my vancouver blogger friend jonathan narvey has a discussion about the current allegations that the canadian military looked the other way when people they had detained in afghanistan were transferred to afghani prisons where the canadian military...

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here's an excerpt from the novel i'm writing for national novel writing month (NaNoWriMo). it's raw and unedited, just the way i wrote it. 19,391 words and counting ... next thing i can recall is a bed, the softest, most comfortable bed ive ever...

middle of the month: its buddhist carnival time! being all busy with NaNoWriMo, this is a quickie version a little taste from the blogosphere, a buddhist smorgasbrod: a zen tale from secret forest the disciple threw stones in the water all day long....

remembrance day has always been an ambiguous day for me. good memories : an hour in the rain under a gazillion umbrellas, proudly listening to my daughter singing a song with the girl guides at a remembrance day celebration; or a lovely morning 17...