Category Archives: reflections

The People of the Kattawapiskak River

Posted on October 18, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

I sit here in my large, comfortable, well-heated home, almost trembling with reverberation from seeing Alanis Obomsawin’s film, “The People of the Kattawapiskak River” at the ImagineNative film festival in Toronto. Every Canadian needs to see it. It’s late, and … Continue reading →

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Coming out as an atheist

Posted on October 17, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

When I was about 19, despite having taught Sunday school for three years, I delared myself an atheist.   Or perhaps it was because of Sunday school.  What had happened to the formerly ‘devout Christian’ me? My aunt, who at 92 … Continue reading →

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Occupy?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

In the sixties, computers like we have now hadn’t been invented.  They were a ‘futuristic’ concept.  Some of us dreamed that eventually there would be a computer on every desk in schools.  We thought computers would be used to create … Continue reading →

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Blogging consciousness…

Posted on September 26, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

Why do I blog?   Probably the majority of bloggers ask themselves, occasionally, why they do it, what they are after.    Am I posting too often, or too little?   And ultimately “What is my goal?” * When I ask myself why, … Continue reading →

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Politicians accountable?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

The other night I watched a movie called “Margaret’s Museum”.   It’s the first movie in a long time that made me ache.  Not cry – though almost.  Just ache, with a kind of profound sorrow. There was the sorrow of … Continue reading →

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Wedding night tears…

Posted on September 24, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

I was just reading a post by a blogger I follow (“My Crazy BiPolar Life”) in which she describes her inability (at the time) to stop crying.   Sometimes when reading blogs I feel like a mere sympathetic voyeur, but this … Continue reading →

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Reflections on a friendship…

Posted on September 17, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

At a cottage by a lake on the Precambrian shield we four longtime friends spent this weekend together.    Raising our children, we sometimes even lived in the same neighbourhood.  Over the years, we shared many concerns, cheers and tears.   Now … Continue reading →

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The habit of despair

Posted on September 13, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

Last night I watched the very moving documentary Crooked Beauty* about Jacks McNamara’s  life, art, music, poetry, and activism – threaded through her experience of mental illness.  I’ll watch it again.  I was reminded of something I’ve been thinking about, … Continue reading →

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Montréal, je ne sais quoi….

Posted on September 12, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

I’m in Montreal several days for a wedding, and it’s such a turn-on to be here. Part of it is the ‘feedback’.  In Montreal, people look straight at you.  And if they like the way you look, they show it.  … Continue reading →

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Parti Quebecois win: C’est la vie

Posted on September 11, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

People have been asking me – as someone who grew up in and openly loves Quebec and Montreal – how I feel about the Parti Quebecois getting back into power in la belle province. My attitude is probably somewhat different … Continue reading →

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