Burlington, Vermont I grew up in Ontario and this my favourite time of year in Eastern North America for many reasons. But chief among those reasons is what happens to forests out here in the fall. It is hard to describe to anyone who has never seen them, a maple forest in the fall, where the colours are bright yellow, orange and red. Pitched against a blue sky, the scene is iconic, beautiful and stirs up a nostalgia in me for home. Flying from Choicago to Burlington today, we crossed over the maple woodlots of the farming …
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Jack Martin Leith is writing again, prolifically and brilliantly on the subject of facilitation, conferences, meeting, organization and work in general. I may be late to the party, noticng his new blog, but I’m glad to see him back on the web sharing as generously as ever.
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Our federal government announced in it’s throne speech yesterday that it was intending to extend Canada’s mission in Afghanistan to 2011. I have written before about my thoughts on the war there, and our role in it. Now, I’m adding my voice to a number of other bloggers who are demanding that we end our role in this conflict. Here are my reasons why: We are in a combat mission in Afghanistan. In other words we are a fighting force participating in a war. This is not a peacekeeping mission. It bears remembering that we went to Afghanistan, and we …
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The National Capital Freenet in Ottawa was the host of my first email address. It’s most famous web page may well be the amazing wood s lot. Today, Mark Woods’ blog turned seven. Happy Birthday!
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Thanks to all who contacted me over the last couple of days to let me know my site was down. A little administrative oversight on my part, and to my great joy I discovered how many people near or far check in with what’s going on around here. So thanks to all…we’re back in business, and no worse for wear.