Tag Archives: books

On Location with “Anne with an E”

Posted on October 17, 2018 by

Green Gables (but not as we remember it) These days, if you want to portray a part of Canada in the 1890’s, you need to film in Ontario. It turns out that some of the country in and around Millbrook, … Continue reading →

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A Humble Perspective

Posted on September 12, 2018 by

Spirits That Come For A Human Experience This is the 2007 follow-up book to Jamie Best’s Fountain booklet, The Naked Heart. When I contacted Jamie via Facebook in August, he told me about it. He offered to let me read a … Continue reading →

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The Illuminati

Posted on September 11, 2018 by

  Angels & Demons Although Ron Howard’s filmed version of Dan Brown’s book follows The Da Vinci Code this book actually precedes it. I’m not sure if Dan Brown has something against the Roman Catholic Church or whether its need for … Continue reading →

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Seasons as Time Passages

Posted on September 3, 2018 by

Doctor Zhivago I’m almost finished reading this classic 20th Century novel. The overall impression I have is the use of the changing seasons to show the passage of time. The movie by David Lean more or less followed the same … Continue reading →

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Neale Donald Walsch: Devil’s Advocate?

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

The New Revelations This is the fifth book by Neale Donald Walsch that I’ve read, and I suspect it will be the last. It’s not that I don’t appreciate his message, because I do, it’s just that his method of … Continue reading →

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Justice: Does It Exist Anymore?

Posted on June 28, 2018 by

Lady Justice without a blindfold I was reading a novel this week which raised some very serious questions about the legal system in Canada. The premise of the story was that some senior members of the judicial system in Ontario … Continue reading →

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I’m an Anglophile from “Way Back When”

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

Roy of the Rovers Our Uncle Keith went to England with his family in 1960. He was working for Macmillan Publishers. That didn’t affect me, as a ten-year-old, until he started to send presents back home to me, the first … Continue reading →

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