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Victoria, My Father and All of His Tobacco, They Loved You
Reid Dickie Today is Victoria Day in Canada, a national holiday celebrating the life of Queen Victoria and her huge contribution to Canada! Okay…ummm. To celebrate the occasion, in my heading I… more →
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Victoria, My Father and All of His Tobacco, They Loved You
wrote 1 year ago: Reid Dickie Today is Victoria Day in Canada, a national holiday celebrating the life of Queen Victor … more →
Nothing Virtual About It
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wrote 1 year ago: Reid Dickie Six weeks after I had double bypass heart surgery in 2002, I wrote this piece about heal … more →
The Faces of War
wrote 1 year ago: Reid Dickie Eleven years ago today my dad, Bruce Dickie, died. He was 83. I miss him every day. I wr … more →
Top Five Regrets of the Dying
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wrote 1 year ago: Bronnie Ware For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home t … more →
Happy Deathday John Lennon
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wrote 1 year ago: “Life is what happens when you are making other plans.” John Lennon was assassinated on … more →
Happy Birthday Tom Waits
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wrote 1 year ago: “I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.” The genius in the basement turns 62 years ol … more →
Happy Deathday Frank Zappa
wrote 1 year ago: “You can’t write a chord ugly enough to say what you want sometimes, so you have to rely … more →
Happy Deathday George Harrison
wrote 1 year ago: “I’d join a band with John Lennon anyday, but I wouldn’t join a band with Paul McC … more →
My First Shamanic Journey
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wrote 1 year ago: Reid Dickie Today I celebrate the 17th anniversary of my first shamanic journey on November 11, 1994 … more →
Happy Birthday Joni Mitchell
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wrote 1 year ago: “I learned a woman is never an old woman.” Joni Mitchell is 68 today. Her recent years h … more →
Happy Birthday k. d. lang
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wrote 1 year ago: “You have to respect your audience.Without them, you’re essentially standing alone, sing … more →
Happy Deathday Federico Fellini
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wrote 1 year ago: “Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginar … more →
Happy Deathdiscoveryday - Richard Brautigan
wrote 1 year ago: American poet Richard Brautigan was found in front of a large picture window overlooking the Pacific … more →
Happy Deathday Jack Kerouac
wrote 1 year ago: Jack Kerouac successfully drank himself to death on this day in 1969. After years of alcohol abuse, … more →
Happy Birthday e. e. cummings
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wrote 1 year ago: Edward Estlin Cummings, born this day in 1894, spent most of his lower case life discovering preciou … more →
Happy Birthday Lenny Bruce
wrote 1 year ago: If Lenny Bruce had not been born on this day in 1925, today’s comedy would all be shtick and b … more →
Happy Deathday Janis Joplin
wrote 1 year ago: Where have you gone, Janis? Morrison and Hendrix have nether careers but you seem to have fallen thr … more →
Happy Birthday Mahatma Gandhi
wrote 1 year ago: Reporter: “What do you think of Western Civilization?” Gandhi: “I think it would b … more →
Happy Birthday Van Morrison
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wrote 1 year ago: “Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag … more →
