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Poppies in a field
November 10, 2016November 11, 2016Snowbird of Paradise

Multicultural Remembrance

The day after the US election I had a terrible hangover and I hadn’t even been drinking. I had waited and waited for something, anything, to happen for a different outcome, but in the end all I got was a night with too little sleep. So it was with a fuzzy head and a bad […]

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Edmonton Transit System Bus
October 24, 2016November 11, 2016Snowbird of Paradise

To See Us All Just Getting Along, Ride the Bus

We can all get along. I know because I’ve seen us do it. On Saturday I took the bus downtown, as I do on most weekends. It’s about a thirty-minute ride and in that time I saw people of various ages, ethnicities, and abilities helping each other out. At a guess, I’d say we ranged […]

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Girl guides raising tent
July 13, 2016November 11, 2016Snowbird of Paradise

Everyone Hates Group Projects

When this old picture of girl guides putting up a tent popped up on my screen, it inspired these thoughts. I can’t actually remember the conversation that went on during the tent-construction enterprise, but I can imagine it just from the body language of the people in the photo. It’s easy to get along with […]

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July 16, 2015November 11, 2016Snowbird of Paradise

Wait…What?

Sometimes I see something on my Facebook page and think “How is it possible that you are my friend?” How could someone in my social and family circle say something, or repost something, that is so diametrically opposed to my own way of thinking? Occasionally, I see something that is intolerant of minorities, or that […]

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