Saturday, April 25, 2026
"Madame George" by Van Morrison
Monday, June 9, 2025
"Into The Mystic" by Van Morrison
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| Trout River, 1991 |
Also, younger than the sun
'Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly
Into the mystic
I will be coming home
Yeah, when that fog horn blows
I wanna hear it
I don't have to fear it
Just like way back in the days of old
Then magnificently we will float
Into the mystic
You know I will be coming home
Yeah, when that fog horn whistle blows
I gotta hear it
I don't have to fear it
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will float
Into the mystic
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison
| From the Champlain Bridge, 2011 |
Also, younger than the sun
'Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly
Into the mystic
I will be coming home
Yeah, when that fog horn blows
I wanna hear it
I don't have to fear it
Just like way back in the days of old
Then magnificently we will float
Into the mystic
You know I will be coming home
Yeah, when that fog horn whistle blows
I gotta hear it
I don't have to fear it
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will float
Into the mystic
Sunday, December 17, 2023
"Rave on, John Donne" by Van Morrison
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| John Donne, 1572 - 1631 |
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
"No More Lockdown" by Van Morrison
| In NYC |
No more government overreach
No more fascist police
Disturbing our peace
No more taking of our freedom
And our God-given rights
Pretending it's for our safety
When it's really to enslave
Who's running our country?
Who's running our world?
Examine it closely
And watch it unfurl
No more threats
No more imperial college
Scientists making up crooked facts
No more lockdown
No more pulling the wool over our eyes
No more celebrities telling us
Telling us what we're supposed to feel
No more status quo
Put your shoulder to the wind
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more government overreach
No more fascist police
Disturbing our peace
No more taking our freedom
And our God-given rights
Pretending it's for our safety
When it's really to enslave
Who's running our country?
Who's running our world?
Examine it closely
And watch it unfurl
No more threats
No more imperial college scientists
Making up crooked facts
No more lockdown
No more pulling the wool over our eyes
No more celebrities telling us
How we're supposed to feel
No more status quo
Gotta put your shoulder to the wind
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
No more lockdown
Monday, December 27, 2021
The Leonard Cohen memorial postage stamp
Here are photos of a Canada Post delivery truck advertising new postage stamps in memory of Leonard Cohen. I have never really been a fan of Leonard Cohen's poetry but I do like some of his songs; Leonard Cohen has written some of the best popular music since 1970. But for a great poem made into a song listen to Patrick Kavanaugh's "Raglan Road", sung by Van Morrison, The Chieftains, The Dubliners, and a few others; what a great lyrical, emotionally moving, and loving poem. It takes a great poet to write about love, unrequited love, romantic love, or sexual love. Cohen is a great song writer, along with Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and, best of all, Van Morrison. But Cohen is not a great poet, Kavanaugh is a great poet. "Suzanne" is a great song, one of Cohen's better songs, but placed beside Kavanaugh's "Raglan Road", Cohen's "Suzanne is only a good song; it's Patrick Kavanaugh's poem that I keep returning to. Poetry trumps song writing.
Monday, July 12, 2021
In the Garden
We don't have a large backyard, which in some ways is perhaps an advantage. The main disadvantage is that it is quite shady. This photo was taken in early November 2009. |
Before I began working on the back yard garden I planted pots on the patio. July 2011 |
Back yard in July 2011 |
Our ginkgo tree, on our front lawn, July 2011; not sure if it was planted in 2009 or 2010 |

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