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R.I.P. Jack Layton

22 Aug

‎Jack Layton, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) died of cancer this morning. He was 61 years old. And I will miss him.

I can’t say that I knew Jack personally, but we met on more than one occasion when I worked in TV for CBC. What struck me most about him was his amazing vitality. The man practically crackled with vigour! And I enjoyed our conversations about the environment and the steps needed to make Canada greener.

He struck me as a no bullshit, straight-up kinda guy. And all the stories that are flooding the internet today seem to underline this fact.

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25 random things about me

25 Jul

A little while ago, there was an email going around Facebook that asked people to list 20 random things about themselves, share them with friends and then get the friends to do the same. I found it an absolutely fascinating exercise and found myself looking at even close friends in a new light after discovering interesting facets of their personalities that I hadn’t cottoned on to yet. In the same tradition, here are 25 random things about me. I’d love to read comments with random info about you: (more…)

The simple life

21 Jul

How do you go from being a consumer to becoming a citizen? As in how do you go from being someone who uses up the earth’s limited resources and go back to being someone who’s a contributing member of society–someone who actively builds and contributes to a community?

There's nothing like hanging out with your kids and taking the time to reconnect with the earth!

There's nothing like hanging out with your kids and taking the time to reconnect with the earth!

This is a question that I’ve been pondering quite a lot lately. And I suspect it’s one that’s on a lot of people’s minds just now. Not because we’ve suddenly grown a collective conscience, but likely because of this global recession we’re in. It’s forced many of us–me included– to hop off the treadmill and reassess.

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Welcome! Would you like some chai?

15 Jul
The pleasures of looking up!

The pleasures of looking up!

Try not to hate me, but I have the summer off. In Montreal. This means time to enjoy a gazillion free festivals and street events and parks and local markets. But I won’t gloat. Really.

This time off comes as a result of the cuts at the CBC (my position was made redundant, at least for the summer). So technically, it’s bad news, I suppose. The truth of the matter was that I’d sensed the changes coming all the way back in December 2008. So I’d been preparing and planning… and saving. And by the time the news came, I was looking forward to it. (more…)

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