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supporting iran’s protesters on a wordless wednesday

June 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments

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reconciliation. music.

June 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments

from nancy’s blog yesterday:
today was a day of reconciliation, initiated by the assembly of first nations.
here are some facts every canadian should know (i didn’t until recently):

approximately 250,000 kids were forced by law to go to residential schools in canada, starting in 1850
these were kids age 6 - 15
the intent was explicit: “to kill the […]

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the cinderella project

June 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments

on friday i went to a highschool graduation ceremony - my first one!  not having grown up in north america, and my older children having decided to skip grade 12, i had never been to one.
my first impression were the beautiful clothes everyone was wearing.  where did all these gowns come from?
well, some of them […]

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taking a stand: what does it take to make a difference?

June 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments

my last post was inspired by the 20th anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre. in it i was musing about what it takes to stand up against whatever oppression we’re experiencing, be it political or in a smaller social environment.
making that decision
marie reflected: “i guess it’s a matter of deciding what is more important […]

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Tags: emotional health · peace, environment, social justice et al · philosophy and education

homophobia, the 4 noble truths, and the 8-fold path

May 17th, 2009 · 8 Comments

today, on the international day against homophobia and transpobia, i’d like to gather a few thoughts on homophobia in view of the four noble truths, the core ideas of buddhism.

there is suffering - giving birth, aging, illness, etc. in the pali text, there are two things that specifically apply here, i believe: “union with […]

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Tags: news and events · peace, environment, social justice et al · queer talk, gender issues and sexual identity · spirituality

ride for mental health - join the party!

May 14th, 2009 · No Comments

if you live in vancouver, or anywhere in canada for that, please join 60-year-old xerox executive mel thompson in his 100-day ride for mental health.  more here at our MentalHealthCamp.

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Tags: depression and mental illness · news and events · peace, environment, social justice et al

peace angel on a wordless wednesday

May 13th, 2009 · 6 Comments

a picture of the “friedensengel”, or angel of peace, in munich, germany, just five minutes from my parents’ place.
image by ivan bustamante

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peaceful communication - problems and solutions

May 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments

in the last few months, i have had much occasion to think about the concept of nonviolent or peaceful communication.
there is the general idea of nonviolent communication, and then there is nonviolent communication as it has been much talked about lately, created by marshal rosenberg. in his definition, NVC is
a way of relating to […]

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Tags: communication · peace, environment, social justice et al

carried through the year by the we’moon calendar

March 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments

i am a huge fan of the we’moon daytimer. to this day, i see as one of the perks of quitting my job as chief cook and bottlewasher at the skills connection the fact that i didn’t need a huge appointment calendar anymore and could go back to using the we’moon daytimer.
we’moon is a […]

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Tags: interesting books · peace, environment, social justice et al · spirituality

amputee beauty on a wordless wednesday

March 25th, 2009 · 5 Comments

no. 4 in my series on unconventionally beautiful women:

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Tags: eating disorders, body image & similar topics · peace, environment, social justice et al · wordless wednesday

is tweeting about omid reza misayafi a negative thing?

March 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments

the other day, an interesting discussion took place on twitter. i tweeted a link to the death in prison of omid reza misayafi, the iranian blogger who had been sentenced to three years in prison for blogging in ways that the iranian government found threatening.
one of my fellow tweeters found that this was a […]

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Tags: communication · news and events · peace, environment, social justice et al

no-bully pink on a wordless wednesday

February 25th, 2009 · 11 Comments

a plethora of pink today, to celebrate anti-bullying day.
to find the photographers of the images, click on the links:
1. pink club door, 2. something pink this way comes, 3. soudeh is well now!, 4. untitled, 5. greenlake petals ortonized, 6. hibiscus, 7. swirly pink driving gloves, 8. spidey jump, 9. everything was tasty, 10. day […]

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vancouver’s shootings and restorative justice

February 19th, 2009 · 5 Comments

on tuesday, there was a shooting in my neighbourhood, on vancouver’s fraser street. pretty scary – it was less than three blocks from my grandson’s daycare. there has been a rash of gang activity and violence in vancouver in the last few weeks.
like anyone else, i’m asking myself, what’s going on? what […]

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · news and events · peace, environment, social justice et al

25 things

February 5th, 2009 · 12 Comments

a bunch of people tagged me on facebook with the “25 things about you” meme. i’m going to try and do this a) really quick and b) restrict my answers to the kinds of things discussed here on this blog, namely psychology, creativity/art, spirituality, books and lefty stuff (you know, social justice, peace – […]

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · interesting books · peace, environment, social justice et al · psychological research and other things academic

twitter peace, shalom, salaam, and the salvation army

January 12th, 2009 · 6 Comments

at the end of my day, i often ask myself, what was the theme for today? on this day, january 11, it was peace. with all the things that are happening in gaza right now, it was sad. and yet it was good. i am so grateful for all the good […]

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