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André Gagnon

The upright grand piano in our living-room was given a good work-out most days when I was a kid, if not from older brother Craig or me (our sisters never took to it) then most certainly from Mom’s many piano students on weekdays after school, evenings...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 3:42 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: autobiography, creative arts, Québec, Montréal, Émile Nelligan, André Gagnon, square Saint-Louis, Saint-Pacôme-de-Kamouraska, Les chemins ombragés
Inaction on Champlain Bridge not just a tempting symbol against Ottawa for pols

A quick family story: During the summer of Montréal’s Expo ‘67, far and away Canada’s best centennial project, an aunt and uncle from Portland, Ontario along with a great-aunt from Lancaster, were on their way to our place for the night after seeing a...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 9:28 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: politics, Montréal
Messiah the Musical

I know, I know – George Frederick Handel’s famous work is actually an Oratorio. (A musical would require lots of period costumes and at least one big dance number! Now imagine combining that with Mel Gibson’s gratuitously blood-letting Passion...

Published Thu, Apr 07 2011 8:27 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: youth, autobiography, spirituality, creative arts, church, Easter Messiah
An early political rally

It seemed, in hindsight, to be less of a political rally, such as go on during an election campaign, and more of a small-town welcome to a Prime Minister. It might well have been both. On the lawn in front of a specially-built stage across from...

Published Wed, Apr 06 2011 1:28 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: Uncategorized
Where I am

Hibernating almost exclusively in Twitterverse @KennChaplin during Canadian election at the expense of my blog and Facebook…not intentional, just seems inevitable. Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 27 2011 2:03 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: media, politics, facebook, Defeating Stephen Harper, blogging, Cdn poli, Social media, Twitter
Maritime provinces of Atlantic Canada – not exactly as shown

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Published Thu, Mar 17 2011 8:23 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: photography, Canadian Maritime provinces
Experimenting wth colours

While none of these photos is new the colours and a few other variables are. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 8:12 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: photography, Perth, Montréal, Toronto
Michael Lucas and the ‘pink-washed’ liner notes of “Men of Israel”

His fans might be forgiven for not actually knowing his name. Michael Lucas has made millions from gay men who have bought, or otherwise paid to view, one of hs 100+ films – roughly eighty percent of which he has starred in. Lucas touched off a...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2011 6:59 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: activism, politics, Israel-Palestine, Gay City News, Michael Lucas
Resistance and recording history through music in Palestine

Songs from a Lost Homeland, which originally aired on Al Jazeera English last year, is in the programming rotation again this weekend. Is there a song in the west right now with even a small percentage of the punch of these musicians? I hope you get a...

Published Sat, Feb 26 2011 3:46 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: youth, activism, politics, human rights, YouTube, creative arts, Israel-Palestine
Music of the movement

One of the first activists’ songs that had any resonance for me was “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” (1961) and then “Give Peace A Chance” (1969). Dylan’s “Blowin’ In The Wind” (1963) was an anthem...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 9:29 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: youth, autobiography, activism, politics, human rights, YouTube, Riz Khan, Yusuf Islam, Al Jazeera English
As Libya and neighbours seethe, CPT reports on West Bank demolitions by Israel

CPTnet 23 February 2011 SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli military demolishes village of Amniyr Amniyr, South Hebron Hills, West Bank At 5:00 a.m. yesterday morning, the Israeli army, accompanied by members of the Israeli District Coordinating Office, arrived...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 5:08 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: activism, politics, human rights, Israel-Palestine
Back to paying greater attention

When this link Mindfulness and Psychotherapy nudged itself toward my consciousness today on my Facebook page I thought it worth exploring if only because I have too often come down hard on myself for having let slide my mindfulness mediation practice...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 12:59 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: autobiography, AIDS and HIV, mental health, mindfulness, meditation, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Two Beatles albums (from iTunes!) stir assorted memories

David Letterman, noting Yoko Ono’s 78th birthday last week, joked that she celebrated by breaking up The Jonas Brothers. Back in the twilight of sixties, perhaps early seventies, a much-appreciated Christmas gift (namely for my older brother Craig...

Published Sun, Feb 20 2011 2:00 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: family, youth, writing, Québec, environment, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), restorative justice, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield QC, 1970s, air piano, Abbey Road album, Ed Sullivan Show, David Letterman, Yoko Ono, about nothing, Let It Be album, The Beatles, Le Fricot, air guitar
Awesome task (or perhaps not): bridging the perspective gap

Excerpts from my tweets and a RT from the past few hours: Death by daily repression and near-starvation or death by desperate martyrdom via the State responsible? Your choice? #Bahrain #Libya #Yemen MD from #Bahrain: “Pls, pls, where is the #UN;...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 2:06 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: media, youth, activism, politics, human rights, YouTube, biography/autobiography
Hope as verb, noun and/or feeling

Everything I am feeling in this moment is in the context of having watched, via television and Twitter, the roller-coaster of events in Egypt these past 18 days, of having just listened to the Feb. 6 (2011) edition of Tapestry from CBC Radio with Mary...

Published Sat, Feb 12 2011 1:03 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: autobiography, mental illness, childhood trauma, child abuse, AIDS and HIV, spirituality, mental health, bipolar II, sexual abuse, recovery, CBC Radio "Tapestry", hope

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André Gagnon

Inaction on Champlain Bridge not just a tempting symbol against Ottawa for pols

Messiah the Musical

An early political rally

Where I am

Maritime provinces of Atlantic Canada – not exactly as shown

Experimenting wth colours

Michael Lucas and the ‘pink-washed’ liner notes of “Men of Israel”

Resistance and recording history through music in Palestine

Music of the movement

As Libya and neighbours seethe, CPT reports on West Bank demolitions by Israel

Back to paying greater attention

Two Beatles albums (from iTunes!) stir assorted memories

Awesome task (or perhaps not): bridging the perspective gap

Hope as verb, noun and/or feeling