tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37471759352644866072024-03-19T01:09:20.237-04:00story juiceyum yumrisky mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077610678672970330noreply@blogger.comBlogger649125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747175935264486607.post-91075997014872946252018-07-13T23:05:00.000-04:002018-07-13T23:16:17.679-04:00 The Fantastic Mr. Fox<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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No. Not <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Mr_Fox" target="_blank">that one</a>. The one in the middle of this group of three friends. The one who was friends with our Dad (that's Dad in the pink shirt) for over 50 years.<br />
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The one who came to see us off when we moved to Canada as little kids with an armful of the very best books (box sets of the first 5 Doctor Dolittles, the Narnia series and an E. Nesbitt set including the Wouldbegoods, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet and THE RAILWAY CHILDREN!) and and a stuffed kangaroo for me and a koala for my sister. <br />
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The one who joined our family for all the events and made us laugh at the absurdities of the world. The one who cheered my Dad with constant company when he was laid up with a sore foot. The one who lent us his tiny apartment in Brussels - my Dad slept on a chair on the balcony. The one who would call out of the blue to tell us of some interesting find he'd been researching or some outrage he was working to rectify. <br />
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The one who regaled us with tales of my Dad's mispent youth - and beyond - in London. <br />
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He loved to tell the story of a time my Dad was catching up with old friends at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Bell%2C_Fleet_Street" target="_blank">The Bell on Fleet Street</a> on a trip back to "old Blighty". My sister and I were too young to go into the pub and were hanging out with our Mum in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bride%27s_Church" target="_blank">St. Bride's</a> courtyard. We came to the door and called out to our Dad that we were hungry. Our Dad responded by chucking a couple of bags of crisps at us and ordering another pint. Every time Mr. Fox told the story, it would send him off into gales of giggles as he mimicked our piteous cries and my father's indifference.<br />
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None of us remember it quite like that but who cares. It is funnier and foxier his way. I have always loved the story of the journalist who hid in the bathtub in Cyprus but I won't try and recreate it here. I couldn't do it justice and it probably is only barely true anyway. <br />
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The funny stories, punctuated with roars of laughter, that got wilder and wilder as they lurched towards a hilarious conclusion, is one of the many things we'll miss about the fantastic Mr. Fox. He was a great friend, great company and filled every room with his great spirit.<br />
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Cheerio. Pom pom.<br />
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Here are some of the things people have written about Mr. Fox:<br />
<a href="https://www.carnells.com/?obituaries=cyril-james-fox-cy" target="_blank">www.carnells.com/?obituaries=cyril-james-fox-cy</a><br />
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<a href="http://thebaron.info/comment/cy-fox-eccentric-gentility" target="_blank">thebaron.info/comment/cy-fox-eccentric-gentility</a><br />
<a href="http://thebaron.info/news/article/2018/07/11/obituary-cy-fox" target="_blank">thebaron.info/news/article/2018/07/11/obituary-cy-fox</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/a-collector-says-goodbye-to-a-trove-of-lewisiana/article786009/" target="_blank">www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/a-collector-says-goodbye-to-a-trove-of-lewisiana/article786009/</a><br />
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And here is what he wrote about my Dad: <a href="http://thebaron.info/comment/carl-mollins-some-notes" target="_blank">thebaron.info/comment/carl-mollins-some-notes</a> <br />
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<br />risky mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077610678672970330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747175935264486607.post-9381809226136671472014-06-06T00:06:00.001-04:002019-01-05T22:03:12.088-05:00the fellowsMy dad moved to Bloor and Dovercourt in 1945 and attended Bloor Collegiate from then until 1950.<br />
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There were two <a href="http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=140922" target="_blank" title="Gangs in Toronto in the 1940s">gangs</a> my dad had to contend with.<br />
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The Beanery Boys hung out at Dovercourt and College near the West End YMCA. My dad and his friends had to run fast to avoid the Beanery Boys when they went to the Y.<br />
