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ByVivianTouring Hungary, several years ago, I had to laugh as we passed Lake Balaton. Even being used to flowery Hungarian exaggerations, the fact that Hungary is a landlocked nation, and that Lake Balaton is the largest lake in central Europe, Balaton, didn’t seem to be “the great inland sea” that I had always heard it called. What passed as Hungary’s “ocean”…
The Tempest at Stratford Ontario
ByVivianChristopher Plummer commands the stage, so it is not a stretch, as Prospero commands a tempest. When Prospero said goodbye to Ariel it made me cry. I played Ariel as a child and my daughter is an Ariel, just what I was saying to Christopher Plummer when this photo was snapped.
July 1 , Canada Day
ByVivianWhen I sent this photo out to friends as a Canada Day greeting, I recieved this inspiring response from writer Helen Lovekin. Thank-you so much, darling Vivenka! Its true: I love Canada. It allows its citizens to have patriotism without nationalism, we dare to be a work-in-progress, and we have a curious respect for the…
Tomato tasting : This Clint Eastwood is a dud not a dude
ByVivianThe invitation read There are many words to describe the taste of wines, but we invite you to conquer new frontiers with words to describe the taste of Tomatoes. You are invited to attend our Tomato Tasting where we will sample whichever of the 57 heirloom varieties growing on the rooftop of an office building…
There will be cotton
ByVivianToday, I noticed our cotton is growing fat bolls. When they burst we will have cotton. Cotton has been cultivated for 7,000 years, but is this a first for Canada?
Vivian Ssier Painter
ByVivianIf only I had a last name that sounded fabulous spelled backwards. Arnold Issacs had such luck. In 1954 he was commissioned to create 10 dresses for a General Motors magazine ad. He charged $1,000 per dress, a vast sum in the fifties, and insisted that his name be emboldened in each ad. As the…






