http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/12/18/bc-carver-shot-video.html (this is an incredibly disturbing video and I caution you to only watch it if you are comfortable with the fact that a man is shot down in broad daylight by a police officer) John Williams, according to the CBC story, was a wood carver who sold his works at Pike Place Market in… Read More
An Intervention
On my way home from the grocery store tonight I rounded a very icy corner. Well, every corner is icy because nobody shovels their sidewalks here. This corner was especially slippery, though. Envision a mound of ice edged with more ice. A young woman stood there, talking on her cell phone (sorry, mobile), blocking the… Read More
snowed in
Does anyone remember this: This is the massive snow fall that blanketed Edmonton at the beginning of December last year. (Wait – how did a year pass so quickly?!) Scotland is experiencing the ‘worst winter in 45 years’, as one newspaper headline proclaimed today. I try to keep my thoughts to myself when discussing the… Read More
