macphear
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Books, running, music YYC/PEI he/him
Here are my favourite reads from 2025. Really happy to say that the Giller and Booker winners were great this year. I read more more non-fiction than usual. Nice to see Ian McEwan back in top form.
December 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Here are my favourite reads from 2025. Really happy to say that the Giller and Booker winners were great this year. I read more more non-fiction than usual. Nice to see Ian McEwan back in top form.
Listened to these new records on vinyl quite a lot this year. All acts I’ve enjoyed seeing live, most of them numerous times. Jason Isbell is the only new one this year. Great show at the Big Four during Stampede.
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Listened to these new records on vinyl quite a lot this year. All acts I’ve enjoyed seeing live, most of them numerous times. Jason Isbell is the only new one this year. Great show at the Big Four during Stampede.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
When your favourite singer/songwriter plays a show in your neighbourhood you have to go! Catherine MacLellan great show as always with excellent support from Tim Leacock. Really love the new songs.
September 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When your favourite singer/songwriter plays a show in your neighbourhood you have to go! Catherine MacLellan great show as always with excellent support from Tim Leacock. Really love the new songs.