Nicky on December 8th, 2008

My godson Leo tries his hand at a medical career.
Don’t you love it when a gift goes over well?!?

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Nicky on December 7th, 2008

Last weekend (yes, I know! I am totally behind on the whole blogging thing :-)) I travelled to Calgary and Banff.  I was speaking at a conference in the mountains early last week, so I though I would proceed the engagement with a visit to my friends and relations.
My first visit was with my family… [...]

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Nicky on December 5th, 2008

From my David Suzuki Foundation newsletter…

There’s no better time than this financially challenged, politically confusing shopping season to check your list twice and consider: do you own your stuff or does your stuff own you? Think about it. One less gift can save about 200 kg of natural resources (the equivalent of two, queen-sized mattresses) [...]

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Nicky on December 3rd, 2008

Where have you seen this before?

It must be a cairn terrier thing.

~We sure do miss our Hamish~

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