I’ve attended 2 wonderful wedding celebrations in the past month.The first one, in September, was the wedding celebration of an old friend from Baltimore. We were law school chums, having met at the library smoking table (believe it or not, we had a smoking table on the lower level of the law school library – …
I’m getting tired of pundits battering the Canadian health care system. Even Obama can’t get it right!A bit over a week ago, Don & I listened to Obama at a Montana town hall meeting. One woman asked a question about Canadian health care, and its possible use as a template. Obama responded that the US …
I’ve blogged about health care before – 17 times, to be exact. Some of those entries have been comparing certain aspects of US and Canadian health care from my own personal experience (see July 14, 2007 and July 15, 2007).Now comes the raging debate in the US – along with well-funded but serious and frightening misinformation about what …
It’s been a long time since my last entry – my bad.It’s the May 2-4 weekend, and we’re all freezing. (A couple of years ago, I explained all about the May 24 weekend, which is not often celebrated on May 24, here.) This year, it’s been so cold that the pundits have recommended that we not …
In a hymn we sing at church at this time of year, “I am the light of the world,” the first stanza says:When the song of the angels is stilled,when the star in the sky is gone,when the kings and the shepherds have found their way home,the work of Christmas is begun.I thought of this …
Just a few years after I arrived in Canada, we had the tragedy of 9/11. The outpouring of love and support to Don and me was amazing – as US citizens, we were the symbol of the US through those trying days to Canadian friends and co-workers. Those warm feelings soon turned to curiosity and …
My heart went out to Obama this week, on his short visit with his grandmother in Hawaii. While I respect the privacy that the press seems to be giving him and his grandmother during the visit, it doesn’t sound promising for her longevity. I only pray that she will see November 4 – imagine the …
Today is Remembrance Day. As I mentioned last week, we began church 1/2 hour early so that we could join the ceremonies at our local Cenotaph, just a block up the street. It was the first time since I’ve been in Canada that I attended the actual community-based service on November 11. It wont’ be …
Back in May, I wrote a post about the long Canadian holiday weekend. My dear friend Michael commented there with a reminder not to forget the real meaning of the US Memorial Day, and included a tribute to the brave troops en route to the debacle of Iraq. In spite of the plethora of magnetic yellow ribbons …
As I mentioned yesterday, my Mom broke her right humerus (upper arm, quite near her shoulder) on May 27, 2006, in a fall from a ladder while she was washing walls. (For all the details of the accident, please see this prior post. My Mom was remarkable.)Mom’s accident happened in the morning. As was her nature, …
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