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Pacey’s Service Centre, Hwy 17

It used to be that the mere mention of Glenn Gould and his affinity for the town of Wawa, Ontario, … More

AM Radio, Canada, Comfort Food, Dreary Weather, Driving, Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses, Espanola, Forest, Glenn Gould, Highway, Highway 17, Husky gas, Kathy Mattea, Lively, Manitoulin Island, Nostalgia, Ontario, Pacey's Service Centre, Radio, Sault Ste. Marie, Solitude, Sudbury, Trucker, Walkie-Talkies, Wawa, Wawa Motor Inn

Remembering the Nurse

As a follow-up to Marianne Schroeder: A Portrait in Sound, my blog post from nearly two years ago, I am … More

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The Quiet in the Land – Select Excerpts

Over the past year, my interest in Glenn Gould has waned. Perhaps it’s due to the seemingly endless stay-at-home order … More

Artists, Bach, Capitalism, Coping, Glenn Gould, Global warming, Listening, Mental health, nature, Pandemic, Racism, Solitude, Stay-at-home order, The Quiet in the Land, White privilege

Quality Solitude and Creaky Furniture

Two months ago, I created an audiobook podcast devoted to the forgotten stories and memoirs of female performing artists from … More

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What Glenn Wanted

Recently, I came across a video in which Jessie Greig spoke about the fiftieth birthday of her cousin, Glenn Gould. … More

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The Colours of Glenn

In my “Glenn” box here at home, I managed to find some notes I had scribbled down a few years … More

Black, Blue, Detachment, Dusk, Glenn Gould, Grey, Linden Frederick, Painting, Solitude

Bits of Canadiana

These past few days, in an effort to avoid caving to the fear and anxiety caused by the current global … More

Canada, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, COVID-19, Dominion, Glenn Gould, Justin Trudeau, Northrop Frye, Pierre Berton, Pierre Trudeau, Pre-Cambrian Shield, Queen Elizabeth II, Solitude, The Littlest Hobo

Moosonee Ontario, Anyone?

The other day, I was speaking with Lorne Tulk, who happened to mention a winter trip north that he took … More

Archibald MacLeish, Arctic, Audrey Hepburn, Blaise Pascal, Glenn Gould, Henri Bosco, James Bay, Mementos, Memories, Mind, Moosonee, morals, Northern Ontario, Polar Bear Express, Radio, Solitude, Wildnerness

Snail Mail and “the Glenn Stamp”

Here is my handwritten holiday blog post to you. I hope you will enjoy!

Canada Post, Churchill, Glenn Gould, Happy New Year, Highway 17, holiday cards, Lake Superior, Little Limestone Lake Provincial Park, Manitoba, nature, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie, Solitude, stamps, The Idea of North, The Pas, Winnipeg

Vintage Gen-X Children’s Television Show Surprisingly Gouldian

Earlier this month, I heard about the passing of long time CBC personality, Rod Coneybeare. He was eighty-nine. From 1958-85, … More

Bob Homme, Canada, CBC, Children, Generation X, Glenn Gould, Goldberg Variations, J. S. Bach, Mr. Dressup, Music, North, Rod Coneybeare, Solitude, Stories, television, The Friendly Giant, The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann

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Penny Johnson Performs J. S. Bach Inventions & Sinfonias BWV 772-801

Ending to the Unfinished “Contrapunctus 14” from J. S. Bach’s Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 – by Penny Johnson

J. S. Bach Complete Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786 With Inverted Voices – Arranged by Penny Johnson

Let Go by Frou Frou – Arranged for Piano Four Hands by Penny Johnson

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