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Destruction

Many people have spent much energy in trying to stop Brantford from following the failed attempts of many other cities to revitalize their downtowns by tearing them down. A stretch of four blocks of buildings that are between 100 and 150 years old are scheduled to be erased in the next few weeks. Four blocks [...]

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Drawathon!

24 hours of doodling, sketching, scribbling, and scrawling. Starting Friday night at 8pm and continuing for a full 24 hours, a handful of friends and I will be drawing on some very large sheets of paper at the downtown Arts Block in one of the most creative gallery openings that I have ever seen.
There [...]

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About Coffee

I love the coffee I’m currently brewing so much that I had to share. I get almost all of my beans from a small Roastery here in town called Blue Dog. Their coffee is organic, ethical, fair, and TASTY. Right now I am grinding some dark roast beans from Nicaragua for an afternoon cup while [...]

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Considering Distance

Today is Blog Action Day. The topic that thousands will be discussing is Climate Change. The focus of the day is on Action not simply words. So I have a very simple call to action for you. This isn’t really about Climate Change directly, however, the most direct way to deal with it is to [...]

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Cultivating the Physical and the Spiritual

Tomato Plants, originally uploaded by senor diecast.

For the last year I have talked and talked about Christian spirituality and church being like gardening, so I thought it might be a good idea to actually try doing some of this gardening – sort of put my green thumb wear my mouth is … eww.
I am so [...]

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