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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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Sunday, November 19th, 2006 Posted in Frothing At The Bit | No Comments »
The rough and tumble past of the western sections of North America is well known. Gold rushes and gunslingers. Sarsaparilla and trail rides. Calgary, home of one of the most famous ... Read more..Sunday, November 19th, 2006 Posted in Terrify’n Space Monkeys | No Comments »
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