What I do in my "spare time"
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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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Scribbled down on May 11th, 2009 by she
Posted in Random Burbling
Spent the past 72 hours+ completely offline while getting re-acquainted with Drew. No interweebs. No cell phones. No Twitter or email. Figure it’ll be pretty slow around here for the next few days too. Got 6 months separation to make up for. Go make your own fun 😛
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May 11th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Were you at work today? IM was suspiciously quiet.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Yeppers. Just wasn’t at my desk for most of the morning and won’t be again tomorrow.
May 12th, 2009 at 6:53 am
As it should be!