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Kit Dobson
Curated news 17 Sep, 2022

Calgary turns Peace Bridge into an art walk after iconic structure suffers more than $1-million in damage – The Globe and Mail

An art walk called the Vandalism Gallery created inside Calgary’s Peace Bridge is a campaign to teach the public about vandalism done to the bridge Source: Calgary turns Peace Bridge into an art walk after iconic structure suffers more than $1-million in damage – The Globe and Mail

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43. Kit Dobson, Field Notes on Listening

I finished rereading Kit Dobson’s wonderful Field Notes on Listening on the flight (appropriately) to Calgary. I wrote about it last year, and I stand by everything I said then. In fact, I may have been stinting with my praise. I’ll be talking to Kit next Wednesday at walk-listen-create’s writer’s salon; you can join us … Continue reading 43. Kit Dobson, Field Notes on Listening →

Ken Wilson•
Reading and Walking

stroam

Do you like to stroll? Are you a fan of roaming? Then you should give stroaming a try. This is a word blend, just like brunch. In her 1796 novel Camilla, Frances Burney described a character who “stroamed into the ball-room, with the most visible marks of his unfitness for appearing in it.” The OED indicates that stroaming involves “long strides” and/or idleness, so watch your form and attitude when out on a stroam. Credits to Mark Peters.

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