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The other gang was the Junction Boys.<br />
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When my dad met my friend who has lived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Junction" target="_blank">the Junction</a> for about 25 years, he told her about his encounters with the Junction Boys - about how his high school shop teacher carried a sawed off baseball bat up his sleeve at school dances so he could chase away the trouble-makers. He also told us of the time his younger brother came running into a local coffee shop to tell my dad and his friends that the Junction Boys had ventured down to Dufferin and Bloor and were ready to rumble. My dad and his pals were happy to respond to the challenge.<br />
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My friend and I often think about the Junction Boys as we genteely sip a
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Just after I joined my friend as a Junction resident, I was looking through my dad's old photo album and found an article from the February 5, 1949 edition of the <a href="http://www.thestar.com/about/history.html" target="_blank">Toronto Star</a> about my dad and his friends and it mentions both gangs!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A gang of more than 75 'teen-aged boys, wearing a variety of outfits, stormed into Parkdale United Church last night. No one was hurt. There were no <a href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=bzj0K9BfaiAC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=zoot+suiters+toronto&source=bl&ots=9jxtL9zeaD&sig=FRcD5F5NsfXTe3NrC-f_CCl5ueY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ySmRU7mYK8mGyASH3ILYCQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=zoot%20suiters%20toronto&f=false" target="_blank">zoot-suiters</a>. No rowdyism anywhere. It wasn't that kind of an attack.It was a conference of boys from 15 to 21, belonging to different religious organizations [my grandfather moved to Toronto to become the minister of College Street Baptist Church], and sponsored by the Toronto members of the 28th Ontario Older Boys' parliament. The sessions continue today and Sunday.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The boys came to church, they said, "because it gives me a good feeling to be with good guys." Coming in sweaters sporting school crests, slacks and suits, the boys were members of Scout groups, Trail Rangers, Boys' Brigade, and Community "Y" groups. Some belonged to no groups at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">John Chapple, leader of the boys, set forth the position of his group in relation to gangs. "This organization started before the gangs. While it helps keep fellows out of gangs, it seldom attracts gang members."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">No "smart aleck" members of the <b>Beanery</b> or <b>Junction</b> gangs were in the group. "They probably think we're sissy or white collar boys. Anyway, we have a good time and they are welcome to come," said Chapple. His boys played football and hockey and were primarily interested in the church "or they wouldn't be here at all," said Chapple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Rev. Neil Crawford of Hillcrest United church gave a sermon warning the youths on the dangers of communism, "Christianity is no less radical than communism," he said. "Christianity intends to redeem human souls while communism has a narrower range and only intends to remodel society."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The 28th Ontario Older Boys' parliament has three objectives: "To stimulate interest in their churches, to exchange ideas and fellowship, and to apply Christianity to their daily living."</span></blockquote>
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Here's a photo of some of the fellows. My dad is second from the left. Carl Mollins, George Leek, Harold Chapman and George Shaw are still friends and have the occasional rendezvous.<br />
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I am not sure if my dad attended the sermon but if he did, it didn't seem to have the intended effect; while probably not a communist, he has been a resolute social democrat ever since I can remember.<br />
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My grandfather, <a href="https://storyjuice.blogspot.com/search?q=harry" target="_blank">Harry W. Mollins</a>, was the minister at College Street Baptist church. <br />
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More on Junction life in the 1940s and 50s: <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/06/i-am-not-made-of-stone-so-i-cry-boxing-great-george-chuvalos-toughest-battle-was-losing-his-family-to-drugs/" target="_blank">George Chuvalo reminisces about growing up on Hook Avenue</a>.<br />
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<br />risky mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077610678672970330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747175935264486607.post-16549037112276012672014-02-12T22:15:00.001-05:002014-02-13T02:02:45.397-05:00ellen<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got this photo from <a href="http://www.thecoast.ca/DearHalifax/archives/2010/08/15/ellen" target="_blank">here</a>.
