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I did not anticipate that the highlight of my weekend would be a 41-year-old history of Ottawa around the time of confederation but here we are
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I did not anticipate that the highlight of my weekend would be a 41-year-old history of Ottawa around the time of confederation but here we are
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Library Loot: October 29 to November 4
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October 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Library Loot: October 1 to 7
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October 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I spent a fantastic week in Iceland earlier this year (during a heatwave!) and finally shared some photos and thoughts
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Europe 2025: Iceland
Cool fall weather – and rain! glorious rain! – has finally arrived here after a long, warm summer and I am delighted. But summer felt especially long for me as it began in, of all place…
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September 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I spent a fantastic week in Iceland earlier this year (during a heatwave!) and finally shared some photos and thoughts
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This feels such a loss, a fine athlete and by all accounts I ever heard, a fine man.
Part of a generation of hockey fans’ memories. That image, as the P.M. says here, of him casually leaning, from a great height, on his stick.
Those Habs were ‘my’ team, he was their bulwark. Rest In Peace, sir.
Part of a generation of hockey fans’ memories. That image, as the P.M. says here, of him casually leaning, from a great height, on his stick.
Those Habs were ‘my’ team, he was their bulwark. Rest In Peace, sir.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s tribute to Montreal Canadiens legend Ken Dryden:
September 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This feels such a loss, a fine athlete and by all accounts I ever heard, a fine man.
Part of a generation of hockey fans’ memories. That image, as the P.M. says here, of him casually leaning, from a great height, on his stick.
Those Habs were ‘my’ team, he was their bulwark. Rest In Peace, sir.
Part of a generation of hockey fans’ memories. That image, as the P.M. says here, of him casually leaning, from a great height, on his stick.
Those Habs were ‘my’ team, he was their bulwark. Rest In Peace, sir.
A journey to Hell, a Byzantine slave, a classic Western, an Icelandic mystery, a frustrated music teacher, and life in the south of France: this week's Library Loot thecaptivereader.com/2025/09/03/l...
Library Loot: September 3 to 9
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September 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A journey to Hell, a Byzantine slave, a classic Western, an Icelandic mystery, a frustrated music teacher, and life in the south of France: this week's Library Loot thecaptivereader.com/2025/09/03/l...
Is there any better end of summer tradition than an agricultural fair? This one had a rodeo but, let's be serious, can that beat the excitement of finding out who arranged the most attractive sheaf of wheat?
September 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Is there any better end of summer tradition than an agricultural fair? This one had a rodeo but, let's be serious, can that beat the excitement of finding out who arranged the most attractive sheaf of wheat?
My summer luxury has been leaving a blanket at the office so each lunch hour I can take it and a book to a nearby park. Reading under a tree on a hot day is always idyllic but there's something especially wonderful and transgressive when it's sandwiched between hours of playing with Excel.
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My summer luxury has been leaving a blanket at the office so each lunch hour I can take it and a book to a nearby park. Reading under a tree on a hot day is always idyllic but there's something especially wonderful and transgressive when it's sandwiched between hours of playing with Excel.
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Almost Perfect: on Dorothy Evelyn Smith's "O, The Brave Music"
Almost Perfect: Dorothy Evelyn Smith, ‘O, The Brave Music’
Sometimes I think that was the happiest day of my life, those hours of heat and silence and colour, alone with David high up on the moor. But then I remember that I have said that of many other day…
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August 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Almost Perfect: on Dorothy Evelyn Smith's "O, The Brave Music"
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Library Loot: August 20 to 26
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August 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Library Loot: August 6 to 12
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August 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Library Loot: July 23 to 29
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July 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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A time-travelling detective, amateur theatrics, a loner math teacher finds love, a grandfather tries to save his family from a Christian militia, a not-quite-memoir, and essays on food and farming: this week in my Library Loot
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Library Loot: July 9 to 15
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July 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A time-travelling detective, amateur theatrics, a loner math teacher finds love, a grandfather tries to save his family from a Christian militia, a not-quite-memoir, and essays on food and farming: this week in my Library Loot
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I heard zero enthusiasm for Robertson Davies from the adults in my life while growing up so never read him. Surprise: he is funny!
July 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I heard zero enthusiasm for Robertson Davies from the adults in my life while growing up so never read him. Surprise: he is funny!
This week's Library Loot: short stories from Armenia, art history, and, most exciting of all, more Dorothy Dunnett
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Library Loot: June 25 to July 1
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June 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This week's Library Loot: short stories from Armenia, art history, and, most exciting of all, more Dorothy Dunnett
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Raiding a new library in this week's Library Loot thecaptivereader.com/2025/06/18/l...
Library Loot: June 18 to 24
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June 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Raiding a new library in this week's Library Loot thecaptivereader.com/2025/06/18/l...
Books, glorious books! This week's Library Loot thecaptivereader.com/2025/06/11/l...
Library Loot: June 11 to 17
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June 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Books, glorious books! This week's Library Loot thecaptivereader.com/2025/06/11/l...
Hurrah for the weekend! But also, how is it already Saturday? Time for a very belated bare-bones Library Loot: thecaptivereader.com/2025/06/07/l...
Library Loot: June 4 to 10
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June 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hurrah for the weekend! But also, how is it already Saturday? Time for a very belated bare-bones Library Loot: thecaptivereader.com/2025/06/07/l...
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Library Loot: May 28 to June 3
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May 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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So sorry to hear about the untimely death this week of Jill Sobule. I loved so many of her songs as teen (and still do), which had a sense of humour missing from many of my other favourite singer-songwriters
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Heroes
YouTube video by Jill Sobule - Topic
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May 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
So sorry to hear about the untimely death this week of Jill Sobule. I loved so many of her songs as teen (and still do), which had a sense of humour missing from many of my other favourite singer-songwriters
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I seem to finally be shaking off the reading curse that hung over me through most of April. Huzzah! Time to celebrate with more library books thecaptivereader.com/2025/04/30/l...
Library Loot: April 30 to May 6
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April 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I seem to finally be shaking off the reading curse that hung over me through most of April. Huzzah! Time to celebrate with more library books thecaptivereader.com/2025/04/30/l...
Shakespeare and Myself by George Mikes for the #1952Club thecaptivereader.com/2025/04/24/s...
Shakespeare and Myself – George Mikes
It has taken until almost the end of April but here I finally am with my first review of the year! All credit goes to Simon and Karen for hosting the 1952 Club, which, as these clubs tend to do, su…
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April 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Shakespeare and Myself by George Mikes for the #1952Club thecaptivereader.com/2025/04/24/s...
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This book provided a real flavor of 1952, which I wasn't expecting but found fascinating - The Far Country by Nevil Shute perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
The Far Country by Nevil Shute, for the 1952 Club
The Far Country, Nevil Shute, review
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April 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This book provided a real flavor of 1952, which I wasn't expecting but found fascinating - The Far Country by Nevil Shute perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
