I was thinking today of my days as a kid, at the cottage. The cottage was set on Lake Cebebe on Green Bay. In the early days, there was no electricity, so we lived with a wood stove, a hand pump for water, a fireplace, and oil lamps. We also lived without internet or any…
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…
Hybrid Thoughts 