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…

My days

When we retired, I wondered what my days would be filled with. I had books to read, gardening to do and some extra tasks that I wanted to do. I still do, and will, but over the past year, I’ve been able to discover a new field of endeavor and accomplish things that I did…