Tag: stories
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Moccasin Tracks Radio Podcast
Autumn is slowly unfurling across the landscape. After a record warm September the weather has turned cool and damp. I found myself wearing a winter jacket to farmers’ market, and still being cold. Here is the Podcast from last week’s visit to Moccasin Tracks Radio: http://moccasintracksradio.podomatic.com/entry/2015-10-05T09_28_58-07_00
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Conversing Identities
The rains have finally returned, refreshing the Earth and spurring the trees into leaf change. Now, as seems to be the pattern following dry late summers, we carefully watch a hurricane as it moves close to the coast. I awoke a little after 6 this morning; the world was still dark, and rain drummed lightly…
Michael Watson PhD
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IPTN: Conundrums and Burning Issues
Montreal was hazy, a thin layer of smoke hung over the city. Tens of thousands of aces of forest were ablaze in northern Canada, and the smoke from those fires rode the westerlies to Montreal. Some days were worse than others, resulting in hacking coughs and burning eyes. At the conference, this haze was a…
Michael Watson PhD
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IPTN: Making Room at the Table
Last week we were at the International Playback Theatre Network (IPTN) conference in Montreal, where along with marvelous summer festivals, the city was discussing the Oka crisis of twenty-five years ago. In a very familiar conversation, Federal and provincial governments were heralding the great improvement in their relations with First Nations people, while many Indigenous…
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