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The history of the area that I grew up in is recorded in a two-volume set entitled Hills of Hope. … {Read More}

The note left in a jail cell in 270 AD was simply signed “from your Valentine”.  It was meant for… {Read More}

I was playing charades with my youngest granddaughters and I had the word “milkshake”.  I acted out the milking of… {Read More}

It was a beautiful summer evening and I was riding my bike on the seawall when I passed an art… {Read More}

He had five offspring and was guarding them on the side of the trail.  His mate calmly rested nearby and… {Read More}

My sewing basket is open and as I draw out the colored threads, my heart and mind shifts to my… {Read More}

Will climate policy impoverish farmers? The global debate on the where countries should spend their money is literally heating up…. {Read More}

Challenge When the news hit that India was halting the shipments of non-basmati rice, the world went into overdrive to… {Read More}

I often stop at this point on my hike in east Sooke park. On this little outlook, the sun is… {Read More}

We may think of those persons over the age of 65 as comfortable Grandmas and Grandpas who welcome us home… {Read More}

I often spend Christmas alone – the table set for one.  My children and I live far apart and agree… {Read More}

As a young, working single mother, I barely had time to eat, let alone rest.  I remember being so tired… {Read More}

There is a lot of discussion this season about the fact that both male and female reindeer grow antlers. Was… {Read More}

Prosperity is only possible in a balanced ecology. A woman was struggling after the death of her husband in India. … {Read More}

I am community. I drank it in: this little town by the sea with the summer sun shining and a… {Read More}

How do communities build after generations of oppression? In John Borrows paper entitled Seven Generations, Seven Teachings, the premise is… {Read More}

I was challenged this week to look at the current year from the lens of courage.  My Story My father… {Read More}

“It is in Indian history the biggest movement of farmers after 1947 when we got freedom”.  I was chatting with… {Read More}

As we walk this journey together weaving our past experiences and our common respect for humanity into the future, I… {Read More}

The Weight of Our Words Speaking with my five year old granddaughter is a journey in itself.  She informed me… {Read More}