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Irreverent essays on writing, storytelling, creativity, nature, and art, by an award-winning Canadian writer. Join me in exploring stories worth living in.
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The dream of the Great Auk (opens the original)
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Studies have shown that birds experience REM sleep much like mammals do, which suggests that they dream.The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is driven to extinction in the modern era by Europeans who hunt and kill the bird for its down, used to make pillows. The bird’s demise is hastened further by its own increasing rarity, as museums and collectors are willing to pay enticing sums for specimens, money that proves irresistible to poor fishers and sheepherders.The very last colony of great auks su
I’ve got old books and AI can’t have them (opens the original)
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My wife and I are currently selling our house and moving, mostly in order to be closer to our daughter and grandkids. Another reason for the move was the basement flooding during the recent record-breaking rain here. I managed to save most of the books that I kept in the basement, but the water crisis gave us a needed kick in the rear about finally making a decision to move. So I’ve boxed up much of my book collection now, and doing that has got me thinking about books as part of the furniture o
Charm (opens the original)
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As fake things proliferate and it feels like truth and authenticity are getting harder to find or hold onto, I’ve been trying to keep grounded by paying more attention to actual physical objects and experiences. Things that can’t be doubted, that machines can’t simulate or do for us. Yet. Like eating a plum.A plum is an undeniably real thing. Eating one is a real event. Some day a technology could be invented that will allow me to have a simulated experience of eating a plum. Would I be able to
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