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  • It started on the far side of the moon

    It started on the far side of the moon

    I may not have the wealth to be a bona fide patron of the arts. You may not find my name on donor lists. But I do buy tickets (often). I have since the 80s. And I’ve been known to say or send kind words to those whose work I appreciate. I have a few…

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    Johanne Provençal

    3 Mar 2025
    arts, culture, music
    Ex Machina, John Gzowski, Robert Lepage; Guillaume Coté
  • love ten times

    love ten times

    This fourteenth day of February, in the year two thousand and twenty-five, I am calling on us all to speak love ten times. I’ll start us off … Speak your love ten times today. And tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow.

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    Johanne Provençal

    14 Feb 2025
    arts, culture, music, everyday life, food & drink, nature & landmarks, research and academics
    love, Valentine’s Day
  • let’s talk

    let’s talk

    It may seem counter-intuitive, in some ways, what I’m about to say/write. My few words today begin with the most recent Massey Lecture, What I Mean to Say: Remaking Conversation in Our Times, by Ian Williams. I picked it up yesterday, after finishing the previous year’s Massey Lecture, The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as…

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    Johanne Provençal

    2 Feb 2025
    arts, culture, music, everyday life, research and academics
    books, conversation, House of Anansi Press, Massey Lectures
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