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- Gentle spirit mourned - Ottawa Sun
Hamel routinely warned drivers trying to find a convenient parking spot they would be ticketed and never asked for money. He was the "information centre of Ottawa," Boyd said. "The unofficial diplomat and his dog. The best street-level ambassador ...
- Northern People: Seeing the big picture (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Being in nature requires the same acute observational powers as does the medical profession, Ken Gum said. Those abilities also help Gum form his philosophical views on life, friendship, marriage and family and were the inspiration for turning his reflections into the poetry and essays he recently collected into a book he titled "Excess Baggage."
- Morton Library turns 100 - Daily Freeman & Sunday Freeman
RHINECLIFF - Join the residents of Rhinecliff as they celebrate their library's 100th birthday with an all-day and all-night celebration. Morton Memorial Library and Community House in Rhinecliff will celebrate its centennial at the library's annual ...
- Parting gifts for Martin's mate - BBC News
What's the power of poetry? As a parting gift, Martin McGuinness presented Ian Paisley with a couple of hand-written poems. Mr McGuinness wrote one of the poems himself One was a passage from Seamus Heaney's The Cure At Troy in the laureate's own ...
- Miles Kington Remembered: For rulings on the English language ... - Independent
Miles Kington Remembered: For rulings on the English language ...Independent, UK - 9 hours agoReverting to the rhyming dictionary, it does occur to me that modern poetry has more or less abandoned rhyme, and poets will have no use for a rhyming ...
- Physician's poem gets AMA nod for publication - Everything Alabama
After a stressful day at his Huntsville medical practice, Dr. Scott Williams heads home and writes poetry. After years of penning verse mostly for himself, the 40-year-old family physician will soon have a national audience. The Journal of the ...
- Lakeside homes on tour July 16 (Akron Beacon Journal)
The Akron Symphony Guild's popular Portage Lakes home tour returns July 16, but you need to order your tickets soon.
- LUNCH WITH BS: Akhil gupta (Business Standard India)
Whether it is investing in companies or shopping for ties, Akhil Gupta looks for value. The nattily-dressed chairman and managing director of private equity player Blackstone Advisors, India, is not really into big brands, preferring to buy good lookalikes at half or one-third the price.
- Religion Briefs (Pasadena Star-News)
Church to hold informal chats SOUTH PASADENA - "One might call it `Coffee Hour on the Green,"' says Elder Chuck Latting, Evangelism chairman of Calvary Presbyterian Church, 1050 Fremont Ave.
- Namibia: Warner Releases Debut Album (AllAfrica.com)
Namibian R&B singer/songwriter, Christi Warner, last week released her debut album entitled I Found My Rhythm to local Windhoek-based music shops such as Universal Sounds & Mono Music, it was announced in a press statement.
- Salalah Tourism Festival kicks off in Oman - Middle East Online
Middle East OnlineSalalah Tourism Festival kicks off in OmanMiddle East Online, UK - 2 hours agoThe programmes will also include poetry sessions, fun or get-together sessions and many similar programmes in which Omani Women"s Association and Al Wafa ...
- See how the kids do it at the National Circus School - Hour.ca
Hour.caSee how the kids do it at the National Circus SchoolHour.ca, Canada - 1 hour agoTwo directors have created a two-part performance this year: In Dried Leaves, Peter James borrows from poetry to deliver a history of love as told through ...
- Masters Day is celebrated in Lewistown (The Canton Daily Ledger)
LEWISTOWN -- Lewistown honored its hometown poet Edgar Lee Masters with the 19th Masters Day on June 7, sponsored by the Lewistown Chamber of Commerce.
- Want to own a Dylan? - Pocklington Post
Want to own a Dylan?Pocklington Post, UK - 14 hours agoThe watercolour and gouache paintings were created during 2007 and are said to visually echo the stylistic hallmarks of Dylan's prose, poetry and music. ...
- Weakening Signals (Washington Post)
Bill Watson might play a four-hour piece by Bach, and then slap it on again, just because he felt like it. Or he might interrupt a Mahler symphony mid-spin, deciding instead to recite poetry or blend news bulletins with reports from his "Roman Empire correspondent," Edward Gibbon.
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