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Spring is arriving

Out here on the prairies, we know that even though the snow is melting, a new snowstorm is still possible as yesterday demonstrated. However, that doesn’t mean we aren’t dreaming about the warming ground and an expected garden development for this year. Wendy and I headed off to the garden center the other day after…

Japanese pen

A number of years ago I had a collection of pens that included a few cartridge fountain pens. I enjoyed them, but they had a nasty habit of getting messy at times! Blue ink can really leave behind a stain. Eventually, the need to write finer documents, the possibility of a mess, and the cost…

Policies and compliance

One of the areas I’ve had oversight of for the past six years is policy – not that I write them, well some I do, or even approve them – that’s another process, but I’ve had under my supervision the platform, access, and design of policies. I’ve moved us from what was a rather cumbersome…