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…

47 years

In a couple of weeks it will be 47 years since I proposed to Wendy and asked her if she would spend the rest of her life with me. I will be 69 towards the end of this year, my Dad died just short of his 72 birthday as that “line in the sand” has…