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LETTER FROM VIRGIL: October 2011
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The universe is made of stories, not atoms." (Muriel Rukeyser) This is our family's universe of stories. Saturday, October 29, 2011. A friend who knows that I worked in Russia from 1995 to 1997 asked me what I thought about the latest news out of that country. He mentioned the game of 'musical chairs' apparently. Medvedev kept the president's seat warm for him- -he can now run again for the presidency. And it appears that that is exactly what he intends to do. To 'what else would you expect? Russia is an...
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LETTER FROM VIRGIL: April 2012
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The universe is made of stories, not atoms." (Muriel Rukeyser) This is our family's universe of stories. Saturday, April 28, 2012. Potluck Posting from Virgil. I hope you will find something you can enjoy! A New Niagara Winery. Last week we visited the Megalomaniac Winery. Which is carved out of the rock at the crest of the Niagara Escarpment, above the town of Vineland. Before we go on, we better deal with the name. The entrance to the winery is through high, totally splendid oak doors. The man at the t...
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LETTER FROM VIRGIL: March 2012
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The universe is made of stories, not atoms." (Muriel Rukeyser) This is our family's universe of stories. Thursday, March 22, 2012. Of Cash and Cards. You may have seen a recent news report. That Sweden is rapidly going cashless. The article said that Sweden, which was the first European country (in 1661) to introduce bank notes, is now leading the way to their elimination. The article reminded me of a few stories that I have been wanting to tell. I hadn't seen a US dollar coin before. The cashier scowled...
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LETTER FROM VIRGIL: November 2011
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The universe is made of stories, not atoms." (Muriel Rukeyser) This is our family's universe of stories. Saturday, November 26, 2011. And a Mysterious Artist. Addition to Posting #131. Images of two more paintings by the Russian artist Piganov have been added to the end of this posting, through the kindness of the owner of the paintings, Jürgen Brauweiler (nickname, Jules), of. A description of how this came about is included with the new pictures. March 13, 2012. Tourists love flea markets. After wander...
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LETTER FROM VIRGIL: December 2011
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The universe is made of stories, not atoms." (Muriel Rukeyser) This is our family's universe of stories. Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Although the weather this fall has been unseasonably mild, the calendar insists that winter is fast approaching. I am feeling strong ancestral urgings to put the tools away in the barn, and push my feet into the oven for at least part of the winter- -as I did last year. This, therefore, will be the last Letter from Virgil Posting until February 12, 2012. On January 1, 2012.
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LETTER FROM VIRGIL: February 2012
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The universe is made of stories, not atoms." (Muriel Rukeyser) This is our family's universe of stories. Saturday, February 25, 2012. On Becoming a Road Warrior. It was a few days before Christmas in 1994 and I was flying home from. Two colleagues and I had just spent a couple of weeks in Russia trying to decide whether we would recommend that the Canadian Government submit a bid for a two-year World Bank contract to construct some 20 model employment offices from Moscow to the Pacific Ocean. For two yea...
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LETTER FROM VIRGIL: September 2011
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The universe is made of stories, not atoms." (Muriel Rukeyser) This is our family's universe of stories. Saturday, September 17, 2011. About Harold Pinter and Tools. Last week we had dinner with old friends, David and Mary, from Ottawa who were in town for their annual theatre swing through Niagara-on-the-Lake and Stratford. Out of that dinner came the two items in this Posting- -my thanks to our very good friends! We accepted, with delight. Last Sunday we drove to Stratford. A well-dressed women, in per...