John Kelly – INSPIRED

DEE LIPPINGWELL: A MOMENT IN TIME FOR ALL TIME

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DEE LIPPINGWELL: A MOMENT IN TIME FOR ALL TIME

“I started taking pictures. My grandfather taught me. I actually won my first camera with my grandfather ...

“I started taking pictures. My grandfather taught me. I actually won my first camera with my grandfather when I was five. It was a see-through box camera.” This is a simple story about a girl and her ...

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DANIEL LAPP: DOUBLE STOP AND PLAY ON

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DANIEL LAPP: DOUBLE STOP AND PLAY ON

Daniel Lapp is more than an engrossing Wikipedia read, but I’d start there. It’ll tell you of his prowess ...

Daniel Lapp is more than an engrossing Wikipedia read, but I’d start there. It’ll tell you of his prowess on the trumpet, voice (not at the same time), and violin, how he’s collected and written thous ...

February 24, 2022
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TOMMY TRANSIT: We’re All On The Same Bus

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TOMMY TRANSIT: We’re All On The Same Bus

Getting there, they say, is half the fun. If Tom Tompkins, a.k.a. Tommy Transit continues to have his way ...

Getting there, they say, is half the fun. If Tom Tompkins, a.k.a. Tommy Transit continues to have his way, getting there may even become three quarters of it. Altruism. Tommy learned it from an early ...

May 27, 2021
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FRED PENNER: MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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FRED PENNER: MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd ...

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;–Robert Frost Critics dis ...

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Buffy Sainte-Marie: Declaration

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Buffy Sainte-Marie: Declaration

A flash in the pan: when an old musket’s gunpowder flared up without a bullet being fired. Ineffectual, n ...

A flash in the pan: when an old musket’s gunpowder flared up without a bullet being fired. Ineffectual, no consequence. That was the literal meaning. Today, the meaning, the figurative one, refers to ...

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Sass Jordan: No Labels

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Sass Jordan: No Labels

“Labels, they belong on pigeonholes. No one is just one thing. No one needs to remain what they have been ...

“Labels, they belong on pigeonholes. No one is just one thing. No one needs to remain what they have been.”–Jamaal Stints Pull no punches. Timing is everything. Live each day as though it were your la ...

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Murray McLauchlan: From a Kid From the City to You

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Murray McLauchlan: From a Kid From the City to You

“Would you like to do a piece on Murray McLauchlan?” the editor asked. I couldn’t say ‘sure’ fast enough. ...

“Would you like to do a piece on Murray McLauchlan?” the editor asked. I couldn’t say ‘sure’ fast enough. I was all set, then my father went and had a heart attack. The nerve of him. The interview, th ...

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Where Compassion and Empathy Intersect

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Where Compassion and Empathy Intersect

They say charity begins at home. I’m not so sure. Kent Macaulay grew up on a grain farm in southwestern S ...

They say charity begins at home. I’m not so sure. Kent Macaulay grew up on a grain farm in southwestern Saskatchewan. Wholesome. Canadian. Fibrous. Like many, he gave to charities and causes when and ...

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Darling, You Got to Let Me Know

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Darling, You Got to Let Me Know

It’s like playing the stock market – hang on, hang in, patience… jump! Knowing when to leave your home to ...

It’s like playing the stock market – hang on, hang in, patience… jump! Knowing when to leave your home to downsize or to move to a retirement or assisted-living environment is a delicate balancing act ...

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Evelyn Hart: En Pointe

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Evelyn Hart: En Pointe

“My sister has an exceptional voice, a natural voice. My other sister has quite a wonderful voice, and my ...

“My sister has an exceptional voice, a natural voice. My other sister has quite a wonderful voice, and my brother had perfect pitch. That’s why I ended up in dance. Everyone else had their particular ...

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Off the Cuff by Design

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Off the Cuff by Design

“Carve your own course on the sea, or risk being lulled by the wind and coerced by the current.” -Alfred ...

“Carve your own course on the sea, or risk being lulled by the wind and coerced by the current.” -Alfred J. Beckwith If you have never commissioned or captained an enormous and beautiful yacht, you mi ...

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Mr. Dressed Up

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Mr. Dressed Up

“If you can lose your head while all about are keeping theirs, you will be a mannequin.” Kipyard Rudling ...

“If you can lose your head while all about are keeping theirs, you will be a mannequin.” Kipyard Rudling What better way to get dressed than to have someone else dress you? I’m not sure, but I don’t t ...

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Paddling to the Beat of Their Own Drummer

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Paddling to the Beat of Their Own Drummer

You’d be forgiven if you questioned your sanity. Out of the mist atop the glass-like water of a cool, blu ...

You’d be forgiven if you questioned your sanity. Out of the mist atop the glass-like water of a cool, blue lake comes the head of a dragon. In its belly more than a dozen silver-haired women are paddl ...

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Late Bloomer

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Late Bloomer

It’s never too late. And if you bristle at that old adage, allow me to try to change your mind. Meet Lona ...

It’s never too late. And if you bristle at that old adage, allow me to try to change your mind. Meet Lona Manning. She has done something for the first time at the age of 60. It’s something she’d alwa ...

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Darcy Rota: Head Down, Follow Through

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Darcy Rota: Head Down, Follow Through

Everyone is a household name… even if it’s only in their house. “With the 13th pick overall, the Chicago ...

Everyone is a household name… even if it’s only in their house. “With the 13th pick overall, the Chicago Blackhawks are pleased to select… (if general manager Tommy Ivan doesn’t say the right name, I’ ...

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