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Monthly Archives: June 2012
26 June 1997 – Freedom and Old Age
Thursday, 26 June 1997, 9:52 am, Vancouver, BC Began studying Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer last night; with the score. After having selected subject matter for today’s writing. Awoke with Somerset Maugham’s thought in my mind that the writer can attain … Continue reading
23 June 1997 – Ottawa, with House of Commons, family & museums
Monday, 23 June 1997, 11:39 am, Vancouver, BC The sounds of jackhammers. Summer is in the air. Rather a lot has happened during the last two weeks: Gloria and I were in Ottawa, and my relationship with the Vancouver Museum … Continue reading
Posted in 15 Years Ago, Canada, Journals
Tagged Adrienne Clarkson, Andre Ouellet, Bytown Museum, Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, House of Commons, Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, ScienceWorld, Sheila Copps, Sparks Street, Travel, Vancouver, Vancouver Museum
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21 June 2002 – Métis
Friday, June 21, 2002, 8:10 pm, Vancouver, BC This wretched cold persists, punctuating the evening and night with coughing, and the day with enervation and frustration. I’ve been constrained to walks: yesterday along the Inlet, and through Gastown (and the … Continue reading
Posted in 10 Years Ago, British Columbia, Canada, Journals, Vancouver
Tagged Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Métis, National Aboriginal Day, Vancouver
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20 June 2007 – Civic Projects
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 7:50 am, St. Stephen, NB Too many projects; too many inconsequential items. So finally had to throw out a lot of accumulated paper in the afternoon. Morning full of meetings: with lawyers on the defence of a … Continue reading
Posted in 05 Years Ago, Journals, New Brunswick
Tagged Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Politics, St. Stephen New Brunswick
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17 June 2007 – Wagner, Nietzsche & Toscanini
Sunday, 17 June 2007, 8:17 am, St. Stephen, NB Better part of the day on NACLAA, writing the final assignment for the financial management course and completing the readings for the policy course; the latter were dull, and it took … Continue reading
15 June 2007 – Headhunters and Headlessness
Friday, 15 June 2007, 6:55 am, St. Stephen, NB To New Maryland at 7:30. Provincial session on the newly proclaimed slum landlords act. The session was stunningly dull, and the act was revealed as useless to the municipalities. Another provincial … Continue reading
Posted in 05 Years Ago, Journals, New Brunswick
Tagged Hendrik Slegtenhorst, New Maryland, Politics, St. Stephen New Brunswick
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14 June 2007 – Taking Flight Underfoot
Thursday, 14 June 2007, 6:06 am, St. Stephen, NB A very long day, twelve hours at Town Hall, culminating in a 3½ hours’ committee meeting, which, actually, went quite well. The day itself was divided between work in the field—RCMP, … Continue reading