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This is Ellen. Ellen died, very suddenly, very shockingly, on the weekend, on her birthday.<br />
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We met in junior high. I don't remember our first meeting but I do remember being in metalwork class with her. I did metalwork in Grade 7 and 8 and Ellen joined in Grade 8. We had a lesson on welding and most of us set about whatever welding project had been assigned - I can't remember what it was. There is a food warmer in my parent's basement so it might have been that. When it was time to have our projects evaluated, Ellen had made a fantastic art piece - a set of square tubes of different heights welded together. I remember thinking "WOW!" and "WTF!" at the same time. I was amazed that someone even had the idea to go off script let alone the nerve, impressed that my friend had such art in her and a little chagrined that she had surpassed my year-long training in a matter of weeks.<br />
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A lot of days with Ellen were like that one. She always seemed a little bit cooler, a little bit more self-assured and quite a bit more innovative than the rest of us. <br />
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Some of my best memories from high school are times Ellen took me to the Ruptash cottage. I loved it all - trekking to the cottage, swimming and rowing, picking blueberries, cooking on the wood stove, washing dishes outside by the well - but the part I loved best were the evenings when we would light one of the oil lamps, roll up some Drum tobacco, pour a drink, and talk long into the night.<br />
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I haven't spent a day or evening with Ellen for a long time now but when I see someone doing something in a way that surprises and delights everybody in the room, I think about her. <br />
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Another person I met at about the same time once said, "I still love pretty much everybody I used to love." That is true for me too. Ellen is one of a precious cohort and it hurts like hell that she had to leave us behind once more.<br />
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<br />risky mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077610678672970330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747175935264486607.post-3806186322997172302014-01-16T15:13:00.001-05:002014-01-16T15:13:12.189-05:00kitchen sink whimsyI saw this at the kitchen sink at my parent's house.<br />
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<br />risky mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077610678672970330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747175935264486607.post-84180241194510106262014-01-14T14:53:00.000-05:002014-01-16T14:54:35.669-05:00remembering jackMy Dad's friend Jack Hartzman died on Christmas Day and his <a href="http://www.thebaron.info/news/files/e6552fa1b1aa326a9cf1f8e002a4c1eb-988.php" target="_blank">funeral</a> was today in London. We could not go to the funeral but we went to the lake to think about Jack and enjoy the birds and cup of coffee.<br />
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Update: <a href="https://twitter.com/BellaMFG">@BellaMFG</a> sent this <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/The_Opening_of_the_Modern_Foreign_and_Sargent_Galleries_at_the_Tate_Gallery%2C_26_June_1926.JPG" target="_blank">link</a> and this message: Ok, had to check this out... The small print at the bottom is actually the names of everyone in the painting. At the bottom of the painting, click on the largest pixel. If you have an ipad, you can zoom and read the names.</div>
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risky mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077610678672970330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747175935264486607.post-77712826519476408422012-06-16T13:46:00.003-04:002016-10-11T15:07:00.000-04:00the encampment at fort yorkAs part of this year's Luminato Festival, <a href="http://www.blogto.com/events/56512" target="_blank">this installation</a> was created at Fort York.<br />
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but you have to be quick!<br />
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But wait a minute, why is this bike locked here?<br />
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Turns out that this guy has another approach.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b-EFuP50NT0/T99mKVpkX-I/AAAAAAAAFvg/jvJaY-KFOSc/s1600/IMG_0053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b-EFuP50NT0/T99mKVpkX-I/AAAAAAAAFvg/jvJaY-KFOSc/s320/IMG_0053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h_geCet4OZY/T99mKpSz9qI/AAAAAAAAFvo/lNEnI9xnC04/s1600/IMG_0071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h_geCet4OZY/T99mKpSz9qI/AAAAAAAAFvo/lNEnI9xnC04/s320/IMG_0071.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>risky mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077610678672970330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747175935264486607.post-55462970905641526722012-05-02T15:41:00.001-04:002012-05-02T15:41:27.509-04:00coffee and sympathy<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t13RD1-CDyM/T6GN6BLpH9I/AAAAAAAAFuc/NjZFBtT_aok/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDA1OTYtMjAxMjA1MDItMTUzNS5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-787511"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t13RD1-CDyM/T6GN6BLpH9I/AAAAAAAAFuc/NjZFBtT_aok/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDA1OTYtMjAxMjA1MDItMTUzNS5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-787511" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738023428135919570" /></a></p>Mum gave me this mug today.risky mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077610678672970330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747175935264486607.post-88294723267585318052012-05-01T23:30:00.002-04:002012-05-02T04:06:45.166-04:00auntie lily<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Auntie Lily died tonight at 11:30ish GMT.<br />
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She was a truly beloved aunt to me, my sister and all the children who found comfort and laughter in <a href="http://storyjuice.blogspot.ca/search/label/kent" target="_blank">her home and in her garden</a>.<br />
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If we are lucky in this life we get two kinds of family members, both equally dear. We have the family we are born to and the people who become family through love and years and constancy.<br />
