From Jean Baird's email report:

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Buoyant blog of septuagenarian Kanadian poet and haikuist Chris Faiers/cricket. People's Poetry in the tradition of Milton Acorn, haiku/haibun, progressive politikal rants, engaged Buddhism and meditation, revitalizing of Callaghan's Rapids Conservation Area, memories of ZenRiver Gardens and annual Purdy Country LitFests (PurdyFests), events literary and politikal, and pics, amid swirling currents of earth magick and shamanism. Read in 119 countries last week - 22,924 readers in June.
From Jean Baird's email report:
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Posting from the Al Purdy A-Frame Association newsletter yesterday. I drove to Ameliasburgh in late summer when the project looked extremely daunting. So it was a pleasant surprise to get this email update from Jean Baird yesterday!
email to local friends How’re you guys doing? I keep pretty quiet over the hols - actually most of the time now. Been keeping a regular schedule and going to bed at 11 after watching a DVD every night. Last night I fell asleep just after 11 and then a tapping sound awoke me. Didn’t have the energy to investigate, but wonder if you came by to visit? Watched the 3 part Lord of the Rings a week ago, and then binge watched the entire TV series Ted Lasso this week about a soccer team in England. It was filmed in my old hangout of Richmond on the Thames. Been exchanging emails with a UK writer, Cassie Steward, who is writing a novel based on my memoir of those days in Richmond and Kingston, when I lived on Eel Pie Island. According to her my book is popular in the UK, although I don’t receive any royalties on it. Aargh Went to Callaghan’s on Tuesday for a couple of hours. So far it looks like the barricades are keeping the ATVers out! Still the fallen tree on the path to the bridges, though. In the cold weather I was too stiff to bend under it and had to walk around. Growing old sucks! |