But what is the best song in the world? It’s Both Sides Now, by Joni Mitchell. Is his cover better than the original? I don’t know. But what a lovely cover it is. (I found my way to The Tallest Man on ...

So today, with a rare day free from other commitments, Lisa and I took a day trip to Sackville, New Brunswick, the place that ...

Next I set up the lettepress with a piece of “perf bar,” hardened steel teeth that can punch a perforation in paper. It’s ...

This certainly describes my father’s parents, who cultivated a thriving garden in the yard of their house at 97 Mary Street in Brantford, Ontario. They would have inherited this from my Ukrainian and ...

Harry Holman recently published an account of a wintertime journey from Charlottetown to Halifax in 1867, over two posts: one, two. While the tale of the journey across the Northumberland Strait is ...

I am Peter Rukavina and this is my blog. I am a writer, letterpress printer, and a curious person. To learn more about me, read my /now, look at my bio, listen to audio I’ve posted, read presentations ...

I am Peter Rukavina and this is my blog. I am a writer, letterpress printer, and a curious person. To learn more about me, read my /now, look at my bio, listen to audio I’ve posted, read presentations ...

Ten years ago, at pei.consuming.ca, I released a web app that displayed the current Prince Edward Island electricity load, and the proportion of that load being met by wind energy generation. Ten ...

The Kimberly-Clark “Professional” paper towel dispenser— product name “ ICON Rolled Towel Dispenser” —is a thing of functional beauty. Rare in the paper-towel dispensing machine world, it just works .

Clearly our health care system has significant issues. But it’s also clear that, at least sometimes, it works amazingly smoothly and efficiently.