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Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917

Tomorrow is Victoria Day, or 'Empire Day' as many still call it.

Weather cold. Snow falling at intervals. Windy. A wild day.

By 1913 J.R. Booth could cut any tree he wanted in the Park.

Me: 'Doc, I'm sorry how the canoe trip turned out. I hope you and Arthur are not worse for the wear.'

I tell @WinnieTrainor about the dinner on Thursday and ask her to come. She says yes.

A photo of me at the reins of Shannon's horses. He is at the back of the wagon.

May 22, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: MOST OF HINDY'S LINE WON BY BRITISH.

Walking the path near @mowatlodge on Canoe Lake ?1

Too many people around @mowatlodge talking about things they pretend to know about.

I don't want to disappoint Dr. MacCallum and his theorizing about art.

Secretly, it's amusing to listen to Dr. MacCallum talk about art. He knows less than he admits

I'm not fond of talking about my own pictures. I figured that people can judge them for themselves

There are two boxstoves on either side and the fireplace in the middle, the one built in haste.

We're in the summer dining room of @MowatLodge , the converted storehouse adjacent to the main boarding house.

47 days until I meet my fate. Solve the mystery #WhoKilledTomThomson

The disruption of the War was heart-breaking for all of us

Only 50 days before I meet my fate on July 8, 1917 #TomThomson

Harris said that Camp Borden was rotten hole.

1916 Bateaux #tt1916

Shannon is putting up a fuss about hanging the sketches. Suggests that I might want to hang them at Joe Lake Shelter House instead.