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GIANTS OF JORDAN ON EARTH DAY Today is Earth Day…first envisioned in San Francisco in 1969 bringing together the peace movement against American aggression in South-East Asia, specifically Vietnam and to demonstrate support for environmental protection, the first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. That same year, Greenpeace...

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GIMME an F…HAVE WE SEEN ENOUGH? Today is the Spring solstice…the lightness and the darkness are in sync, at least for one day. Since our last blog, there has been so much darkness, figuratively and literally, that it has been almost paralyzing…trying to write has been met with so many stops and starts as one head shaking event...

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NEW EYES ON THE DEVIL`S EXCREMENT “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust The last three years were, by far, the three hottest on record. And for the first time, the three year average has exceeded 1.5 C…the level the experts have said was a threshold tha...

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PERFECT DAYS IN COEXTINCTION In our previous blog titled GOOD VIBRATIONS ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY, we first took a glance back at those musicians who passed on during 2025 as well as some other notable musical moments that caught our attention, before I discussed the plans for a new pipeline from Alberta to the BC north coast. Be...

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GOOD VIBRATIONS ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do l," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring Well…2025…it seems ...

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IMAGINE LIGHT Some who know me, would tell you that music and film are an important aspect of my life…I make references that I draw from both songs and films that have inspired me. I use moments or phrases from those to draw analogies with events that are happening all around us…which brings me to this moment...

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KALEIDOSCOPE EYES on TURTLE ISLAND It has been a while since I have been able to put thoughts to words, as I had the first of two cataract surgeries, which is a process to replace the lens in one’s eye that over time has gotten a bit cloudy. My immediate reaction was that the difference between my new lens and the old one was like ...

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FILL THE SOUL Last week, we headed into the big city for our annual excursion to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)…it was its 50th year, and as good as always. The film we had selected to see was – Tre Ciotole (Three Goodbyes)…by Spanish director Isabel Coixet…takes place in Rome and “told ...

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MOTHER EARTH We just returned from a trip to a local Farmers’ Market which we try to get to every week or so…we picked up some freshly picked sweet corn, which we eat ASAP to ensure the sugars don’t have time to turn to starch…what an absolutely delicious treat. In my last blog, I talked about the insigh...

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WE ARE NATURE You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. – Jane Goodall How do we settlers evolve our perspective, understanding and relationship with the planet? We have b...