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Wallpaper: ‘Chemistry of Stars’
I created this image for my piece ‘Chemistry of Stars.’ The other day I added it as wallpaper on my tablet and have been enjoying the imaginary galaxies, stars, planets and light trails. Maybe you would like to use it for your tablet or phone? Continue reading
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Windows 10: Recovering Reduced Outlook Functionality
Finally made the switch from Windows 7 to Windows 10. If you have notifications for new email in Outlook happening you may have noticed that you can no longer delete a message when the notification icon displays. Why this was removed by M$ I don’t understand. Now in Windows 10 you’ll need to go into… Continue reading
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Simcoe County Groundwater Threatened, Again
Remember the battle to stop the Site 41 landfill in Simcoe County? Writing in the fall of 2009 Joe Friesen characterized it this way: After 25 years of fruitless opposition, it appeared as though the people would never vanquish the mighty defenders of the dump, a scarred parcel of land called Site 41. Until one… Continue reading
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Goodbye Facebook
Just a quick note to confirm that I did officially delete my Facebook account. Not so much because of the recent Cambridge Analytica “scandal”, it just seemed like … I don’t know … it’s become so all encompassing, manipulative and untrustworthy. It just felt like time to move on. Anyway, as a result I’ve been… Continue reading
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Visit me on Instagram
Hello all. I’ve set up an Instagram presence at https://www.instagram.com/freedmoth/. The free moth has been freed! Hope to see you there! Continue reading
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Happy World Water Day!
It’s time to celebrate! Have a drink! Enjoy the freshwater that pours freely from your faucet and think about the future of water. Happy World Water Day!! Continue reading
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Push to Protect Canada’s Freshwater
Emma Lui, the National Water Campaigner for the Council of Canadians, suggests that the federal government should establish a Water Minister who could be a voice to protect all of our waterways. A fantastic idea! That would likely have improved the flawed Bill C-69 which does not restore protections and implement the necessary safeguards for… Continue reading
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Mercury is Cooling Down?
Like the proverbial moth to the candle flame I am drawn to the sky and some interesting space exploration news emerged last week. The Messenger spacecraft may have detected water on Mercury. Many sources reporting that the January ‘fly-by’ found water, here’s the BBC News: “The Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer (FIPS), onboard the craft also… Continue reading
About Me
I write music or perhaps it’s music that writes me. I’ll talk about that. And I’ll announce the availability of new music I write or am writing, some music I’ve been listening to, maybe a playlist or two, that sort of thing. I’ll likely also touch on other things including random thoughts about the environment, stuff I’m reading, and interesting (to me) stuff I’ve uncovered in my exploratory travels. More to come.