Invite an artist over for a hot dinner, a good conversation, a stiff drink, and buy his art so he can pay his rent.

A man and a woman marry because they don't know what to do with themselves. ~ Anton Chekhov

I first met Dr. MacCallum in October 1912 when he visited Jim MacDonald's studio

FATE-78: I can't get it out of my mind. It must mean July 8 - that's only 3 weeks away.

All the fishing there is up in the north country is pike and they are so thick there is no fun in it. #ttletter

The War has given every woman that hangdog look. There is no longer joy in the eyes of anyone.

1916 Poplar Hillside #tt1916

Because of my poor knowledge of European art I was free to create mine own

Wilderness is a source of power.

Jun 18, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: RUSSIANS DECLARE FOR BIG OFFENSIVE. ZEPPELIN RAIDER BROUGHT DOWN.

I tell Lowrie, the Ouija board is telling him to buy another damn record.

Only 20 days before I meet my fate on July 8, 1917 #TomThomson

Lowrie thinks its a date. FATE 78 - maybe 7/8 for July 8th. Someone will meet his fate.

I tell Lowrie, it's telling him to buy a new record for his Victrola. 78 RPM, Fate's Discourtesy, a song by Edward Elgar.

I freely gave away my sketchs usually in return for a minor obligation.

George said the Ouija did work. It kept spelling out "F-A-T-E-7-8".

The planchette was lost, so George tried an upturned whisky glass. I tell George that's the wrong type of spirit for the glass.

I'm not the superstitious type, but I'm in the same camp as Annie. I don't like these spiritual things, especially the Ouija board.

Me: "My goodness, that's the Ouija board Annie threw out. I thought Shannon would have burned it."

I mastered painting on unfinished boards. I painted to the loss of oil leeching into the wood