Fat chance

There is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi: 鈥淚f you don鈥檛 ask, you don鈥檛 get it.鈥 I鈥檓 not sure that was Gandhi鈥檚 exact wording, and I鈥檓 not sure he would appreciate my use of the phrase, but I thought I鈥檇 test this theory out with my spouse this Christmas.聽

Reflections

Sometimes when I鈥檓 out and about and encounter a parent/parents with a newborn baby I 鈥渙oh鈥 and 鈥渁ah鈥 about the beautiful child 鈥 what newborn isn鈥檛 the cutest baby in Canada? 鈥 then I ask if its their first one and how it鈥檚 going, and whether they are getting any sleep, etc.

Enough already

Friday morning at the county administration centre, a new warden and committee chairs were elected by their peers. It is an occasion we try not to miss.聽

More than two sides

Listening to Canada Post management and the union, one could fall into the trap thinking this strike is just another labour dispute. It is far more than that.