Dragonfly Cohousing: We have a Development Permit from the City of Calg…: Our Permit request was granted today after several months of deliberations with City Hall and redesigns by NORR Architects. This marks a landmark in our process to build Alberta’s second cohousing development.
I was challenged a couple months ago to consider my regrets. Rather quickly several major regrets came to mind. Reflecting on my greatest regrettable actions I encounter a disturbing revelation: I have really regretted doing things that primarily made me look bad. Sadly, even when those regrets have involved hurting another person, the reason I … [Read more…]
“I am perfect just the way I am.” I read this in a little book called Power Thoughts by Louise L. Hay. Hay is an inspirational writer specializing in little quotes to help people deal with life. I think she’s dead wrong. I think she’s filling people’s heads with total nonsense. Why? Because we aren’t … [Read more…]
Last night we moved into a rental home in the community of Varsity in Calgary. It’s probably the easiest move I’ve done – lots of time to pack and load the truck, great help, and plenty of time to unpack. We are on a path to downsizing/simplifying – I’ll be blogging about that soon. Since … [Read more…]
Yesterday I found myself contemplating how Christians, myself included, do not look particularly different from anyone else in society, except perhaps Sikhs, orthodox Jews, orthodox Muslims, and, well, some Christians. I was on the edge of a river watching for white water rafts in Kananaskis with my family. Another family was hanging out there, clearly … [Read more…]
For some reason, anytime my daughter knows she’s being photographed, she has to strike a pose. These poses come in two flavours, but both use a dramatic arm motif. This first one (the first two photos), Acadia raises her left arm to her side and has a flat palm (like a traffic cop, but cooler). … [Read more…]
Something I really appreciated about the old Canon miniDV camcorders was that the timestamps they recorded onto each clip was visible and useful in sorting footage in the old iMovie. More recently, as I edit home movies in an old Final Cut Pro suite and as I mix and match footage from my Canon ZR950, … [Read more…]
After months of research, my first inkling proved to be my conclusion. I should have paid more attention to Blink when I read it. So, here it is! I wanted to make the 72 minute documentary available online after the festival circuit was exhausted (it proved to be a very, very small circuit). But most … [Read more…]
The top number is the class average of the course work (assignments/quizzes/tests) of my calculus class. The bottom number is the class average of the final exam. As a teacher, besides ensuring that my students are receiving the best instruction I can provide, the thing I worry about most is whether I am assessing their … [Read more…]
I own one now. Pretty fancy machine I must say. I added something to my calendar with a voice command. I downloaded a couple hundred songs through iCloud. I set up my banking. So what was the straw that pushed me over the edge? There were a few things. – my little Nokia was not … [Read more…]