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Today I posted the first video of a new YouTube channel project. I had never made a video before tonight, I had no idea what I was doing. But this channel represents my recovery, my hope to help others, and my gratitude for all who have helped me 🩵

“Movie” @fredhincanada

This is the end of the Gauntlet, but hopefully only the beginning of the interactions we’ve been enjoying here on SG. Thank you to everyone who read my other six blogs, it means a lot to me.

There’s one movie I must dedicate this post to.

I Kill Giants

It’s just an amazing film. It captures your attention, it captures your heart, and...
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Moon-guarded garden

you were curtained from me

as the rain fell hard then

and between us, the trees

You blinked and were born

As your eyelashes froze

You were lit by the storm

Flew up with the crows

And what points to the moon

Is not the moon

I looked twice at your face

You were gone too soon

Autumn-burned image

your fire touched my
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This is a bad day go-to song. The Hell Song by Sum 41. They wrote it for their friend who had AIDS. I love it because it has a lot of energy and emotion, meaningful lyrics, an awesome solo, but it gets you thinking about others who are suffering too. It’s like processing your bad day and everybody else’s. It doesn’t make you turn in...
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Snail’s hideout Sun burning long and so distant

Hermit crab scuttles predators everywhere

Rodent nervousness in the presence of non-rodent

Winter recluse, summer shame, absent spring rebirth

Incepting repulsion within the hearts of the sharks in the surf

Solitude sought to lick wounds in isolation, hopeless

Running headlong in pursuit of nothing, flight of silence

Growing old at the bottom of the pond, the...
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“Comfort food” @fredhincanada

Since I was a kid my mum has made a meal we call the ‘chicken soup meal’ - it looks kinda like this. After a while she started making it with southern fried chicken and bacon and OMG 🤣 delicious.

One birthday that’s gone down in family history was when I chose it for my birthday meal. My brother had been working
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“Jokes” @fredhincanada

Most of what makes me laugh is situational and doesn’t translate into a blog. But there are two one-liners I absolutely love 🤣

Milton Jones: “My neighbour isn’t too well, he keeps having to go to the hospital with concussions. I feel bad for the guy, he only lives a stone’s throw away”

Tim Vine:

My friend said he was going to the
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This is an appreciation post for the value of the SG community and what’s happened since FRED’S GAUNTLET@FREDHINCANADA has been a true friend to so many people here, including me, and with his Gauntlet he’s been scattering the spirit of friendship here on SG like some kind of Canadian pixie.

Nothing’s been the same since coronavirus. Did it change any of your lives like
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I was tagged by @dicentra with a list of questions about what a meet-up would look like, and the number of questions seemed more blog- than comment-worthy. And when I started thinking about her questions, it was a really nice imaginative exercise - thinking about what happened on the best days in times gone by - so here are my answers.

(“If you met me
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“A song you love” @fredhincanada

There are so many songs I could have chosen, but I’ve decided on Jee Veerey by Bloodywood because it has literally saved lives. Just read the comments 😮 the title means ‘live, brave one’ and it’s all about surviving our darkest moments. Because in them ‘iron is forged’. It’s an unforgettable track, both for its message and for that fact...
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“A piece of art” @fredhincanada

This piece of art is called Endless Love, by a local artist. I spent everything I could afford on it, years ago now. It’s all ink on canvas. Must have taken ages. I do believe some forms of love and connection are endless and transcendent, and that’s what this represents to me. When I see it, it reminds me not
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