 By Jim Selman | Bio
I am in Kiev, Ukraine this week. This is
my first time here. In fact, it is the first time I have been in this
part of the world or to a country using the Cyrillic alphabet. I am not
prepared to write a travelogue since I just arrived a day ago, but
sometimes first impressions are fleeting but useful. In this case, my
first impressions are reflections on an ‘old’ country that (from what I
can tell) has yet to be discovered by the tourism industry. Even at one
of Ukraine’s annual festivals, I see few foreigners and most that I do
see are reportedly from neighboring Russia.[ Read More]
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 By Shae Hadden | Bio
With elections today in Canada and next month in the U.S., this is a
good time to remind all the women we know to exercise their right to
vote--a right which we've only had for less than a century. In
July 1917, a group of 33 women picketed outside the White House, asking
for the right to vote. They were rounded up by 40 police wielding
clubs, brought to Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia and imprisoned for
"obstructing sidewalk traffic".
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By Shae HaddenBio
Expectations are basic to who we are. From the time we are born, we
live in a relationship with the future based on our experience of the
past and the interpretations of reality that we learn from our culture
and history. We learn from our parents to live up to our expectations.
We organize our actions based on them and, more often than not, they
become self-fulfilling. When something unexpected occurs, we feel
fortunate if it is good and upset if it is bad. Our moods are always
correlated to our expectations. And as we grow older, most of us expect
to ‘slow down’, experience declining health, need to change our
lifestyle and perhaps to give up many of the things we’ve enjoyed most
in our lives. The general expectation of old age is one of decline. [ Read More]
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By Stu WhitleyBioThis is the third in a four-part series.
The
new museum dedicated to the Battle of Warsaw is a compelling place to
visit. It opened the weekend we arrived, and the queue stretched around
the block. But after being informed of Dad’s participation in the
battle, we were afforded special treatment, moving quickly to the head
of the line. Serious deference is paid to elders. People give up their
seats on trains and trams; seniors are acknowledged in the streets,
especially those who, like my father, wore the pin bearing the insignia
of the resistance, a stylized ‘P’ with curving feet. He did not wear
the Cross of Valour, awarded to him in absentia, for sustained courage
in the face of the enemy. This an honour I only learned about recently.[ Read More]
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