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Twelve things Millennials have amazingly never experienced
Seeing a movie once, and only once, forever Before the mass adoption of video home systems (VHS) in the early 1980s, the only place you’d see a movie was in the theatre, and the only time you’d see it...
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11 teeny-tiny, totally do-able things that are great for your life
WHAT IF I SAID you can change your life for the better, and that all you’ll need is a gazillion dollars, a whackload of planning, and years of back-breaking effort? “That’s not very helpful or...
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Make anything funny with this one simple trick
LAST MONTH my family went on a mission. It was my son’s idea, and it went like this: from a hat each one of us picked the name of a family member and went to the local department store with a budget...
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Some tips for keeping warm in interstellar space. I mean, Canada.
IF YOU LIVE in Canada, or northern USA, you know how nasty Winter can be. Also, if you live on the moon or in interstellar space, where I hear it gets almost as cold as Winnipeg. Like me, every Winter...
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I’m tired of being a crappy blogger, and here’s what I’m doing about it
If you are a blogger, the odds are you have been going through the same experience as me. If that’s the case, keep reading. There is good news and hope at the end IF YOU’RE A REGULAR VISITOR, you’ll...
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Is one of these your perfect journal?
Yes, it’s true: I have a lot of blank books DOZENS OF THEM, tucked away in a drawer, waiting to be filled with the URLs of websites I’ve discovered, lists of books to read, ideas, things overheard on...
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Yes, it’s true. I have a new website.
I wasn’t going to announce this until it was official, but what the heck. I have a new business-oriented website. There. Now it’s out. Actually, this has been some time in the making. You see, I’ve...
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Residential Schools: reviewers recommend my latest book
Above, l. to r., authors Wayne K. Spear, Constance Brissenden, and Larry Loyie, and Jeff Burnham, President, GoodMinds & Indigenous Education Press Lovely reviews are arriving daily of my latest...
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The Cree should have a flip-chart easel ceremony. No, just kidding.
THERE’S AN EASY WAY to tell you’ve been spending too much time with the Cree, and it’s this: When you find yourself saying, “No, just kidding” every time you are just kidding. As in, “Three guys walk...
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Uncle Al
HE WAS, quite simply, one of the most remarkable people I’ve ever known. Always Uncle Al, never once Albert, married my mother’s oldest sister. He was Italian, which meant that my Aunt Rhoda learned...
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I escaped from a cult
An English major and a Marketing guru walk into a bar … ✎ By Wayne K. Spear Maybe cult is over-stating it. I’ll let you decide. In 1985 I was a college freshman, majoring in English Lit. Many of us in...
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Business writing on LinkedIn, The Pulse, by me!
WHEN I AM not mesmerizing the masses with my work here at waynekspear.com, I’m being all S-M-R-T and business-like over at The Pulse, LinkedIn’s blog for professionals. Writing about your topic of...
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Larry Loyie, 1933–2016
WITH CO-AUTHOR LARRY LOYIE I learned today that my friend and co-author, Larry Loyie, is gone. Larry’s Cree name was Young Man. It was fitting. He had a gentle, even light spirit, despite all he’d...
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The Ottawa Book Awards and new work from Chelsea Vowel
I’ve been working away these past months at the 2016 Ottawa Book Awards reading list. One of three jurors in the non-fiction category, I drew up my list of finalists this past week, along with my...
View ArticleAn iBook, Now in its 2nd Edition! “Residential Schools: With the Words and...
In 2016, Residential Schools: With the Words and Images of Survivors won the Golden Oak Award. Now in its 2nd Edition, this comprehensive history of Canada’s Indian Residential School System is also...
View ArticleThe columnist versus the commons
If the revolution ever arrives, it is probable that the talking heads and the spokespersons and the pundits will be rounded up and shot, by way of reply to all of these one-way conversations. Continue...
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The Life of Cities
Everywhere, we are a stranger arriving into light ✎ Wayne K. Spear | April 3, 2018 · Essay E VERYONE IN A CITY is a unwritten message, a scriptless actor, a hidden quantity suspended between two...
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