Specifically

Yesterday afternoon I went to hear Frank Cunningham talk about philosophies of cities or philosophy of a city or Urban Philosophy. Specifically, he related or regaled the following paper called

Cities: A Philosophical Inquiry

There were three things that occurred to me during the talk, specifically two of them I will tell you about later.

For now I’ll say it was  a very good way to spend a Four O’Clock. Therefore I’d recommend at 4pm you click the above link and either agree or disagree or beg to differ. Or.

Then blue, clear bright blue. Nothing in between.

Grim, still and foreboding outside.

Clarity

“…Mr. Knight was asked his reaction to the happy news about his memoir being named a “lost gem.”

‘God knows what that means,’  the 75-year-old writer said. ‘That’s the kind of puffery that booksellers put out.’…”

From here (including very daft and garbled headline)

On Guard!

 

“A Class 1 hurricane-strength windstorm is expected to slam into the entire B.C. coast Wednesday morning.

Environment Canada issued a severe weather alert Tuesday for the coast and immediate inland sections, including Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley”

CBC News

 

Mrsokana or Mrs Oskana as she’s occasionally renamed, your trusty literary weather forecaster, will obviously be in residence keeping an eye out and providing reports, gust par gust.

Hold onto your bonnets, boil the kettle & tie down anything that rattles…