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Posts from the blog in its earlier stages, 2021 to 2024, kept as written. The numbered Riley’s Cidery series from 2024 reads in order under the tag cidergate.
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9: catching up and moving on…bylaws and bad governance
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 9 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 Get ready for bylaws, bad government, plenty of acronyms, and more.…
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just when you thought it was safe…
Well. Here I am again. I’ve been busy away from here for a while, other projects, life. Swimming. But I have been working on posts and (if it doesn’t sound too portentous) lines of research.…
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8. rinse, repeat
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 8 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 In my last post, I made reference to: That post also…
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7: diving back to earth…
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 7 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 Starting here, this series of posts looks at the law, the…
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6: Riley’s Cidery – the (dirty) truth
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 6 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 The entire story of how Riley’s Cidery on Bowen Island came…
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Work in Progress – towards a history of Bowen Island, BC
This post is the first in a new category which I’m calling WIP – short for a work in progress. This blog, ultimately, is about what can be learnt from the history of a small…
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5: Riley’s Cidery and BIM: swimming with sharks?
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 5 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 and it often happens, that if a lie be believed only…
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4: Bowen Municipality: peering into the abyss
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 4 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood.― Aldous…
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3: Riley’s Cidery and Bowen Island Municipality – on the brink
“Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 3 1 – 2 – 3 – 4– 5 – 6 –…
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2: The rot sets in: Riley’s Cidery and Bowen Island Municipal council
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 2 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 February 22, 2021: This was the date on which the proposal…