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    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
  • steady. ready. go.

    steady. ready. go.

    January. The month that’s like one long Monday, some say. I can see that. After the flurry of holiday activity. After the bubbly on New Year’s Eve. December already feels like it was ages ago. January is back to work, back to school, back to routine. I do welcome some things about resuming my routine,…

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    Johanne Provençal

    19 Jan 2025
    everyday life
    January
  • one, two, three (days of 2025)

    one, two, three (days of 2025)

    So, how is your 2025 going, so far? Something occurred to me when I woke up on January 1, this year, that I was surprised never had, on a New Year’s Day. I tend to begin the new year (and almost every day, really) with a full tank of optimism. That full tank is a…

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    Johanne Provençal

    3 Jan 2025
    everyday life
    2025, New Year
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