World Turtle Day

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#122. Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Scream.

'This list, of the greatest albums made by women between 1964 and the present, is an intervention, a remedy, a correction of the historical record, and hopefully the start of a new conversation.'

baroque guitar.

Bach, Variatio 25 from Goldberg Variations (Catrin Finch, harp)

David Grisman, Chili Dawg.

mockingbird.

The Manhattan Transfer, Live 2018.

Monday, 2018 May 21

Our mayor writes: 'The Town Of Midland and the Beausoleil First Nation will be entering into ... a formalization of how we will cooperate in economic development, land use planning, and generally the sharing of a common geography.  The Town Of Midland is established on the Traditional and Treaty Territory of the Beausoleil First Nation.... This formal recognition is long overdue.'

'When I am asked, "What, in your view, is the worst human rights problem in the world today?" I reply: "Absolute poverty." This is not the answer most journalists expect. It is neither sexy nor legalistic. But it is true.'--Mary Robinson, 7th President of Ireland.

watched the agenda (a powerful presence in the senate; the rise of forest schools; making progress on disability issues).

my latest art, eleven.

Tuesday, 2018 May 22

Betty Williams (Nobel Peace Prize laureate), who said, 'Arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.'

watched the agenda (preventative medicine 101; ontario's medical future; ontario's medical future).

Wednesday, 2018 May 23

Lisa Richardson of Ontario Nature says it's a 'not so happy World Turtle Day: All Ontario turtles are now at risk.... [Last month] the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada designated the midland painted turtle as Special Concern. This means that all of Ontario’s eight turtle species are now at risk of disappearing from the province....

But there is hope. You can help reduce turtle road mortality by driving with caution.... You can also submit your turtle sightings to the Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas. We use data from the atlas to monitor turtle populations across the province and to develop conservation strategies.'

went to the all-candidates meeting. watched nature (the world's most wanted animal) and nova (can we make life?; extreme animal weapons).

Thursday, 2018 May 24

hot water tank delivery. watched the agenda (the changing minds of ontario voters).

Friday, 2018 May 25

watched the agenda (mike schreiner and the green party platform). played scrabble.

Saturday, 2018 May 26

susan went on an outing to beausoleil (part of georgian bay islands national park) with the field naturalists. later she watched the salt of the earth while i did art.

The Star points out that 'environment is one of the areas the [Ontario] Liberals can be proudest of.... They phased out coal-generation of electricity,... established the Green Belt,... set up cap-and-trade. Of course, the Liberals stumbled as well.... The real danger to progress ... comes from the PCs.' IN10, 2018-05-26.

Sunday, 2018 May 27

it's been a cbc kind of day. first we listened to choral concert with katherine duncan, then in concert with paulo pietropaulo, phil dwyer's jazz canada, the afterdark stream with odario williams, and randy bachman's vinyl tap. we also watched the leaders' debate.