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Saturday 29 October 2016

not Poe's raven


A not nice day here as well, although quite warm. I did my usual walk by the river, then returned via Morley's hill. At the crest of the hill there was a huge old raven brazenly strutting in the middle of the road. I approached him, and he showed no concern. Then a car came booting around the corner, and he still continued to boldly scratch in the middle of the street. I shrugged my shoulders at the driver, who had to come to a full stop and then swerve around the belligerent bird.

I wondered how close I could get to the huge bird (man, they're three times the size of a crow, or at least this one was). He didn't flinch when I came within five or six feet of him, and I couldn't detect any signs of injury. He finally finished his lazy strut across the narrow road and into the roadside bushes, where he began picking at a bunch of wild grapes. Aha! I realized. The big bird is drunk on fermented grapes - we eyeballed each other and gave the head shake acknowledgment drinkers all over the world share (I'm referencing Malcolm Lowry's novel "Under The Volcano" here ;  )-


Milt and Al

still into wild grapes
no matter the incarnation


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Monday 24 October 2016

civil disobedience today against tar sands pipeline!




Just now, 130 young people began a march in Ottawa. Within the next hour, they will begin a mass civil disobedience action to call on Prime Minister Trudeau to reject the Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline.

You’ve signed up to support these brave youth, so we will keep you posted throughout the day with updates on this action.

For now, you can follow and share live updates about this action using the #Climate101 hashtag, and you can tune in to the facebook livestream for this action which will take place around 12:30 PM (EST) on the 350 Canada facebook page -- you can also watch it on the homepage of the Climate 101 website.