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March 31, 2020March 31, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

A Request From The Heart

Someone whom I love dearly provides an essential service. She and her team are on the front lines of those who are meeting the needs of the most vulnerable in our society. They know the risks and are taking them anyway. That would normally be as much or more than we can ask of anyone, […]

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February 4, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

We Are All Related

This sculpture, Sweetgrass Bear, is in the concourse of the downtown campus of the University of Alberta, Enterprise Square. It was created by Stewart Steinhauer and is a smaller version of a Sweetgrass Bear that is in the University’s North Campus Quad. The descriptive plaque includes these words: The Keeper of the lands stands on […]

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November 15, 2016Snowbird of Paradise

Sharing the Blame for Sharing False News

We can’t put all the blame on Facebook and Google for fake news stories when we are the ones who share them without a second thought. As the news media grope around for someone to blame for the outcome of the US election, they have included social media in their accusatory gaze. Facebook and Google […]

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September 15, 2013October 31, 2014Snowbird of Paradise

I was wrong, and I’m sorry

This week, I got it wrong. I wrote about an observation I made of someone else. It was not her best moment, and it was not my best blog post. Worse, though, I realized today that I was doing exactly what I had criticized in her; I was being passively aggressive. Gasp! I know! I […]

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