Ottawa I saw an email from Tides, sent along as part of my board duties, that mentioned a donor supported grant to a group called Ryan’s Well that seemed to work in a number of countries dealing with the right and access to potable water. The note said they were in Canada, so I …
Category: Personal Writings
Dirty Oil and Saying No
Ottawa Being in Ottawa is a welcome back to the Rideau Canal and the Elgin Diner, but this time we have an office in Vanier, where Jill O’Reilly, ACORN Canada’s office director, needs to be able to move easily between English and French on the phone as she talks to our members. The members …
Hard Fall
Ottawa There are some times when it seems there is nothing one can really say that seems right exactly, and the sudden, terrible and hard fall of former Senator, Vice-Presidential candidate, and more recently Presidential candidate, John Edwards, seems just such a situation. Walking through the building in the few days I was in …