Monthly Archives: June 2012

June? Rain, flooding, but flowers and green!

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

Everything is so green and wet- someone tell God the Okanagan it’s a desert and it’s summer. Huh? Although the flowers sure love it, many people getting flooded. Nancy and I put barrels out on dock today in case a … Continue reading →

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Shi#, I love you, Things my Dad Couldnt Say- Newyorker,Plimpton

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/06/george-plimptons-voice.html If you didn’t know the man, you could, I think, be fooled by the voice. I mean, if George Plimpton wasn’t my father and I’d never met him, and I heard that voice emerge from his lips and matched … Continue reading →

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Behind the Picture: RFK's Assassination

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

Reblogged from LIFE: How many times must we live through these throat-paralyzing sequences of days of gun play, grief and muffled drums? The question, posed by LIFE magazine in its June 14, 1968, issue, is freighted with all of the … Continue reading →

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Teacher suspended for following his conscience- no zeros

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/02/edmonton-teacher-may-lose-job-for-refusing-to-let-kids-skip-assignments/ Don’t submit the job application and you won’t get the job. You get a zero. Skip work, tell the boss to shove it, neglect to file your taxes, miss a mortgage payment, bounce a cheque or get a speeding … Continue reading →

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