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Summer issue aloft...

...and I'll be taking flight as well, spending the next few weeks traveling between the NQ offices and the Grand Bank Regional Theatre Festival. When I'm in the office I will be posting here, but the blog will be somewhat erratic until July 5. But here's hoping we'll all be too busy outside enjoying the sunshine to worry about that!

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3 Artists

Spent part of yesterday evening taking notes on a show that opens next week at Emma Butler Gallery: Three artists/One Show. The trio are John McDonald, April Norman and Danielle Evans: just check out Evans' luscious Fields, the paint wielded like dark jeweled meringue.

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Eve of delivery

Summer Issue (aka Vol. 103 no. 1) due tomorrow, so we, like Ms. Carly Simon, are full of anticipation.

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Weather-wise we'll just proceed with caution

I took a chance and left the house without my mittens this morning. But I haven't put the shovel and salt in the storage closet, and no way will I. That is just asking for it, I truly think. If you, too, attend this logic you might like this here quiz.

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Time for SATs (seasonally appropriate treats)

It is warm out, so you don't necessarily want to be standing by a hot oven. But it is a bit rambunctious, what with the wind and sheets of rain, so you still need cookies. What on earth to do? These no-bake recipes may help.

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I just don't get out that often.

My usual weekend routine involves writing (at the extremely cool and user-friendly Hava Java), laundry (where steady hum of washers and dryers provides a soothing background for difficult course readings), and matinees (if you haven't seen Alan Doyle in Robin Hood yet, well, what's keeping ya?). But this weekend I am invited to two YES two birthday parties. I know what gifts I want to bring, but avoiding gaffes is also important, so, naturally, I'm brushing up on some do's and don'ts.

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If you're worried about the upkeep on your social platforms...

...here's a sweet-tempered look at a blog that will never be.

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Shhhhh....

Something on my mind lately: quiet, the need of. I did this (shameless self-promotion) short piece for Tapestry on the subject if you'd like to give it a listen.

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Ever wonder what it's like to survive an extraordinary event?

Heard this amazing interview on CBC Radio early this morning. Roger Woodward is in his fifties with three grown children now, but when he was a little boy he went over Niagara Falls. His account of the event, and how it affected him, is fascinating.

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