Wednesday-Night

WHOM TO INVITE, NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT?
Or, David and Diana demonstrate they are never listless
(Written with the appropriately polysyllabic apologies to Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan)

My name is David Nicholson, the dean of Wednesday Night,
And I’ve got a little list - I’ve got a little list
Of guests at our salon I am inclined to dis-invite
Who […]

25 January 2006

Dear Group of Seven,
Following intensive deliberations, the Committee of the Whole of the Order of Wednesday Night under the skillful direction of Peter Trent, the most tenured member of the august group, has considered nominations and submitted its recommendations to us regarding the elevation of new members to this unique body.
It […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

Photos and more on Wednesday-Night.com
Susan Eyton-Jones makes a return engagement to 33 Rosemount this week, from her performance in Nabucco in Toronto “… Sunday’s performers, pride of place goes to Susan Eyton-Jones as Nabucco’s eldest daughter, Abigaille, a twisted, ambitious woman who becomes the centre of the evil in the opera, and its main […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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

 
 
 
 
 
 
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 […]