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JMG Galleries- Best Photos of 2019 by JMG-Galleries Blog Readers January 16, 2020I’m excited to share the results of my 13th annual Best of Photos project. 112 photographers from around the world (amateur and professional alike) have shared their best photos of 2019. I’m always amazed at the quality of work shared and I hope it’s a source inspiration to you for the coming year. For those who are new to my blog project, photographers ta […]Jim Goldstein
- Best Photos of 2019 by Jim M. Goldstein January 1, 2020Thanks for checking in to see my best photos of 2019. This year for a variety of reasons I didn’t have many opportunities to get out and pursue photography to the degree I’d have preferred. Some of the reasons why were good (new house, settling in, kid activities with both boys being in elementary school for the first time, etc.) and some were downright bumm […]Jim Goldstein
- Blog Project: Your Best Photos From 2019 December 17, 2019It is time to kick off the 13th annual best photos of the year blog project! I’m proud to say over the years that hundreds of photographers have taken part (see Best Photos of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007). It’s great to see the community of photographers that have developed around this blog project. As always I […]Jim Goldstein
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The Backstory: A Space-Age Revolution
My entire extended family and our various respective ancestral heritages, plus professions, are part of a larger story that is being created, which marks a pivotal turning point in both the history and future of planet earth: the dawning of … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian history, environment, environmental change, future, multiverse, politics, social media, society, spirituality, surveillance and harassment
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Stopping Problems At The Source?
Wide-ranging discussion on nukes, and why toxicity and volatility may matter on both earthly and spiritual dimensions, in terms of personal accountability and collective futures — and for whom these things may or may not matter. Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian history, environment, environmental change, forgiveness, future, global transformation, government, healing, health, healthy planet, hegemony, internet, leadership and innovation, multiverse, Ontario Hydro, politics, power disparities, punishment, religion, social media, society, spirituality, surveillance and harassment, sustainable futures, truth, war and armaments
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Selfish, And Yet More?
(First written May 13, 2022; and edited June 7-13, 2022.) Although quite a portrait has seemingly been painted of me so far in my life (to many), here’s what I also know: EXAMPLE 1: Airline Communications Idea When I worked … Continue reading
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“You Are Now Remotely Controlled” — MUST-READ!
This may be one of the most important articles you will read this year: It also summarizes my 22 years as a surveillance subject and a socio-psycho-political lab rat. Kindly read, if you care anything about your freedom, privacy, independent … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Brother, Canadian history, computers, data science, data scientists, digital media, environment, environmental change, future, information age, Marshall McLuhan, mass media, media, multiverse, Noam Chomsky, politics, secrets, social contol, society, spirituality, surveillance, surveillance and harassment, survival, truth, truth-telling
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‘Either/Or’ by Kierkegaard — FASCINATING (Please, please read…)
I hope this Wikipedia page about Søren Kierkegaard’s book Either/Or (Danish: Enten – Eller, 1843) doesn’t get somehow altered. It’s a fascinatingly close summary of what my own life experiences and dilemmas have been like — transgressing or transcending a … Continue reading
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Tagged conventional, ethical, ethics, Kierkegaard, philosophy, spirituality, traditional
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Editing is Refining, Until One Gets To An Accurate Picture
Kindly read posts from the site itself (myphotoblog.ca), as there are often edits. Better yet is to wait a few days or longer, before reading. Thank you to any companions on this peculiar journey. . To Edit, Or Not To … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian history, multiverse
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Scot-free?
How to Get Started Biking (Wired Staff; MAY 19, 2022) https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-551/ People have no idea what I’ve experienced and been through; or how I’ve tried to atone; and exactly how powerful, extremely tight and short a leash I’ve been on … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, birthdays, Canadian history, cars, corporations, cycling, cyclists, debts, designing cities, earth, economics, environment, environmental change, ethnic cleansing, fairness, family, freedom, freedom or fascism, future, future forward, government, human nature, internet, justice, mind control, multiverse, navel-gazing, oppression, past, people, politics, punishment, retribution, social control, social media, society, spirituality, surveillance and harassment, transcendental realities, transformation, trust
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A Super-Aged (Would-Be) Communicator, LOL!
Through the multiverse and back!
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Tagged communications, multiverse, Stephen Hawking
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Selfish, and yet more?
(First written May 13, 2022; and edited June 9, 2022.) Although quite a portrait has seemingly been painted of me so far in my life (to many), here’s what I also know: EXAMPLE 1: AIRLINE When I worked for an … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian history, Personality disorder
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Danforth shooting site
This is steps from the Danforth shooting site, just a few months after the tragedy. It is one short block from where I used to live for 9 years (and 4 years on Pape), and where some of my friends, … Continue reading
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Bunch of pics…it’s been awhile
Haven’t been posting for quite some time. Here are some pics for posterity (including one by PetSmart and two from the media). This is reaching back a ways, but a good friend from high school played on Team Canada Women’s … Continue reading
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Trying to Find a Groove
Nothing in particular about these photos. One is from my current personal development course (Managing Conflict). And there’s my dog, of course. She always crosses her paws, very lady-like. 🙂 … Continue reading
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The Season’s-a-changin’
Been awhile since my last post – like many Canadians, I have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). Don’t know how to take interesting landscape photos when the surroundings start looking bare and stark. You may not see much from me until … Continue reading
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Tagged ceramic planters, Christmas decorations, coloured bottles, flower, Halloween costume, lights, near the dam, pottery, Princess St., squashes, toys, Witch
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Collingwood Bygone Days
Visited a museum called Bygone Days Heritage Village in Collingwood (www.bygonedays.ca). Travelled up for the day with a bunch of Markham photography enthusiasts. They laughed at my little point-and-shoot camera, lol. It was pretty neat, with many items dating back … Continue reading
Healing Journey 