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- 10 Ways to Happiness in 10 Minutes December 30, 2017
- How and Why I Remember Canada’s Fallen Soldiers November 9, 2014
- My Memorable Moments of 2013 December 31, 2013
- A Canadian in the Middle East on 9/11: A Different Perspective September 11, 2013
- Ugly Spring is Here. When Will Pretty Spring Show Up? March 30, 2013
- Sleep Cravings from Daylight Savings March 9, 2013
- Do you love or loathe Valentine’s Day? Part 2 February 14, 2013
- Do you love or loathe Valentine’s Day? Part 1 February 13, 2013
- Sunday #53: December 30, 2012 – The End December 30, 2012
- Sunday #52: December 23, 2012 – December Gifts December 23, 2012
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My Memorable Moments of 2013
Another year is over. The speed with which 2013 moved was astonishing. When I was young, my mother used to warn me about how fast time would fly when I got older. I didn’t believe her then, but I do … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Edmonton, General
Tagged 2013, Czech Republic, Danube River, editing, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Woman, Happy New Year!, Hungary, MacEwan University, memories, new year, River Cruise, travel, writing
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Sunday #24: June 10, 2012 – The Dorval Debate: What Then?
To my surprise, the debate about no-zero assessment policies in Edmonton Public Schools rages on this week, with views on both sides of the issue continuing to be put forth. I suspect that will continue for some time into the … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Sundays, Edmonton
Tagged Alberta Assessment Consortium, assessment, assessment policies, assignment, board of trustees, Edgar Schmidt, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Public Schools, education, EPSB, exam, Joe Bower, John Scammell, June 12, Lynden Dorval, Mr. Dorval, no-zero policy, physics, Ross Sheppard High School, science, self-esteem, superintendent, trustees
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Sunday #23: June 3, 2012 – The Dorval Debacle: Zeroes, Heroes and Lost Opportunities
At the risk of being accused of bandwagon jumping, I am going to add my voice to the outcry against the suspension and probable future firing of Lynden Dorval, the Edmonton Public Schools high school science teacher who gave some … Continue reading
RCMP Officer’s Slap on the Wrist is a Slap in the Face to Women
As a woman, I am disgusted by recent news of the punishment handed out by the RCMP to former Edmonton officer Staff Sgt. Don Ray. After a pattern of inappropriate behaviour over several years—including drinking alcohol with female subordinates, having … Continue reading
Sunday #19: May 6, 2012 – Seek and Ye Shall Find… Dopamine.
Questions. We all ask them. Of ourselves, of others, of the universe. Often those questions remain unanswered. We pose them, but we get no real responses. Sometimes we answer those questions for ourselves down the road, after we have done … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Sundays
Tagged brain, brain chemistry, CBS News, dopmaine, Edmonton Journal, insula, Journal of Neurosience, lack of motivation, Maia Szalavitz, Michael Treadway, motivated, motivation, neurochemistry, neurotransmitter, Ryan Janslow, striatum, Time.com, unmotivated, ventromedial prefrontal cortex
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Sunday # 6: February 5, 2012 – What does beauty have to do with the Super Bowl?
Unless you live under a bridge somewhere, you know today is Super Bowl Sunday. Some of you will care. Some of you will not. Some of you will be interested only in the ads. Some of you will be … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Sundays
Tagged beauty, celebrity, championship, coaches, Edmonton Journal, girlfriends, half time show, players, standards, Super Bowl, teams, wives
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Let it rain! Let it rain! Let it rain!
So here we are, three days before Christmas in Edmonton and all is merry and bright—or is it? To hear some people talk—or vent in the Edmonton Journal—it just isn’t Christmas without snow. These people moan that there’s no snow, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Christmas, Edmonton
Tagged brown Christmas, Christmas, December, Edmonton, Edmonton Journal, rain, snow, white Christmas
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