Category Archives: SQUATCHBERRY FILES

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SQUATCHBERRY FESTIVAL REVIVED

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

I don’t believe in retirement.  If I’m retired, then Stephen Harper* is a closet New Democrat.  Believe that, if your philosophy permits.  Some time ago, I said I would catch you up on something momentous.  I’ve just taken three breaths … Continue reading →

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CHARLOTTE AND I – PRECOCIOUS AUTHORS (Conclusion)

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

It comes down to, I think, who is the most serious writer, Charlotte Bronte, or the writers of Brew No. 1. We have another story by that prolific writer, Lord Charles Wellesley, in Issue No. 3 of Young Men’s Magazine.  … Continue reading →

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CHARLOTTE AND I – PRECOCIOUS AUTHORS (Chapter 2 of 3)

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

Charlotte Bronte and her brother, Branwell, produced several of these miniature magazines in miniscule handwriting.  They wrote them and they edited them and they published them. Here’s another difference:  Sure, I wrote SOME stuff, under my own name, but I … Continue reading →

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CHARLOTTE AND I – PRECOCIOUS AUTHORS (Chapter 1 of 3)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Charlotte Brontë and I have a lot in common – we each had a mother, she was born in April and I was born in September (both of which months come after March), and the greatest commonality of all, we … Continue reading →

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