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I've received a lot of compliments about the attractive cover on my book, but I'm afraid I can't take any credit for this. The image is...
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kenhaigh
- Sep 15, 2021
- 1 min
Hilary Weston Finalist
I just learned that On Foot to Canterbury is a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. I didn't see that...
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kenhaigh
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
A Pilgrim's Way - Song
My book will be published next week. In anticipation, here is a pilgrim song to enjoy with lyrics by Rudyard Kipling. For the lyrics and...
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kenhaigh
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
50 Books: 4-18
I haven't forgotten the challenge. I've been at a cottage for the last three weeks with no internet connection but lots of time to read....
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kenhaigh
- Jul 16, 2021
- 5 min
Banjo Friday 16
The banjo is unique among modern acoustic string instruments in that it is designed to be taken apart. It is a tinkerer's dream, and this...
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kenhaigh
- Jul 2, 2021
- 1 min
Banjo Friday 15
Here's another post featuring clawhammer banjoist, Abigail Washburn. As a student she travelled to China to study law to improve...
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kenhaigh
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
50 Books: 1-3
I managed to finish three books this past week in my drive to complete fifty before the end of 2021. The first was Dutch Mandarin: The...
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kenhaigh
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
Banjo Friday 14
Today, I want to feature the playing of Frank Evans. I first heard Frank playing with the Slocan Ramblers at Banjofest in Guelph in March...
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kenhaigh
- Jun 6, 2021
- 7 min
Tiananmen Revisited
Every year on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, I reflect on the limits of freedom, and upon how my life would have been...
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kenhaigh
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
The 50-Book Challenge
Back in 2008, in a widely-discussed article for The Atlantic, Nicholas Carr argued that the Internet was rewiring our brains. He wrote:...
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kenhaigh
- May 28, 2021
- 1 min
Banjo Friday 13
In this week's post, I won't be featuring a player or a song, but a tuning. One of the things that sets a banjo apart from a guitar is...
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kenhaigh
- May 27, 2021
- 1 min
In the news - my retirement?
I recently left the service of the Collingwood Public Library to return to school. The local newspaper did a nice write up:...
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kenhaigh
- May 21, 2021
- 1 min
Banjo Friday 12
Today's tune is the "The Cuckoo." It's an English folk song that has spread throughout the English-speaking world. The earliest printed...
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kenhaigh
- May 17, 2021
- 4 min
Khaling, Bhutan 1987-89
In 1987, I was hired by World University Service of Canada to teach English in a high school in Khaling, a small eastern valley in the...
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kenhaigh
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
Banjo Friday 11
In an earlier post, I mentioned hearing Brad Kolodner play at a house concert. Here is Brad playing a fiddle tune called "Julianne...
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kenhaigh
- May 12, 2021
- 1 min
Pilgrims' Way - Walk Awhile
When I made my journey from Winchester to Canterbury in the spring of 2014, Derek Bright of Walk Awhile Walking Holidays managed the...
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kenhaigh
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Books - Slow Boats to China
After twenty years as a peripatetic foreign correspondent covering wars and revolutions for the Observer, Gavin Young finds that he needs...
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kenhaigh
- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Books - A Hermit on Lake Baikal
In The Consolations of the Forest, Sylvain Tesson parks himself in a small ranger’s cabin on the shores of Lake Baikal to explore what it...
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kenhaigh
- Apr 30, 2021
- 1 min
Banjo Friday 10
I must confess I had never heard of Ola Belle Reed until I heard Brad Kolodner play "I've Endured" at a house concert a few years ago. ...
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kenhaigh
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Books - Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity
My memories of Delhi are somewhat vague. I remember snake charmers at the Red Fort and a ordering a hamburger at a Wimpy’s restaurant in...
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