting with a morning session with U.S. Consul Harold Foster on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, and culminating in a three hours’ Committee session that presented the draft … Continue reading
Posted in 05 Years Ago, Journals, USA
Tagged Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Politics, St. Stephen New Brunswick
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11 April 2002 – Doctors & the Flowers at the Rose Garden
Thursday, April 11, 2002, 3:19 pm, Vancouver, BC Gloria is significantly improved. We were at St. Vincent’s for a follow-up yesterday and the doctor who treated her, a woman, from Calgary, gave Gloria answers to questions and also re-set the bandage, … Continue reading
Posted in 10 Years Ago, British Columbia, Canada, Journals, Vancouver
Tagged Canada, Daffodils, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Hibiscus, Stanley Park
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10 April 2002 – Government Ancient and Modern
Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 8:46 am, Vancouver, BC I read in Durant’s Caesar and Christ at breakfast today: Contentment is as rare among men as it is natural among animals, and no form of government has ever satisfied its subjects. … Continue reading
