A guest blog by James Fofonoff I just returned home from the dress rehearsal of Summerland Singers and Players latest live theatre production: We are performing six shows of "It's A Wonderful Life"—a radio play. As the cast debriefed with Director, Linda Guebert. I shared some thoughts on the value of community theatre from my... Continue Reading →
The production by Summerland Singers and Players of “It’s a Wonderful Life—The Radio Play” continues well with three performances now under our belt. The cast, including the foley (a live sound effects technician) are sure-footed and able to cope with the inevitable variations we each insert into our performances. Live community theatre is a team-building... Continue Reading →
Juno (centre and her friends, ready for Thanksgiving -- Kerchiefs by Kathie Juno’s blogs have now attracted international attention. Search https://take-note.ca/ for other scintillating dog blog titles. PaPaw and I are reading together Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History, an autobiography by the eminent antiquities historian Peter Brown, an authority on St. Augustine... Continue Reading →
"How to Pray While the World Burns" -- by Hila Ratzabi Go outside.Find a patch of grass, sand, dirt.Sit, kneel, place a hand or justA finger to the soft earth.Feel it pulse back. Open your palms and divineThe words creased between.Rub the specks of dirtBetween your fingers,See how they cling to skin,How they listen in... Continue Reading →
A re-post from Anne Lamott. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches; Some Assembly Required; Grace (Eventually); Plan B; Traveling Mercies; Bird by Bird; Operating Instructions, and the forthcoming Hallelujah Anyway. Her blog was posted Sunday, August 20, 2023. “The harvest is past, The summer is ended,... Continue Reading →
A review of Close to Home, by Michael Magee // Guest blog by Norm Sigurdson Now in retirement and living in Calgary, voluminous reader Norm Sigurdson shares book reviews on Facebook which we are pleased to re-publish here, with permission and encouragement, on this blog. Enjoy. I just read Irish writer Michael Magee’s bleak semi-autobiographical... Continue Reading →
A guest review by Norman Sigurdson I just read Richard Ford’s fifth (and presumably final) novel centred on the New Jersey real estate salesman Frank Bascombe: “Be Mine: A Frank Bascombe Novel,” and it is a wonderful achievement. Ford is a towering figure in American fiction, and Bascombe is one of his greatest creations. I... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 