- Quote of the Day
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I think of all the fossils held within the Grand Canyon, and elsewhere on earth, of life's great path as told by the legions of the dead. I've read that the average life expectancy for a species is one to ten million years, and that 99.9 percent of all the species that ever lived are extinct. Ghosts, speaking to us acros great gulps of time, just as human deaths speak to us with their immediacy and force. • Christopher Norment, In the Memory of the Map: A Cartographic Memoir, 2012. - A list of personal publications
- My papers, essays, and reviews dealing with postglacial landscape history, palynology, and geoarchaeology, mostly focussed on Alberta and western Canada.
- E-SCAPE
- A series of resources, including a bibliography, for the E-SCAPE (Edmonton component of the Study of Cultural Adaptations in the Canadian Prairie Ecozone) project. SCAPE (2000-2005) dealt with postglacial landscapes and human history in the Canadian prairies in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Work on this project continues, with ongoing laboratory analyses and writing.
- The Lake File
- An on-line listing of palaeoenvironmental sites and studies in the SCAPE study area and beyond, with
information and references.
Number of sites: 547. Number of citations: 589. Latest changes/additions to the list: September 5 2012.
- The Dung File
- The Dung File consists of a list of references dealing with pollen, parasites, and plant remains in
coprolites and latrine fills from archaeological and palaeoenvironmental sites. The focus is on studies in
North America.
Latest changes/additions to the list: May 1 2013. Number of citations: 540
- The Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Explanations for acronyms commonly encountered in Quaternary studies. The Dictionary now contains more than 2400 entries.
- Reading the Palliser Triangle
- The Palliser Triangle is the drylands area of the Canadian Prairies, comprising mainly
southeastern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, and southwestern Manitoba. This list consists of
a selection of popular and scholarly writing on this region with commentary,
accompanied by an historical timeline.
Latest changes/additions to the list: November 30 2014. Number of citations: 203
- Reading the Landscape
- A selection of readings arranged by major theme, chosen simply because they are places or
topics that interest me, or subjects that I have read much about through the years.
- The Arctic, exploration and travel, accompanied by a timeline
- Antarctica, discovery, exploration and travel, accompanied by a timeline
- Readings in Earth Science History, with a particular emphasis on the nineteenth century, accompanied by a timeline
- Reading Paris: the city in history and literature
- Cultural Pursuits
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- A look at some events in Literature and Music.
- A Concert Diary, and lists of live theatre performances and movies that I have seen.
- A list of live lecture presentations on a wide variety of topics that I have attended.
- Discussions of art exhibitions and museum displays and historic sites and living heritage sites that I have visited.
- A summary of our Book Club readings.
- The 100 Canadian novel challenge.
- Some interesting quotations that have caught my attention.
- Finally, take a look at what was happening in previous years On This Day in arts, music, science, and history.
- Images and Reflections
- Exploring the world around us through digital imagery.
- The Plant Page - images of garden plants and wild plants in close-up
- Just for fun, try the Puzzle of the Month, a different online puzzle almost every month. This month, marvel at the colour and detail of a medieval tapestry.
- Networks and Profiles
Alwynne B. Beaudoin (bluebulrush@gmail.com)
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