We Eastlands!

While my last name is Waters, and I have great pride in that name and our heritage I’ve always been aware that there is a great deal of the Eastland genes running through my body. Chicken ankles, tall (though not as tall as some Eastlands), and of cours,e the thin body topped by the very…

Those people

You could almost hear the combined gasp when, today at Edmonton City Council (Executive Committee) a citizen presented his objections to an affordable housing initiative aimed at housing indigenous people. He referenced “those people” and “their friends”. I turned to Donny, who I was with and said, “did he just say those people?” Indeed, he…

A late night walk

Last evening as Nugget and I made our last walk of the evening I turned back towards our house as it sat in the darkness bathed in the light of the new lights and thought again how grateful I am for this place, for our health and for our dear family. I have never expected…