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Canadian Canoe Museum – Opening Its New Facility

May 5, 2024 Ken Powell 25 Comments

May 13, 2024 Well it’s finally happening. The Canadian Canoe Museum is opening its new digs to the public on…

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List of “Powell Ponderings” Blogs

December 18, 2023 Ken Powell Leave a comment

(powellponderings.com) Here is a handy index, plus appropriate links, to the blogs I have written: * Attachment #1: Extremist Groups…

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Posted in: Life, Personal, Photography, Politics, Random, Travel

Themes and Patterns Emerging From A Scan of History, Theme 1: The Nuclear Reality

June 23, 2023 Ken Powell 11 Comments

I have placed this at the beginning of my “history themes and patterns” blog as I see this as the…

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Key Dates in World History: Preamble

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Dedication I dedicate this book to two groups of people. The first being personal: my two sons, Brendan and Dylan…

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Attachment #2: Key Dates in World History: 4 BC to 1798 AD

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Moving from B.C. (before Christ) to A.D. (anno domini – “in the year of our Lord”) Note re systems to measure…

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Attachment #3: Key Dates in World History: 1800 to 1945

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The 19th Century It took over two hundred thousand years of modern human history and 6 million years of human…

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Attachment #4: Key Dates in World History: 1946 to 1999

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For the next, and last, chunk of years see: https://powellponderings.com/attachment-5-key-dates-in-world-history-the-21st-century/

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Attachment #5: Key Dates in World History: The 21st Century, 2000 to present

June 7, 2023 Ken Powell Leave a comment

Sources Magazines: National Geographic; The Economist; The Atlantic; Foreign Affairs; The New Yorker; The Walrus; Harpers; Canada’s History Newspaper sources:…

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Purpose in writing blog articles; question of length; how should they be read

September 19, 2020 Ken Powell Leave a comment

What is my purpose in writing articles for my blog? How long should they be? Purpose So I’ve got this…

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Happy Birthday Ken!

May 30, 2020 Brendan Powell 4 Comments

This site was created as an 81st birthday present for my dad. God knows he’s always had something to say.…

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