Dad, 6 years gone / brief notes
Changing topics from Nagasaki to Olympics to… Dad. Well he’s gone 6 years today. On my mind so much as […]
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Kinfolk + Pals
Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach, Remembering Remembrance
Vimy Ridge Diaries on Remembrance Day – Postcard #61
On Remembrance Day in sunny, brisk Vancouver, Ian Bell (fresh from a CBC appearance “On The Coast“) joins Dave to
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Remembering Remembrance
Remembering to Wage Peace – Annotations on 11/11/2009
At ubc for #Remembranceday ceremony indoors at the war memorial gym – note: saw mudhoney, posies, fastbacks here years ago
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach, Remembering Remembrance
Meandering Past Monuments of Remembrance – Postcards #49
Wrapping up the White Poppies for Remembrance series with a narrative late-night wander through Westminster, London, DaveO meanders past military
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Peace to Soldiers and Strangers – Postcard #48
Back home on the North Vancouver porch, Dave reads from Clay Mcleod’s essay Why I Don’t Wear a Poppy while
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Waiting (and Resisting) in Baghdad – Postcard #47
A story about Iraqi resistance fighters and their personal motivations by a young writer called Waiting in Baghdad is the
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach, Remembering Remembrance
(Meta)Physical Conditions of the Environment – Postcard #46
Taking a Remembrance Day respite to enjoy a conscious discussion with ‘Trigger’ at Vancouver’s New Amsterdam Cafe, Dave O listens
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Awakening to the Dawn of Potential – Postcard #45
Part 6 of the “White Poppies for Remembrance” series considers the opportunity cost of the lost human potential while at
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Righteous Declarations for Humans – Postcard #44
Part 5 of the White Poppies for Remembrance series continues with Dave at Victory Park, this time reading the United
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Academic Essays
Military service evaders seeking justice – Laying it all out on paper
You likely know i’ve been working on a series for Postcards from Gravelly Beach podcast about war and peace called
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach, Remembering Remembrance
Buddhas in the Trenches – Postcard #42
Part 3 of the White Poppies for Remembrance series (recorded Nov. 2006) features reading from the Dhammapada by Siddhartha Gautama
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach, Remembering Remembrance
White Poppies on a Rainyday Coat – Postcard #41
Part 2 of the White Poppies for Remembrance series finds Dave O eating oatmeal in North Van before heading downtown
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach, Remembering Remembrance
Vanquishing Grecian Warlords – Postcard #39
Embarking on a White Poppies for Remembrance Day series, Dave reads the role of King Agamemnon from the Oresteia by
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