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In the news
October 13, 2007
The latest addition to the above music player is taken from the Tears of the Sun soundtrack, by Hans Zimmer. You might have to purge your cache to get the player to actually play it if simply refreshing the page won't do...Tomorrow is the cranberry harvest expedition; fingers crossed and stay tuned for lots of reds on this blog...
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Madrugada
October 11, 2007
When the day is still short, new born, and people's lives blurred by sleep, when darkness fades away and to the East the sun ascends from a place ahead in time, there is a fleeting moment when the light becomes magical and promising. It's much faster than the evening transition, almost sudden, as if nature too was forced to splash her face will cold water to wake up and chase dreams away. The Spaniards call it la madrugada. It's dawn - hopes up, surf's up. So to speak.
Blogger activism
October 10, 2007
Darn, I still can't draw. But this one is for the Cause, à bon entendeur salut! The coalition for unmoderated blog comments is rising! Allons enfants de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé! ;-)
Immortal - Part 2
October 9, 2007
I forgot the most important when I posted that quote of Baudelaire and linked it to the movie Immortel (Ad Vitam): proof. It's now fixed. I've added the soundtrack - by the band Venus from Belgium - to the XSPF Music Player above (underneath the main menu) for everyone's enjoyment. Click once (or sometimes twice depending on your browser) on the play button and adjust the volume with the slider at the right end of the bar)...
Cheering up
Hmm, what a dark post the previous was. To lighten up the tone, here are a beautiful couple of lines from another author, whom I'm publishing without her permission, which she probabbly wouldn't have given any way... ;-) "Years later, I would understand where I was by bending down to see what grew. And always, when I was lost, in one way or another, I would find myself in a garden."
Boris Vian in my dreams
October 8, 2007
I woke up recently with a story going on in my head, a story which I narrated, and I kept on doing so for a while even after I had awakened, confused. Then I began to emerge from the mists of sleep and realized that my dreaming mind was imitating Boris Vian. Now, I don't like wars. I despise them. I hate people who wage them. They symbolize the ugliest face of mankind. Thank God we are also capable of love. But to paraphrase PIL, this is not a love post. It's just the re...
Looking west, thinking east
October 8, 2007
It had been raining for two dull days but suddenly, just a touch before sunset, the sky begins to move. It swirls and changes and breaks apart towards the west, presage to an interesting evening. A huge patch of blue sky eventually appears over the Straight of Georgia while closer to the city, cloud layers become more visible, tangled and seemingly disorganized, sharing space and currents. The wind is blowing hard from the sea and a few rotors form around Grouse, quickly...
Immortal
October 6, 2007
"... Tout cela ne vaut pas le poison qui découleDe tes yeux, de tes yeux verts,Lacs où mon âme tremble et se voit à l’envers...Mes songes viennent en foulePour se désaltérer à ces gouffres amers.Tout cela ne vaut pas le terrible prodigeDe ta salive qui mord,Qui plonge dans l’oubli mon âme sans remord,Et, charriant le vertige,La roule défaillante aux rives de la mort !... All that doesn't come close to the poison that oozes From your eyes, from your green eyes,Lakes ...
Lynn Creek, once in a while - HDR
October 6, 2007
The Coast Mountains are much older than me. Over a hundred million years ago, they were formed by the not-so-friendly collision between a group of volcanic islands and the continent (the continent had the right of way but you know these island types, they are frivolous and distracted. Most of them.) A mighty 1600 km long, the Coast Mountains are a subrange of the Pacific Ranges and extend along the coast of British Columbia from Alaska all the way down to the Fraser Rive...
Sea monsters you want to hug
October 4, 2007
Tonight was the Vancouver pre-screening of IMAX's latest marvel, Sea Monsters 3D A Prehistoric Adventure. Along with a theater full of hand-picked celebrities like myself (!), ok, let's say tourism industry slaves instead, I sat in front of the 5 storey-high screen and wondered if I was going to be impressed. It takes a lot to impress me when it comes to the underwater realm and computer animation.
I was. The National Geographic production was stunningly combining real ...
Fall is upon us
October 3, 2007
Once again, streets are shining [originally spelled shinning and immediately corrected by my dear Bokkie - Frenchies will be Frenchies] in the rain. Sweaters and fleeces are pulled out of drawers, windbreakers lovelinlgy put on. Tired of wearing their summer robes, trees have begun changing colors and shedding their leaves into the suddenly chilly wind. Mother nature will now turn to the most beautiful palette of warm colors - oranges, reds, browns and yellows, only for ...
Green eyes
October 3, 2007
"Honey you are the sea, upon which I float, and I came here to talk, I think you should knowThat green eyes, you’re the one that I wanted to find, and anyone who, tried to deny you must be out of their mindCause I came here with a load, and it feels so much lighter, since I met you, honey you should know, that I could never go on without youGreen eyes" [Coldplay - Green Eyes]