News from the home front

The butternut squash is growing quickly and the bright green leaves and growth are, I think rather exciting. Almost like spring is in the greenhouse and slowly spreading to the rest of the world. I have always loved gardening. Even as a kid, I loved digging up weeds and seeing and smelling the dark earth….

Sunshine

My family in Ontario has been talking about how cloudy it is there. I’ve always thought of Ontario as a cloudy province – sitting up against the Great Lakes I think that is the contributing factor. This brings me to Alberta and the prairie provinces in general. Here is where the sun lives. I often…

Do we shake hands?

I recently noticed that in meeting some new people who shook hands. Without thinking about it, without hesitation. Are we back to shaking hands? It wasn’t that long ago we were bumping fists or elbows, carrying hand sanitizer around and generally being as careful as possible. People had hand sanitizer on their desks, in their…