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The Humanclature of Books
I’ve been pondering about how people interact with one another and the interesting pattern of how we interact with books. The two distinct interactions actually have a lot in common.
I’m not saying that how one person interacts with people is precisely how he or she would interact with a books, but it’s a fascinating way of [...]
My Father’s View of Poverty
By Nicholas Maes
My father came to Canada from Holland in the early 1950s at the age of twenty-three. His origins were lower middle class (at a time when class mattered to the Dutch), and Europe was still recovering from the war. Not surprisingly, his pockets were empty when he stepped onto Canadian soil.
His first years [...]
POVERTY … the only thing money cannot buy
By Iris Nowell
Today’s poverty is commonly defined as a person surviving on less than a dollar a day, which applies to one-quarter of the world’s population, or roughly one billion people. This is beyond gravely concerning, it is inhumane. Some 20,000 people die every day because they are too hungry, too sick, and just too [...]
Salad Dressing and Books
Ever wonder what salad dressing and books have in common? There are so many brands, categories, and types that it is pretty much always quite difficult to decide on one. While there are many people who prefer sticking to the classic favourites (i.e. Caesar, French, Italian, Balsamic, etc.), I generally enjoy trying new [...]
Defining Canada After One Year (on a Blog)
It’s been a little over a year since we launched this blog and heard what the Quill and Quire initially thought. We’ve had our rough ups and downs with the blog as we tried to determine our own approach to blogging. Finally after a year — staff are beginning to settle in with [...]
