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wmtc has moved
Wmtc is now located at Substack: here.
canadians: please sign a new petition to help protect an endangered species from profit-driven abuse
Late last year, I blogged about Canada's shameful role in ongoing and illegal animal abuse: the importation of long-tailed macaques, an endangered species of monkey, for use in drug experiments.…
canadians: please sign a new petition to help protect an endangered species from profit-driven abuse
Late last year, I blogged about Canada's shameful role in ongoing and illegal animal abuse: the importation of long-tailed macaques, an endangered species of monkey, for use in drug experiments.…
pupdate: surgery was a success, now for the long haul
Here's Cookie post-TPLO surgery, day one. It was rough getting her home -- pain, disorientation, incontinence, and a three-hour drive. One bad night, to be expected. This morning she was…
pupdate: surgery was a success, now for the long haul
Here's Cookie post-TPLO surgery, day one. It was rough getting her home -- pain, disorientation, incontinence, and a three-hour drive. One bad night, to be expected. This morning she was…
history alert: the american revolution was a revolution. full stop.
This post has been sitting in draft for years. July 4, 2025 seems like a good time to let it go.Detail of Liberty, artist unknown, c.1820I have heard from several…
history alert: the american revolution was a revolution. full stop.
This post has been sitting in draft for years. July 4, 2025 seems like a good time to let it go.Detail of Liberty, artist unknown, c.1820I have heard from several…
pupdate: sad (but not that saddest) news
Our Cookie has a torn ACL and needs surgery. Surgery itself brings worry and concern and inconvenience, and of course, massive expense. But none of that is the worst part.…
pupdate: sad (but not that saddest) news
Our Cookie has a torn ACL and needs surgery. Surgery itself brings worry and concern and inconvenience, and of course, massive expense. But none of that is the worst part.…
celebrating indigenous people’s day with a beautiful evening in the port hardy library
We always host something special for Indigenous Peoples Day at the Port Hardy Library, and this year was our best program yet. That wasn't because of the numbers of people…
celebrating indigenous people’s day with a beautiful evening in the port hardy library
We always host something special for Indigenous Peoples Day at the Port Hardy Library, and this year was our best program yet. That wasn't because of the numbers of people…
rtod: where freedom is concerned, do not wait for others to present it to you
Revolutionary thought of the day:Mrs Touchet was confused. "All I intended to say was that I feel confident that the arguments I heard today, on the Downs, although at the…
rtod: where freedom is concerned, do not wait for others to present it to you
Revolutionary thought of the day:Mrs Touchet was confused. "All I intended to say was that I feel confident that the arguments I heard today, on the Downs, although at the…
photos are posted
Photos from our recent trip to Tulsa, Kansas City, and St. Louis are now on Flickr. I'll also link each post to its album page.My photos on Flickr are somewhat…
photos are posted
Photos from our recent trip to Tulsa, Kansas City, and St. Louis are now on Flickr. I'll also link each post to its album page.My photos on Flickr are somewhat…
coming up for air: two thoughts on aging from george orwell
I came upon these passages in George Orwell's 1939 novel, Coming Up for Air. They seem very appropriate to me today.* * * *The change in his appearance after twenty…
coming up for air: two thoughts on aging from george orwell
I came upon these passages in George Orwell's 1939 novel, Coming Up for Air. They seem very appropriate to me today.* * * *The change in his appearance after twenty…