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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917
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Jun 8, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: GREAT BRITISH VICTORY. CRITICAL SITUATION FOR FEDERAL POLITICAL PARTIES. image
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Arthur Lismer said he never saw a porcupine, so I introduced him to a family of porcupines.
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To others, the country was a monotonous dreary waste, but for me it was full of undreamed riches.
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Tom Thomson 8 months ago
I find a book Rudyard Kipling's poems. I came across the poem, "Secret of the Machines."
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In Seattle is where I started watercolours, designing and poring over art magazines.
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The beauty of the North can exist in the ugliest and most forlorn tree. Indeed, this is the root of beauty.
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The typical Canadian is materialistic and conventional.
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I see Shannon coming down the road. He has two new guests - Charles and Emily Robinson from Toronto.
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I hadn't yet thought about the implication of fatherhood. That would become more clear in the coming weeks.
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Winnie has found out my plan to go to the Rockies. Now she knows I am not serious about the engagement. Not yet.
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Tom Thomson 8 months ago
Only 45 days before I meet my fate on July 8, 1917 #TomThomson image
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A good artist makes you forget you are looking at brush strokes on canvas.
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Civilization is a disease, barbarianism is a restoration of health - Julius Meier-Graefe 1908
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You can judge a moose by the size of its antlers. Too bad there's no similar rule for judging men.
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The sun is high in the sky. The water sparkles like diamonds. The windows in the distant buildings are diamonds too.
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Tom Thomson 9 months ago
Common Yellowthroat arrives today in @algonquin_pp #migratorybirds image
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The weather is getting better. Follow the journal of my last spring in 1917 #TomThomson