Valentine’s Day 2026

Edward Wedler and myself share the same birth date. February 14th. We were both recruited to NSLSI by John Wightman. Edward was hired to teach Remote Sensing, I was hired to teach Scientific Computer Programming (SCP). This occurred in the early 1980’s.

Today, we can look back on almost fifty years of collaboration. Through my blog posts at ernestblairexperiment, we can use the date February 14th to see what has changed over time.

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Today, Heather and I celebrated my birthday with lunch at the Green Elephant Café in Kingston.

It has been a difficult week. We have listened to the news of the Tumbler Ridge shooting in Northeast British Columbia. We have watched the Winter Olympics from Milan, Italy.

On Thursday, February 12, we had planned to attend “Love where you live: community mapping with purpose”, hosted by Ed Symons at CORAH, NSCC, Middleton. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. Instead, we shall have to wait until next month, March 12th.

Postscript

In the GrapeVine, February 2026, Jane Baskwill ‘New Gathering Places: Cafes and everyday corners’. p.9

The three cafes are : Bees Knees in Lawrencetown, Aroma Mocha Café in Bridgetown and The Green Elephant in Kingston.

Acknowledgements

Thank you Edward for your artistic talents. It really makes the words ‘come alive’.