Category Archives: Canada 150 years

The Santa Parade-2017-Mississauga

No man stands so tall As when he stoops to Help a Child Shriners Hospital for Children     The Santa Parade in Mississauga –Erin Mills made an occasion for many layers of discussions and reflection about the way life … Continue reading

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Flow and Happiness

In his book-Flow-Mihaly Ciskszentmihalyi writes- On Reading The skills involved in reading include not only literacy but also the ability to translate words into images, to empathize with fictional characters, to recognize historical and cultural contexts, to anticipate turns of … Continue reading

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Selfish ?

Paul Theroux says in his book-Dark Star Safari that he despised the word- Retired- and equated it with surrender. On occasion of Canada 150, I spent some time reflecting on facets of Canadian life -through discussions with Seniors and reviewing my Reading Journal Continue reading

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