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Van Waffle

Writer, Naturalist, Photographer

Tag: movies

Bringing home the idea of north

Posted on September 4, 2012September 26, 2012 by Van Waffle

It is hard to know the Arctic. The idea of north is difficult to verbalize even here in Canada where we have so…

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Five Movies That Have Inspired My Writing

Posted on May 7, 2012May 8, 2012 by Van Waffle

This is the first theme day in the 2012 WordCount Blogathon. Here are five movies that have inspired my life and writing. At…

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Debts Unpaid

Posted on April 24, 2012May 1, 2012 by Van Waffle

An oil spill disaster worker describes how BP’s cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico made matters worse. A blood feud keeps an Albanian…

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Genius Loci: The Spirit of a Place is a Flickr group curated by Van with 250 members and growing, exploring how places influence our lives.

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