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Each year since returning to Canada full-time in 2007, I have counted the poppies I see people wearing from the day the poppy campaign begins until 11am on November 11th. I'd tally up the count, donate 0.10$ per poppy, and send a cheque to a local veterans organization.
It used to be a sizeable donation.
In recent years, I've noticed my poppy count decreasing. I worry sometimes that people have begun to forget the past. I worry that we will soon relive their horrors in our future.
I don't base my donation on poppy counts anymore. And I no longer wait until Remembrance day arrives to make them.
I am changing too. Hopefully, for the better.
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Lighter Side | 5 Comments »
Some days I just shouldn't get out of bed. I woke up this morning, did my standard ablutions, got dressed, and toddled off to the car to drive into work. ... Read more..Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in Random Burbling | 2 Comments »
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I don't have too much time for blogging today. I have lots of homework and we had band practice - minus the practice - tonight. Apparently, the final ... Read more..Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Random Burbling | 2 Comments »
Finally - we has the internets again! Yipee! Modem apparently arrived Friday. We got notice of the package at the post office yesterday. Yeah, our mail is really reliable around ... Read more..Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Frothing At The Bit | 3 Comments »
After many days of constantly rebooting the modem/router it has finally given up the ghost. We can no longer ping it, find it via its MAC address, etc. In effect, ... Read more..