I walked down the street to get take-out food tonight for the Wednesday Canadian Kitchen Party in support of Canadian restaurants (it’s happening again next week on Facebook, with some well-known Canadian musicians - join if you can). It was at the end of what would normally be rush hour, and it was eerie. There were few cars and fewer pedestrians ( Read more... )

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I didn't march due to other commitments. I wish I could have been there. I have seen pictures from friends who went, in Canada and in the USA. I heard a couple of great interviews on why two scientists moved from science to activism (Bill Nye and Jane Goodall. You can hear the intereviews here: Read more... )

It is the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge. This is the battle that Canadians consider to be a turning point in our history, the time when we stopped being colonials and truly became a nation. It was the first time Canadian units fought together, rather than as part of another group, and under Canadian leadership. 3,600 Canadian men ( Read more... )

I'm sending out virtual valentines to two people I have never met today.

The first goes to someone at The Well. It's a local shelter for homeless women. spikesgirl58 suggested I make a donation to a charity following an incident a couple of weeks ago. I did, and got back a lovely card with a hand-written note thanking me for my donation and assuring me that ( Read more... )

I have been thinking a fair bit lately about how we build habits. It comes up every year around New Year's, partly because I have been working for a while to develop permanent behaviour changes that I post about here. Some have gone well, and some - not so much ( Read more... )

Hopefully this link will do the trick: https://youtu.be/ZughLxTC3t0Read more... )

By John O'Donohue from To Bless the Space Between Us

His poem (or blessing, as he called it) was used for an advent discussion at church last week. I haven't been going to the discussions, but they are included in the church bulletin so people can take them away. John O'Donohue was ordained as a Catholic priest, but he eventually left the ( Read more... )

This is worth sharing. Also worth remembering.

"Just because we know that we can do better does not mean that we aren't doing the very best that we can."

I have decided to use Lent as an opportunity for moderation and reflection, in the hope it might help me build some long-term behaviours.

I have given up alcohol, most sugar, and have promised I would do a minimum of 30 minutes walking per day. The walking was inspired by this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaInS6HIGo.

The thing I find most ( Read more... )