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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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Saturday, February 21st, 2009 Posted in Random Burbling | 2 Comments »
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Big Momma R will be moving over to the tech support group for the learning management software systems on Monday and I'm a little torn. I'm so proud of her ... Read more..Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in Random Burbling | 2 Comments »
Still feeling very ill today. Thank goodness for all those sick days I didn't use during the year. Took today off but I did work from home a teensy bit. ... Read more..Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted in Random Burbling | 2 Comments »
Actually, the dogs are fine. I'm the one that was sick today. On the bright side I did spend between 16-18 hours sleeping - between visits to the porcelain altar ... Read more..