A friend of mine is going to this class - Breathe In, Sing Out - all about mindfulness and parenting.

 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/a-parenting-trend-with-an-anti-guilt-clause/article16409047/

Seems like a good thing.  Slowing down in today's hurry-up life to really be fully present with children - seems almost a lost art for some folk.  What do you think?  

In The Moment

the okanagan is a vast cornucopia of vital pleasures, a heady mixture of semi-desert with lush lakes, orchards, ancient myths and villages, towns and cities...

one of those towns is Vernon.  t'were where my father is from.  his family's homestead is long gone, paved over by an industrial park...the willows that he and his family planted there by the creek's edge are still there

another place that hitches right up against Vernon is Coldstream.

Genties & ladlemen,

it is that time of year again!  Yes, that time of year where YOU get to take a look at your unconscious biases.

How do you do that?  Glad you asked.

We take the Implicit Association Tests!  Here is what I would like to do...I'll show you the results of my tests from the web page that I will be giving you shortly.  Then, you can supply yours as well.