Episode 47 - Race and Representation (Part 1)
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Release Date: 09/06/2020
Episode 59 - Coming home to roost
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Here's a fictionalized short story I wrote in memory of my dear cousin, Hughette, who died over a decade ago but whose presence is still greatly missed in the life of our family.
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Episode 58: On grief
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The pandemic is over in the minds and actions of so many but not for me. Grief lingers.
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Episode 57 - These Pandemic Blues
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After nearly two years of this pandemic life, we're all feeling kind of blue. While this too shall pass, sometimes the pep talks do little to comfort my restless children and my impatient self.
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Episode 56 - Another pandemic summer of reading
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As the pandemic progresses, my reading regresses. I return to my usual review of all things books: Mariame Kaba's We do this Till We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's - Notes on Grief - and Octavia Butler's Wild Seed. Come read with me!
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Episode 55 - Why we cancelled Canada Day
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This year, we cancelled Canada Day. My children wondered why and I told them why Indigenous communities are mourning and why we must do so with them. After my explanation, my son described Indian residential schools as the horror they were - "it's like being in quarantine all the time".
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Episode 54- Honouring Indigenous children
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Reflecting on the 215 Indigenous children found in unmarked graves in Kamloops, B.C. must push non-Indigenous communities towards action. This is what we owe to our children and to all of our relations.
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Episode 53 - ABC's RRSP's......
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I chat with our in-house personal finance guru, Maxine Ifill, who promotes buying RRSPs as part of your family's financial plan.
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Episode 52 - Dear Tooth Fairy....
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A letter to the tooth fairy is in order after a couple of mishaps. Fun music by: www.bensound.com
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Episode 51 - Curious Crab and Ms. Bumblebee (Chapter 1)
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My Dad (John Harewood) reads his original story written especially for all of his grandchildren, some of whom he has been unable to see during the pandemic. Curious Crab is a curious creature who seeks a world of adventure outside the confines of the family crabbery. