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Golden Shadows – Despair and the Music of the Companionship of the World
The Lost Arias of Henk van Strijk, my third manuscript of poetry, was completed in July, 2011, in Peace River, Alberta. It was begun in the summer of 2009 when I returned to Vancouver after having spent three years as … Continue reading
Posted in Golden Shadows, Writing
Tagged Aristotle, Canada, Charles Dickens, Gareth Davies, Golden Shadows, Gustav Mahler, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Music, Norman Lebrecht, Poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke, San Francisco, Shostakovich, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Vancouver, W. Somerset Maugham, Wendy Lesser
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Population Growth and Municipal Demographics
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 4 The Saint Croix Courier (St. Stephen, NB), 143/20, B-11, 19 February 2008 There’s been a lot of discussion about how to increase the population of New Brunswick. Immigration is one of the keys. Canada’s ethno-cultural profile shows a … Continue reading
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
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
Posted in 10 Years Ago, Vancouver
Tagged British Columbia, Canada, Canadian Museums Association, conferences, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Janice Gross Stein, Kingsway, Lloyd Axworthy, Martha Piper, Museums, Peter Ladner, T&T Supermarket, Travel, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Vietnamese shops, World Trade Center
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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
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
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
Posted in 15 Years Ago, Africa, British Columbia, Vancouver
Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Birkenhead Lake, Black Mountain, British Columbia, BWV 234, Canada, Dersu Uzala, Eagle Bluffs, Franz Kafka, Gay Pride, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Hiking, Hollyburn Mountain, Joffre Lakes, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johnny Clegg, Missa (Bach), Mount Seymour, Music, Nairn Falls Provincial Park, nature, outdoors, Pemberton Valley, Savuka, Sviatoslav Richter, Symphony of Fire, Travel, Vancouver
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