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An egregious use of your tax dollars.

Posted on August 19, 2009 by

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http://www.actionplan.gc.ca This is the government’s stimulus package website. Besides being ugly and next-to-useless on the information front, you will note that every one of the social media links goes to Stephen Harper’s Facebook, Twitter, Flickr etc. accounts. Not the Government of Canada, or the… Continue Reading “An egregious use of your tax dollars.”

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Canning madness.

Posted on August 17, 2009 by

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Last week we had planned on a 3-4 day kayaking trip with friends in Victoria which didn’t happen (for us) because I wasn’t up to kayaking in the steady rain that greeted us Monday morning. Instead, Brian and I got back on the ferry… Continue Reading “Canning madness.”

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A poem for sharing.

Posted on August 15, 2009 by

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I was looking for a wedding song for a friend, tossing around the idea of putting a poem to music rather than doing a conventional/ridiculous love song. Found this, and although it’s not what I needed it moved me to share it. Mary Oliver… Continue Reading “A poem for sharing.”

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Bad feelings.

Posted on August 7, 2009 by

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Last night I reached a breaking point. You know, the kind that leaves you paralyzed, teary and raging angry all at the same time? Yeah, one of those. Problem being, I let things build up and build up, pretending everything is fine…. and when… Continue Reading “Bad feelings.”

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More holidays…..

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

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Now here’s a weird outcome of the recession: it seems that lots more people in the US are refusing the claim the bodies of family members so they don’t have to pay for their funerals. Which is apropos of nothing else in my life… Continue Reading “More holidays…..”

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