{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Canada&#039;s Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog","author_name":"CanSpace Team","author_url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Spotlight: Peter Midgley, Writer and Editor, midgley.ca - Canada&#039;s Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wjGD68C1v5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/spotlight\/spotlight-peter-midgley-writer-and-editor-midgley-ca\/\">Spotlight: Peter Midgley, Writer and Editor, midgley.ca<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/spotlight\/spotlight-peter-midgley-writer-and-editor-midgley-ca\/embed\/#?secret=wjGD68C1v5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Spotlight: Peter Midgley, Writer and Editor, midgley.ca&#8221; &#8212; Canada&#039;s Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider\" data-secret=\"wjGD68C1v5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Peter-Midgley-feature.jpg","thumbnail_width":960,"thumbnail_height":460,"description":"I\u2019m an accident of history, the result of highly improbable fusion of gametes. I had no input into either the timing (sometime in Era of the Anthropocene) or a place (Namibia) for this miracle to occur, but I am very happy with the result. A subsequent series of dubious choices and a few lucky breaks means I am now a writer and editor living in Edmonton, Canada. I was barely walking when an acquaintance of my mother\u2019s declared: that boy has\u00a0potlood-ore\u00a0(pencil ears), that is to say, ears big and wide enough to act as a quill stand. That settled it: I knew then that I would one day work with words. The equipment was built into me. Language and how we can use it to impart meaning and intent, or wield power through it, remains endlessly fascinating. Every time I write or edit, I am aware that I am helping to shape how we see the world - what could be better than that?"}