tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post5898103468672939350..comments2024-03-26T15:22:25.095-06:00Comments on The Earliad: Journey to the Edge of Nowhere, Part IEarl J. Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-37814383354136967422021-07-15T19:16:11.449-06:002021-07-15T19:16:11.449-06:00Just stumbled upon your blog as I was trying to fi...Just stumbled upon your blog as I was trying to find articles about the wildfire in 1995. I grew up in Leaf until the mine closure in 2002.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904793662867927813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-34018151421079279102007-04-13T14:32:00.000-06:002007-04-13T14:32:00.000-06:00Leaf Rapids "PWNS!"Leaf Rapids homeslice represent...Leaf Rapids "PWNS!"<BR/><BR/>Leaf Rapids homeslice representing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-5599237395853149892007-04-08T12:29:00.000-06:002007-04-08T12:29:00.000-06:00Hi Earl,Noticed this story about Leaf Rapids in th...Hi Earl,<BR/><BR/>Noticed this story about Leaf Rapids in the news this week — an interesting development!<BR/><BR/>L<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>It's official: Manitoba town gives plastic bags the boot<BR/><BR/>It's been talked about for weeks and on Monday the northern Manitoba town of Leaf Rapids became the first municipality in Canada to ban plastic shopping bags. <BR/><BR/>Mayor Ed Cherrier said he doesn't expect any trouble enforcing the new bylaw in the town of about 550 people.<BR/><BR/>"Everybody's on board," he told CBC News. "Our Co-op store and Fields, they're really supporting our initiative. And in fact, our Co-op store has offered a challenge to all of Federated to go bag-free across Canada."<BR/> <BR/> The transition started almost a year ago when the town imposed a levy on plastic shopping bags, Cherrier said.<BR/> <BR/>Since September, very few one-time use plastic bags have been seen in Leaf Rapids, about 980 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.<BR/><BR/>It's estimated that a traditional plastic bag takes 1,000 years to dissolve.<BR/><BR/>The new bylaw prevents retailers from selling or distributing the single-use bags. Ignoring the ban could result in a $1,000-a-day fine. In anticipation, officials have been handing out cloth shopping bags to residents.<BR/><BR/>John Roach, the assistant manager of the Co-op grocery store, told Canadian Press recently that customer feedback to the ban has been overwhelmingly positive. He said the store went through at least 2,000 plastic bags a week and the litter they created was an eyesore.<BR/><BR/>The ban idea is catching on.<BR/> <BR/>Late last month, San Francisco became the first city in North America to ban the use of traditional plastic grocery bags.<BR/><BR/>See http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2007/04/02/manitoba-bags.htmlLesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14831032895989556909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-1953559697259376622007-03-04T00:27:00.000-07:002007-03-04T00:27:00.000-07:00This is one of my favorite posts. Earl is one the ...This is one of my favorite posts. Earl is one the most beautiful little boy's that I have ever seen. Sean looks so precious with his cookie. They are both now all grown-up but those pictures are truly special. It was an honor to visit the place that nutured Earl's creative mind. Leaf Rapids does have a magical essence that has to be experienced in order to appreciate it.<BR/><BR/>SylAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-82344410015790965912007-03-02T11:27:00.000-07:002007-03-02T11:27:00.000-07:00Wow, that restoration is really quite good.Again, ...Wow, that restoration is really quite good.<BR/><BR/>Again, this is EPS Sean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-63926063589402544942007-03-02T11:01:00.000-07:002007-03-02T11:01:00.000-07:00I've been waiting for this...simply fantastic work...I've been waiting for this...simply fantastic work.<BR/><BR/>While I'm commenting, I would like to point out that Earl most likely stole my cookie immediatley after the picture was taken.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous: Great job quoting (in a fashion) "Big Trouble in Little China" <BR/><BR/>EPS SeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-22530034285985090362007-03-02T01:02:00.000-07:002007-03-02T01:02:00.000-07:00What in the Chinese Hell of Decapitation And Being...What in the Chinese Hell of Decapitation And Being Left For Dead is going on? It looks like your blog has maliciously and meticlulously cut off my links. <BR/><BR/>I will re-post them in "halves", but you're goingto have to re-connect the heads to the bodies, as it were. <BR/><BR/>http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/<BR/>Twelvefield/e1.jpg<BR/><BR/>http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/<BR/>Twelvefield/e2.jpg<BR/><BR/>http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/<BR/>Twelvefield/e3.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-88500011664035212672007-03-02T00:58:00.000-07:002007-03-02T00:58:00.000-07:00Why do I get the feeling that Leaf Rapids is the f...Why do I get the feeling that Leaf Rapids is the favorite spring break destination of Miskatonic U.? There's almost a Lovecraftiness about all that nature.<BR/><BR/>And, well, you've hit upon one of my secret compulsive (nonpornograhic) hobbies, and that is to restore other people's photos without them ever asking. I used to be quite good at photo restorations, and a) it kind of gets under my skin when I see pics that need work, and b) it bothers me even more that I don't do it for a living. Anyway, if you want, here are links to the retouched photos.<BR/><BR/>http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/Twelvefield/e1.jpg<BR/>http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/Twelvefield/e2.jpg<BR/>http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/Twelvefield/e3.jpg<BR/><BR/><BR/>Mostly they are easy fixes, as photos tend towards red over time. It's just a matter of compensating for that, and sharpening the old picture grain. The purple jacket with the yellow velour (yellow velour -- someone was certainly gunning for the center chair on the bridge from an early age!), well, that's more likely your parents' fault, and no amount of photo restoration could justify those colours. I tried my best without resorting to greyscale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com