I had the pleasure of driving from my home in Edmonton through the Rocky Mountains and back en route to the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education in Kamloops BC. […]
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My Solstice Epistle – Personal
A break from tradition and sending this annual post publicly this year. Dec. 2013 Dear Friends, Colleagues and Family Fast away another year has passed and it is time to […]
Two Days, three Museums, two Cathedrals ...
This is my first blog post from my 2 month position as a visiting professor at the open University of Catalonia (UOC). UOC is a 100% distance University (like Athabasca […]
God’s Hotel: A doctor, a hospital and a
A book review: I stumbled onto this book in the public library and I guess the title first attracted me. But fear not, the book does no proselytizing and contains […]
Buddhism and Thailand
This month, I enrolled in a 4 week course on Buddhism led by a member of our Unitarian Congregation here in Edmonton. I’ve always been interested in Eastern religions and […]
Joseph Priestley – The Man Who Invented
Here is a link to the text of the sermon I did at the Westwood Unitarian Fellowship on April 15 2012. The title comes from the great book by Steve […]
First Day of Spring – My first poem sinc
First Day of Spring Road my bike to work along the river Saw two geese warily watching a coyote wearily watching them from the ice and wishing the lead would […]
Unitarians and Religion on the Net
I was pleased to hear Rev Brian Kiely talk this morning at Westwood Unitarian Congregation, where I am a long term member. Brian spoke about the effect, impact and opportunity […]
my trip to Dalarne, Sweden
I was pleased to get an invite from the University of Dalarne to do a keynote at their Next Generation Learning conference tomorrow. Besides not having been to Central Sweden, […]
Cartagenia de Indias, Columbia
I was honoured to be asked to do a keynote at the 2nd Congresso Mundial de E-Learning sponsored by the Universidad National Aberta y a Distance (Columbia’s Open University). The […]