Category: Think

Another East Vancouver dust-up.

I’ve got to admit it, as much as this may be a very unpopular sentiment in East Vancouver right now: my outrage-o-meter is pretty much all tapped out when it comes to the recent kerfuffle about the Waldorf Hotel and the announcement that Solterra… Continue Reading “Another East Vancouver dust-up.”

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Older *and* smarter.

The fog from early this morning has given way to brilliant sunshine and I am borrowing a cubicle in which rays of sun actually fall on the desk at certain times of day – lucked out with this busted computer thing for a change!… Continue Reading “Older *and* smarter.”

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One more reason…..

This is just one more reason that I love my ‘hood. New community share library at the corner of Penticton and William! Built by our neighbours with a community grant….

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A little moan about school.

Just finished my application for a special course next semester as part of the “President’s Dream” Colloquium which is available to the public as a lecture series, but can also be turned into a grad course. This is a new project of the university… Continue Reading “A little moan about school.”

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Dahlia bloom.

In my union capacity I just met with someone who is terminally ill and may not live past December. Thinking about the delicate and impermanent state of being human — the illusion that our lives are somehow up to us in the first place… Continue Reading “Dahlia bloom.”

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