macphear
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Was lucky enough to get this new Hingston and Olson creation in my stocking; 12 stories for the 12 days of Christmas. Nice to start a new tradition!
December 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Was lucky enough to get this new Hingston and Olson creation in my stocking; 12 stories for the 12 days of Christmas. Nice to start a new tradition!
Merry Christmas everyone! Thankful for the gift of stories…and good coffee.
December 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Merry Christmas everyone! Thankful for the gift of stories…and good coffee.
This helped make one of the funnest Christmases in awhile.
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This helped make one of the funnest Christmases in awhile.
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Home for Christmas
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Home for Christmas
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
I’m rereading my Hingston and Olson Short Story Advent Calendar from 2015 which is full of treasures including today’s story which was originally in Taddle Creek.
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’m rereading my Hingston and Olson Short Story Advent Calendar from 2015 which is full of treasures including today’s story which was originally in Taddle Creek.
There’s no place like home. Happy to be back volunteering with ATP over the holidays.
December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There’s no place like home. Happy to be back volunteering with ATP over the holidays.
Enjoyed hearing Margaret Atwood and Heather O’Neill in conversation this week.
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Enjoyed hearing Margaret Atwood and Heather O’Neill in conversation this week.
Sometimes you just have to begin again. After 10 years the annual www.hingstonandolsen.com advent calendar has changed format to 12 days of Xmas. Luckily I’ve kept the whole set.
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sometimes you just have to begin again. After 10 years the annual www.hingstonandolsen.com advent calendar has changed format to 12 days of Xmas. Luckily I’ve kept the whole set.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
U2
Great Lake Swimmers
Emmylou Harris
Robert Glasper
The East Pointers
U2
Great Lake Swimmers
Emmylou Harris
Robert Glasper
The East Pointers
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Megadeth
Weird Al
City and Colour
Hey Rosetta!
July Talk
Megadeth
Weird Al
City and Colour
Hey Rosetta!
July Talk
Introduce yourself wit five concerts you’ve seen
Wilco
Zappa Plays Zappa
Joel Plaskett
Pearl jam
Matt Mays
Wilco
Zappa Plays Zappa
Joel Plaskett
Pearl jam
Matt Mays
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
U2
Great Lake Swimmers
Emmylou Harris
Robert Glasper
The East Pointers
U2
Great Lake Swimmers
Emmylou Harris
Robert Glasper
The East Pointers
The movie that takes place where you’re from.
There really can’t be another one because where I’m from doesn’t really exist anymore.
There really can’t be another one because where I’m from doesn’t really exist anymore.
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The movie that takes place where you’re from.
There really can’t be another one because where I’m from doesn’t really exist anymore.
There really can’t be another one because where I’m from doesn’t really exist anymore.
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This is a delight. Certainly connects with my Island Studies masters thesis.
This is a delight. Certainly connects with my Island Studies masters thesis.
'What I found in Lucy Maud Montgomery's pages was thrilling': Antonio of Green Gables | CBC Books
The Next Chapter's Trinidadian Canadian host recently travelled to the inaugural Cavendish Literary Festival in P.E.I. There, he visited Lucy Maud Montgomery's Cavendish home and fostered a new-found ...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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This is a delight. Certainly connects with my Island Studies masters thesis.
This is a delight. Certainly connects with my Island Studies masters thesis.
Have to say the destruction of this building is bothering me a lot. Not just because it’s causing me a detour on my walk to work but because it was one of the first things that made an impression on me when I arrived in Calgary for the first time in 1996.
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Have to say the destruction of this building is bothering me a lot. Not just because it’s causing me a detour on my walk to work but because it was one of the first things that made an impression on me when I arrived in Calgary for the first time in 1996.
Even in the inner city
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Even in the inner city
For Remembrance Day
youtu.be/hvDtGnTxRz4
youtu.be/hvDtGnTxRz4
NQ Arbuckle - Part Of A Poem By Alden Nowlan Called Ypres: 1915 (Official Audio)
YouTube video by NQ Arbuckle
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
For Remembrance Day
youtu.be/hvDtGnTxRz4
youtu.be/hvDtGnTxRz4
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Canadians were displeased when Harry, the Duke of Sussex, was seen wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap, not a Toronto Blue Jays cap, at Game 4 of the World Series. He apologized this week.
Prince Harry Apologizes to Canadians for Wearing an L.A. Dodgers Cap
Harry, who referred to the episode as “Hat Gate,” was seen wearing the cap at a World Series game in Los Angeles between the Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Canadians were displeased when Harry, the Duke of Sussex, was seen wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap, not a Toronto Blue Jays cap, at Game 4 of the World Series. He apologized this week.
Great Ron Sexsmith show at The Grand in Calgary. Ron never disappoints. Great to see Don Kerr as well.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Great Ron Sexsmith show at The Grand in Calgary. Ron never disappoints. Great to see Don Kerr as well.
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remember when they totally gonna move to north saanich because they valued both a semi-quiet life and keeping strong commonwealth ties
I’ve got serious constitutional questions now
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
remember when they totally gonna move to north saanich because they valued both a semi-quiet life and keeping strong commonwealth ties
Easily my favourite Blue Jay this year.
October 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Easily my favourite Blue Jay this year.
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