Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2025 may 03
Face Photos from Readers
Thanks to John Whitman for this slightly dismayed face from downtown Ottawa.
This space is available for other submissions.
Tag Archives: Citizenship
Oh, Canada: A Celebration in Photos
A special day deserves special photographic treatment. Herewith, a montage of provincial flowers represents the places in Canada where I’ve lived. Continue reading
Duff Gibson & Jeff Pain: Where Are They Now?
In honour of Canada Day 2015 (just two years to go to the sesquicentennial!), here’s an update on Duff Gibson (no relation) and Jeff Pain, last seen in these pages teaching us about ourselves by going downhill, headfirst, on a … Continue reading
Yellow Stars & Uniforms
Will we triumph over evil? Continue reading
Coming to Terms
Teasing apart the hairball of issues jumbled together in the school dress code issue and its news coverage. Do you think I look like a hooker? Wearing knee-high boots, a super short skirt, and a tight, low-cut top, the … Continue reading
Anthem Anxiety
A non-standard version of “O Canada” catches me by surprise in Winnipeg, and provokes some more thought about our changed, changing, and changeable lyrics. O Canada! Our home and native land, True patriot love . . . I’m primed to … Continue reading
With Glowing Hearts
A reasoned argument (aka rant) about the lack of gender inclusiveness in our not-very-ancient Canadian national anthem. O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. As I worked away, head down, I heard … Continue reading
Subversively Yours
An admittedly insane lapse – donating money to a political party – leads to an apparently endless series of letters from them seeking more money. Eighteen months ago, I lost my head: I admit it freely. I gave money to … Continue reading
Bein’ Green
Different protocols for recycling drive me crazy. OK, crazier. It’s not that easy bein’ green. Kermit the Frog How old am I? I’m so old, I remember when being environmentally responsible — not that anyone called it that — simply … Continue reading
Where’s an Ancient Greek When You Need One?
Exploring the construct of shaking things up in a paper bag to reach the golden mean. As I step into my direct report’s office, he steps back, increasing the distance between us to just under the raise-your-voice-to-be-heard distance. I … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Policy, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Citizenship, Critical Thinking
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