Peter Trent



OWN Awards January 2006


OWNership and the Group of Seven
Under the skillful direction of Peter Trent OWN, the senior member of the Order of Wednesday Night, the Committee of the Whole (all members in good standing) has carefully scrutinized nominations, consulted and submitted to the Chairman and Leader of the Opposition (Mouse) the names of […]

Christmas Message 2002 - Christmas Lights


Christmas Lights 2002
In the days surrounding the winter solstice, light is all-important to us. Light is knowledge, light is warmth and light is power, but above all is, light is comfort and security.
When it grows dark at 4 PM in this northern setting, the pool of light cast by each street lamp, impersonal high-tech office […]

Wednesday Night #1066 - The Convocation


G reetings Courtiers Of Wednesday Night
# 1066 (and all that)

Peter 1 of Prestwich (Peter the bald) Lord High Admiral RCN
(Usurper of Count David Of Westmount’s fiefdom)
You my loyal (and any disloyal) Courtiers are hereby commanded to attend The Court to be held on Wednesday 7th August […]

Wednesday Night #1001 - Tales, No Veils


May 9, 2001
PROLOGUE:
The first Wednesday of the new Millennium brought a sparkling – and highly eclectic, international - mix of old friends of Wednesday Night and new faces. Hans and Janet Black, benefactors of the Millennium Wednesday, returned from Switzerland bearing a magnificent bottle of Chateau Latour and accompanied by Malcolm Thomas of […]

Wednesday Night #1000


More on Wednesday-night.com Wonderful messages from around the world
Thank You
Dear Nonymous and A-nonymous Members
of the Self-appointed Committee for the Millennium Wednesday Night
and Honourable Guests - both present and absent
The horse designed by this committee was most certainly not a camel, but a pure Arabian steed of noble appearance and spirit.
What […]

Wednesday Night #935


See also Wednesday Night.com for links and photos.
Maybe we are witnessing the death, and none too soon, of the old left/right dichotomy. On the face it you could hardly get more leftish than Julius Grey nor more rightist than Peter White. As a general rule, opinion among the group tends run a little to the […]

COMMUNITY WARMTH DE-ICES WESTMOUNT, by Peter Trent


 
COMMUNITY WARMTH DE-ICES WESTMOUNT

 
 
 
 
 
 
During one of my recent Westmount walkabouts, I ventured into Summit Park to get an idea of tree damage from the ice storm. I quickly discovered […]

Wednesday Night #810 - The Hon. Lucienne Robillard


10 September 1997
AN EVENING AT THE NICHOLSONS’

by the Hon Lucienne Robillard - député
Last Wednesday evening, I had the pleasure of being the invited guest at the home of Diana and David Nicholson for their weekly Wednesday night discussion group. These meetings have, over the years, become a Westmount tradition, as members […]

Wednesday Night #600


True to Wednesday Night form, the 600th anniversary organized by committee on Wednesday September 1,1993, bore no resemblance to a camel. The (faxed) invitation announced accurately that “The 600th Wednesday Night Celebrations Committee has conjured up an evening of fun and fancy. The missing ingredient is you.”
The black tie affair for over 100 guests (with […]

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