Honourary Canadian: Seeing Canada from Away

A New Yorker viewing Canadian & US politics, books, music, and culture. Also blogging at TheGreatGrayBridge.com and HonouraryCanadian.com

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Video of #impeachmenteve in NYC. #impeachtrump https://www.instagram.com/p/B6MN0IpBLzC/?igshid=eahi2yw8n498

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‪First chant of #impeachmenteve #notAbovetheLaw #NYC right now. Times Sq stepping off soon for Union Sq. ‬ https://www.instagram.com/p/B6MMaxwBdMo/?igshid=1z0luu7ku9so

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A heartfelt RIP for #AmbassadorJosephWilson, whose very good book The Politics of Truth I edited and published with in 2004. On his long-running book tour, he gave many public talks—especially on campuses—espousing a progressive patriotism that was a counterweight to the jingoism of his critics. Audiences found these talks very inspiring. He extolled having a career in the foreign service and spoke w/relish and pinpoint memories of countries he worked in. I heard from Joe this summer. He told me he was terminally ill, and said how proud of the 2004 book he remained. Here’s the cover of the #CarrollandGraf hardcover edition and a pic of us both in 2013. ❤️😢 Blog post time on my time working with him: http://philipsturner.com/2019/09/27/rip-ambassador-joseph-wilson-proud-progressive-patriot-and-good-friend/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B29n0YIh2_E/?igshid=56m4f2ifhpfg

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Great seeing Tom Teicholz @bookexpo yesterday and getting a signed galley of 9/12, new book he wrote w/Bill Groner on the health effects first responders suffered at Ground Zero, a project I helped get off the ground. @tommywood #PotomacBooks https://www.instagram.com/p/ByILQ7khXsf/?igshid=1iv633i56vpqf

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Some very tropical-looking trees grow in Britain, and examples seen here in West London along Ladbroke Grove and the #GrandUnionCanal, which has “residential moorings,” as they’re dubbed. 🌴 The last pic I’m sharing looks like an over-sized NYC-style cedar wood water tower that someone’s turned in to housing (note the windows and exterior ladder). #London #vernaculararchitecture #urbanwalking #gulfstream #houseboatliving https://www.instagram.com/p/BvgdaDFHfUC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u04eymkl11f3

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Great day touring the #Yorkshire moors and visiting the seaside town of #Whitby. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuXSwTJn_QA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tnms60jdfrph

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#DurhamCathedral, photographed on the train journey from Edinburgh to York. #trajns #Britain W/ @kylegallup2 https://www.instagram.com/p/BuTsrawnGPT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lutg057reg3y

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Found a welcome message in neon by #JennyHolzer over the entrance to Edinburgh's museum of modern art: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT @kylegallup2 #ScotlandMuseumofModernArt https://www.instagram.com/p/BuTUIRoHfVH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ssy7aoiey5gb

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Haunted. A WWI refugee from Belgium who relocated to Glasgow, painted by Norah Neilson Gray, who served as a field nurse in France. #KelvingroveMuseum #Glasgow #art #portraits #Scotland https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJbErAHcbj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d7b5sstnn17j

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Some recent pics. #HudsonRiver #GreatGrayBridge @nycparks #CherryWalk #bikehelmetselfie https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt4ktqoHG9g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o5lrb9v0wmjq

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Among the pleasures of the #PosingModernity exhibit at @wallachartgallery w/ @kylegallup2 last weekend was discovering talented #circus trapeze artist Miss LaLa, who Degas painted. She held the chain of a booming cannon in her sturdy teeth. #Columbia #Harlem #inthenabe https://www.instagram.com/p/BsCFwl6HN6w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n31jouiva6g8

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No matter what forks in the road you bump into in 2019, I hope the journey is worthwhile and fun. I don't like to over-focus on the turn of the year, but if we all believe it portends change for the good, I'm all for it. That positivity, w/organizing, voting, and being kind may win the day. So Happy New Year--we sure need a good one! 🍀 https://www.instagram.com/p/BsERRmgnbEo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=idwptwm25ftd

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End of Saturday along Riverside Dr, W Side Hwy and the #HudsonRiver. @nycparks #Manhattan https://www.instagram.com/p/Br_NgsiHF1b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mwg48mn5hpiz

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Sunny Christmas Day selfie w/@kylegallup2 along the #HudsonRiver, in sight of the Great Gray Bridge. https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1ZUKInSyw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fp46qduib64z

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It's good to see Mickey Hart (l.) of the @gratefuldead enjoying the Lakers-Warriors game w/@NBA great Bill Walton. At first, the TV announcers only did a shoutout for Walton, whose son coaches the Lakers, but on the second go-round they also ID'd Hart, one of the Dead's two drummers. Bill Walton is a longtime Deadhead. https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1WxghHg1C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cyinrxzyea49

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After weeks of scraped and bumpy streets in my neighborhood--with no re-paving in sight, and already one big snowstorm in to the winter--I called 311 and the office of my NYC Council Member Helen Rosenthal, urging that the city get on with it, lest we be stuck with raw streets until spring. This simple but welcome urban amenity is now complete. The re-paving and fresh painting of streets on the UWS is most welcome. #NYC #Manhattan #streetlife #citylife #shadesofAbbeyRoad https://www.instagram.com/p/BrOl3LDHi11/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14px3y8j8u0yy

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For reasons known for sure only to her cat self, our Penelope loves playing w/a crusty old dish rag. She loves gnawing on it, rubbing her face against it, and batting it around. Bring home a toy from the pet aisle at TJ Maxx? She could care less. This rag? She knocked it off the sink edge one day, and has never looked back. #cats https://www.instagram.com/p/BqV-E7tHAsi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ao4h2na1xrux