Monthly Archives: December 2017

Is the Moon a Balloon?

Posted on December 18, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  Jonathan Cainer’s Guide to the Zodiac Jonathan died in 2016. He would have been 60 years old today. It’s taken me a while to get around to that fact. I read his daily horoscopes in the Daily Mail, the … Continue reading →

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The Hills Are Alive…

Posted on December 18, 2017 by cdsmiller17

…with The Sound of Music Why this one has become a Christmas film, I don’t know. But I suspect it’s because of the theme of family, in this case, the Trapp Family Singers. “Based on the memoir The Story of … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Youth: 3

Posted on December 17, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  Between a Rock and a Hard Place I wasn’t sure if I could find an image that could conjure up my memory from the age of twelve. This one is from England, while my adventure took place in Muskoka, … Continue reading →

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The Reawakening of Magic

Posted on December 16, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  Once Upon A Time – Season 7 It took awhile. The reset to give an adult Henry his own neverending story was going to be a stretch, once you took the Savior (Emma Swann) out of the equation. Last … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Youth: 2

Posted on December 16, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  Turning 450° Just a hundred metres north from where we were shot at in 1964 is the top of a hill on Highway 93 that has a fairly steep grade. (I can attest to the endurance it takes to … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Youth: 1

Posted on December 15, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  The Night Someone Shot at Us In the summer of 1964, I started working at the Roxy Theatre in Barrie. We lived in Dalston, 15 kilometres away. It was too far to walk home at night after the shows … Continue reading →

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Passing of a Legendary Photographer

Posted on December 14, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  Glenn Capers (1950 – 2017) I heard yesterday that Glenn had died on Monday of this week, in Colorado Springs. He was 67. I had the honour of erecting his birth chart, with his permission. Here it is:   … Continue reading →

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Marriage

Posted on December 13, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  Let’s face it, I’m scared; Although I know I could have fared Better the first time if I’d been With someone as loving as you: But the trepidation, that’s unseen By your eyes, is all that I can view. … Continue reading →

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It’s a Sign of the Times

Posted on December 13, 2017 by cdsmiller17

    Just Stop Your Crying Two things happened last night: Noah Mac was eliminated from The Voice after singing “Sign of the Times” and ‘Harry Styles: Live in Manchester’ was aired on CTV. Harry’s final tune was (you guessed … Continue reading →

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Back to the ‘Hood, Babyhood

Posted on December 12, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  I Am Born Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. (David Copperfield) My mother recorded my birth details in my … Continue reading →

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