Summer Birthday--Bring It On!
Yes, it happened again—another birthday, last week in fact. But I must say, after 60 plus years, I’m getting used to birthdays. And I’m...
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vilmablenman
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Take a Deep Breath
This week we held our breath for the George Floyd murder verdict. Seems like we've been holding breath for years, for many reasons:...
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vilmablenman
- Apr 23
- 2 min
Holding Hope
Last Wednesday, I looked out across the backyard, past the wet fence, seeing only the milky morning sky and thinking: Another sunless day...
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vilmablenman
- Mar 31
- 2 min
Take This Trip This Easter!
Gethsemane Virtual Tour For Tired Pandemic Travelers This is the place, Gethsemane, an olive garden grove, much like your apple orchards...
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vilmablenman
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Black History Month: BitterSweet
It was 25 years ago that Jean Augustine, the first Black female MP, stood up in Parliament and introduced a milestone motion: Declare...
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vilmablenman
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Back To School in Covid Times?
School will be a strange new world this September with Covid-19 still in the air.
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vilmablenman
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
Summer Reset for Mental Health
With the heat wave and patios opening, you’d think we are ready to wave goodbye to the pandemic and the anti-racist revolution.
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vilmablenman
- Jul 5, 2020
- 2 min
Read my Canada Day-Inspired Poem: Lullaby for Olivier Le Jeune
I want to sing for him, sing something his mother may have sung
before she found him missing, sing to him as he lies cold.
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vilmablenman
- Jun 27, 2020
- 2 min
Speak Right Words Right Now
Finding the right words for the uncomfortable conversations on race.
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