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Don’t Underestimate Slugs
The CBC has an article today about dogs and dog owners. Down near the bottom I came across this quote from famous Canadian author, Yann Martel.
“Stories are only useful for us. Animals don’t have stories,” said Martel, pointing out, for example, that telling the story of a slug from the slug’s point of view serves no purpose for that creature. “And it’ll be quite dull for us, because a slug has a very limited intellect.”
Well, I have this to say to Mr. Martel – you should read my book Sluggo the Smug Slug. Perhaps then you wouldn’t be so smug about your own opinion!
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The Mountain & Me
Filed under Great Hikes, Poetry, Sketching, Typecasting, Uncategorized
Craft Brew
Victoria has been at the centre of the craft brewing revolution since the early 1980’s. My travels today lead to a local brewery, which began as a small microbrewery and grew into a major operation, making a variety of wonderful craft beers.
Filed under Beer, Poetry, Sketching, Typecasting, Uncategorized
Latest Developments
Today’s ride took me to a huge fenced off field on the edge of downtown that was once a heavily polluted industrial site. The gates were open so I ignored the No Trespassing signs and rode my bike to a good spot where I sketched an old power station and a working asphalt plant. While I was there, several cars arrived and the folks walked out into the empty field at my back. Later on while drinking an expensive coffee at a nearby sidewalk cafe, I met two gents I’d seen at the field and we had a brief chat, whereupon they informed me that the acreage in question was going to be developed in a few years, once the master plan was ready.
Filed under Poetry, Sketching, Uncategorized
Free Books & Wine Tasting
Filed under Books, Poetry, Sketching, Typecasting, Uncategorized
Schlitzenberger
I wrote this book over a year ago but I just got around to putting it up on Kindle. This is the 3rd part of a series that began with The Magic Typer, and continued with A Year in the Life of a Poet. Starting tomorrow July 12 at 0000 hrs PDT, you can get The Magic Typer ebook free until Wednesday July 12 at midnight.
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nathanguitars 