A friend of mine posted this brief documentary clip on facebook, and it is a wonderful snapshot of the breadth and history of Canada-US relations. I hope it gives more depth and insight to my American friends about my country, and why Canadians get so bothered by the fact that (in general) we know far [...]
I came across this site about the periodic table of the elements, and was quite taken with Worksheet 3, as that kind of puzzle quite engages Daegan. So I thought we’d do a little bit on the periodic table of the elements this morning, before tackling the chemistry/geography puzzle worksheet. We started by watching a [...]
Last night we watched the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver with our boys. Overall, I thought it was very well done. It showed the diversity of people, language, culture and landscape that it is Canada—and the underlying respect, gratitude, tolerance and quiet pride many of us feel who live here. Not that [...]