Saturday At The Movies
This is a video about what this holiday season is meant to be about – love and compassion, even in the face of intolerance and hate: * EveryoneMatters.2012.com
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Doha Climate Talks: Fiddling While Planet Burns
It’s a plus 2 Celsius December day in northern Ontario, 11 degrees warmer than the average high for this day. The UN Climate talks in Doha Qatar continue for the…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
The kind of hope I often think about …is, I believe, a state of mind, not a state of the world. Either we have hope within us or we don’t.…
Ask Me Anything #3: Romance, Part I
Patti asks: “I would like to read your thoughts about romantic relationships. What has life taught you about them? What makes for a good relationship or a bad one for…
Layton’s Last Words Were First Laurier’s
“Faith is better than doubt and love is better than hate.” – Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 1918 “Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear.” – Jack Layton, 2011…
Saturday At The Movies
This clip is from the 1987 Japanese film Hachiko monogatari (a.k.a. Hachi-ko), which tells the true story of an Akita’s devotion to his master. Hachiko was born in Odate, Japan…
What is love and how do we know when it happens?
“It matters not who you love, where you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love” – John Lennon Ah, tis the question on…
Canadians OK with office romance: Survey
A survey by the Randstad’s Global Workmonitor found that seven out of ten employees (59%) indicate a romantic relationships between co-worker are common in Canada. And two thirds (66%) approve.…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Even after all this time the Sun never says to the Earth, “you owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that, it lights up the whole sky.” ~Hafiz
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Enya – Adiemus
A Message Of Hope and Love
Isobel Springett was interviewed on CBC Radio’s The Current on Wednesday morning. As I’m away from my computer and the internet for a few days, here’s some videos that Isobel…
An unusually romantic Valentines Day
We don’t usually make a big deal out of Valentine’s Day, but this year we got swept up in it for some reason. Maybe it’s because you can’t ignore Valentine’s…
Planetize The Movement
Like many of you, my focus these days is on Christmas preparations – cooking, traveling, feasting, and spending time with friends and family. 350orbust will be getting less attention than…
Six of Thirteen
The spring of 1997 I moved in with Drang, and one of his best friends used to spend a lot of time at the house. His friend was drop-dead sexy,…
Saturday At The Movies
A very moving video showing the deep emotional bond between a gorilla and the man who raised him:
finding balance
A healthy mind can work wonders on a sick body, and a healthy body can work wonders on a sick mind.J. J. GoldwagSo after being overwhelmed, laid low, sucked dry,…