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July 22, 2019I have today published a geographic analysis of the 1911 Census for Grandview, along with a map showing the distribution of population change in the district between 1911 and 1921.
For those interested in our local history, please visit the Grandview Heritage website.
Poem: Alphabetizing Two Worlds
July 22, 2019
It was easy to place History before Politics,
Medicine before Physicians; and
“Snow Fell on Cedars”
had to come after
“Escape From Alcatraz”.
But how was he to choose
Literature over Culture
or Astronomy over Alchemy?
And Asimov could go anywhere,
With his reflections about water
On the half-moons of Venus.
With bookcases brushing the ceilings,
And more volumes stacked halfway up walls,
melding the books, shuffling the pages,
was turning out to be the hardest part
of moving in together.
Amid the piles of unsorted memoirs he halted,
His unpacking abandoned.
He remembered the dancing, the dinners,
The walking.
It was easy to place Love before Duty.