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Coincidence?
There was no room in the first session I attended at Drum Camp last Thursday afternoon, so I sat on a bench on the deck and played along, watching the leader through the open window. Two other women joined me. "Hi, I'm Laurie." I held up my name tag. Jan and Irene...
My newest literacy endeavour
Guess who's learning Arabic? Since our Syrian refugee family arrived in Canada at the end of February, it's been frustrating to have to communicate through an interpreter, so a few weeks ago, three of us hired an Arabic speaker to teach us. Although we're also...
David Bouchard
I had the pleasure of hearing David Bouchard speak last night at the Limestone Education Centre in Kingston. David is a highly sought-after Metis raconteur, author and literacy advocate, whom I had met several times in my role as an educator. I came across this event...
NaNoWriMo
Scent Free
Christmas in September?
The Kensington
