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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Is there a secret to clear sailing?


Clear sailing?


Clear paddling?

[Photos GAH]
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Posted by Gord Harrison aka G. Harrison
Labels: conservation, consumption, consumption tax, Lake Erie, lifestyle, live small, Live Small and Prosper, Port Bruce, simple life, small pleasures, Zoom w a View

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GO WEST, YOUNG MAN

GO WEST, YOUNG MAN
"A photo from along the way"

From London, Canada

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G. Harrison
London, Ontario, Canada
"live small, live simply" is my motto. In my most recent column "Once again I’m enjoying my walks in downtown London" (May 24 issue of The Londoner) I share a few details about why walking for 'fun and fitness' is important to me and what I see in London while walking. Will I see you walkin' the streets some day? Please read the intro to my column below, then link to the whole ball of wax.
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Gord's weekly column - It Strikes Me Funny

Once again I’m enjoying my walks in downtown London

If the title of this week’s column sounds familiar it proves that you’ve been paying attention. And you deserve a very high score! The exact words in the title appeared in last week’s column, under a photograph of the fountain at the Forks of the Thames. (If you already knew that, add ten more points).

(The link below will transport you to the full article at the speed of hydro. Cheers).

It Strikes Me Funny - May 24, 2012

Recommended Reading

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"One of Gord's books"

Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading
"One of Gord's books"

Link to 'Gord's Books'

  • "Dad, Well Done" (Naval Memoirs)
  • It Strikes Me Funny Volume 2

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      • “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN”: Day 5 - Photos from along th...
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      • The Lite News: Could the Nissan Cube be used for s...
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      • pretend this is real textng
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  • "Wanted - Ice shelves and Ozone"
  • “Frustrated about traffic congestion? Greater concerns are coming.”
  • Catch-44, the progress trap and the greedy monkey
  • "Warren Buffett, pay more taxes!"
  • Food bubbles, water bubbles in the air
  • Job Summit, London Ontario
  • Climate change and the limits of growth
  • “Taxes take 41% of pay” Gasp??
  • Live Small: Time (again) to declutter
  • Harperville: Smoke and fire down your pants
  • It's time for Frontier Stew
  • The NHL has a 'small' problem
  • Deep in Debt: What is this world coming to?
  • "Thing$ Going North $$"
  • Memory Lane: Dad's 'Navy Days' are meaningful now
  • "Ever tasted a Sh-t Sandwich?"
  • Help! London falls to number 11!
  • First, kill the cod
  • Economic Plan: Get small before you get low

London & Area Links

  • Gord Harrison, Columnist @ The Londoner
  • Hit Songs, Lyrics & Prose by G. Harrison
  • Glen Pearson - The Parallel Parliament
  • Robert Pegg - Sonny Drysdale Presents
  • Carmi Levy - Written Inc.
  • Jane Harrison - Life Doesn't Begin at Retirement

Followers keep me honest. Honest!

Read This...

  • Death of the Liberal Class
  • Little House on a Small Planet
  • Under a Green Sky: Global warming, mass extinctions
  • song for the blue ocean
  • Saving Planet Earth
  • Climate Wars
  • The Politics of Oil
  • The Suicidal Planet: How to prevent global climate catastrophe
  • The Upside of Down
  • The Long Emergency
  • Into Thin Air
  • A Sense of Place
  • The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering our place in nature
  • HEAT: How to stop the planet from burning
  • A Short History of Progress
  • The End of Food
  • The Omnivore's Dilemma
  • Ecoholic
  • The Virtuous Consumer
  • The Little Green Handbook

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What will we pass on to future generations?

"Past, present and future form a continuum in which each generation inherits a world shaped by the actions of its forebears and holds it in trust for all generations to come."

The Sacred Balance by David Suzuki