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My mum and Lily met as youngsters when they were working in London. <br />
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They remained the very best of friends through wind and rain<br />
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and all the things grand and trivial, wonderful and awful, that this life brings us.<br />
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They became sisters through love and years and constancy.<br />
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They loved each other deeply and we all got to be a part of it.<br />
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Thank you Mum for finding us this good aunt.<br />
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Thank you Auntie Lily for being my aunt.<br />
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I keep trying to write all the ways I am going to miss you but they are countless. Endless. Boundless.<br />
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I am the luckiest of nieces.<br />
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Remember <a href="http://storyjuice.blogspot.com/2009/06/first-photo.html" target="_blank">this</a>?<br />
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Here is another picture of the lovely couple in Hyde Park. I took this one. I think they look even happier. I think that has a lot to do with the fact that when this picture was taken, they had been my Mum and Dad for six glorious years!<br />
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I was catching up on episodes of TVO's <a href="http://theagenda.tvo.org/" target="_blank">The Agenda</a> via podcast and listened to one called <a href="http://theagenda.tvo.org/episode/124949/obama%3A-can-he-or-can%27t-he%3F" target="_blank" title="Obama: Can He or Can't He?">Obama: Can He or Can't He?</a> about Ron Suskind's new book, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/books/ron-suskinds-confidence-men-focuses-on-obama-review.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank" title="New York Times book review">Confidence Men</a> and a discussion of his portrait of the current US president.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1fF1tr9xTQQ/TqhlXu5AfTI/AAAAAAAAFlU/XbKm-25d8Oc/s1600/obama-campaign-change-we-need.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="135" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1fF1tr9xTQQ/TqhlXu5AfTI/AAAAAAAAFlU/XbKm-25d8Oc/s200/obama-campaign-change-we-need.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>I lost a lot of <a href="http://storyjuice.blogspot.com/search/label/obama">Obama-love</a> when Osama bin Laden was killed. I do not want to go into all that here but it seemed to me so very ugly and so very Bush Doctrine that I took down my Obama Christmas tree ornament from its home on my kitchen wall. I used to look at that little ceramic plaque with its picture of Barack Obama when I was feeling kind of blah. It would make me think about all he was facing and all the hard work he had in front of him and would put my blahs into perspective and a little dance back in my step. After the "kill operation" in Pakistan, it just started to creep me out so I put it away.<br />
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I started to get a more balanced view listening to the panel discuss the challenges for this president and how his first years in this office compared with those of other presidents.<br />
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One point that was made a few times was that President Obama's harshest critics are often those who supported him. Near the end of the discussion Steve Paikin, the show's moderator, asked if the Occupy Wall Street movement was an expression of the left abandoning Obama. It is funny because I was thinking just the opposite at precisely that moment.<br />
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I was thinking that what the discussion was pointing to was the flaw in the alpha male leader model of change agency. I was thinking of the quote Adbusters used to start the <a href="http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/occupywallstreet.html" target="_blank">Occupy Wall Street campaign</a>.<br />
<blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WTcSXscMFq4/TqXKYiiFTfI/AAAAAAAAFks/Kn-xAxBUWKI/s1600/Raimundo_reduced.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WTcSXscMFq4/TqXKYiiFTfI/AAAAAAAAFks/Kn-xAxBUWKI/s200/Raimundo_reduced.JPG" width="72" /></a></div>"The antiglobalization movement was the first step on the road. Back then our model was to attack the system like a pack of wolves. There was an alpha male, a wolf who led the pack, and those who followed behind. Now the model has evolved. Today we are one big swarm of people."<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">— <a href="http://www.upf.edu/dcpis/en/pdi/professorat/rvv.html" target="_blank">Raimundo Viejo</a>, Pompeu Fabra University</div><div style="text-align: right;">Barcelona, Spain</div></blockquote>I was thinking that Obama invoked the <a href="http://peoplesmic.com/" target="_blank" title="The People's Mic">people's mic</a> when he lead those chants of, "Yes we can!" I was thinking that we are all learning - or re-learning - that even if you get exactly the right leader into position, all leaders are limited in their role as change agent by their own learning curves, by systemic barriers to change, and by powerful opposition forces from within government and outside government. Obama's presidency points to exactly what is wrong with the lead-wolf model. I think Obama himself was careful to warn us of this and often said that the change we wanted could never be accomplished by him alone. He kept his community-organizer hat on through much of the campaign.<br />
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I think that the Wall Street Occupiers and all those who are acting in solidarity around the world heard "Yes we can!" and said, "The we is us." They are stepping up to change the conversation and by changing the conversation and standing in solidarity, they are giving their president energy, space and strength to do his part.<br />
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The name of this post comes from the Mario Cuomo quote cited in the program, "You campaign in poetry but you govern in prose." Perhaps, what Occupy has to teach us is how to get a little more <a href="http://peopleslibrary.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/occupy-wall-st-poetry-update/" target="_blank" title="The People's Library blog">poetry</a> -- and dance -- into governance.<br />
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