Tag Archives: British Columbia

Criteria for Strategic Direction

Civil Thoughts Series, No. 35  Bowen Island Times (Bowen Island, BC), 2/8, A7, 14 May 2010 Interdependence The political necessity in assessing strategic direction is the effective interrelationship between the environment that exists and the strategy whose implementation is sought. … Continue reading

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16 August 2002 – Clutter & Simplicity – Vancouver, BC

Friday, August 16, 2002, 10:50 am, Vancouver, BC To the garage at half past eight for an oil change and headlamp repair to the car. I took the opportunity of being over the Cambie bridge to walk in the district, … Continue reading

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15 August 2002 – Brothers Creek Loop, West Vancouver, BC

Thursday, August 15, 2002, 7:45 am, Vancouver, BC To West Vancouver to hike the Brothers Creek Loop. This trail climbs unrelentingly, at about a 40° angle for the first 90 minutes, all through stony-floored forest, and then, when across the creek, … Continue reading

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13 August 2002 – The Tall Ships at Steveston, British Columbia

Tuesday, August 13, 2002, 7:19 am, Vancouver, BC Researched Cotswolds and finally remembered why: Elgar, and Shakespeare. Looked again at import-export; will examine it further in relation to industry in Vancouver. Sunday dinner music: Franck’s piano quintet; Beethoven’s ‘cello sonatas, … Continue reading

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10 August 1997 – Vancouver, BC – Music’s Return, the African Dream, and Pemberton Valley

Sunday, 10 August 1997, 11:15 am, Vancouver, BC I have read very little lately. I re-read Kafka’s absorbing In the Penal Colony on the 30th, and read the introduction to Mahler’s letters while camping last week. I have been able … Continue reading

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Policy, Politics, and Affordable Housing

Civil Thoughts Series, No. 37 Bowen Island Times (Bowen Island, BC), 2/9, 7, 28 May 2010 Affordable housing is in limited supply in many communities, and in the Lower Mainland the topic recurrently features in municipal policy development and in … Continue reading

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9 August 2002 – Vancouver, BC – Climbing Mountains, Considering Handel

Friday, August 9, 2002, 4:22 pm, Vancouver, BC Dinner music the last week: Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies and Opera Paraphrases; Handel, Opp. 3, 4, and 6/1-2, and the Fireworks music; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis; Chopin, polonaises. Listened with care to the second … Continue reading

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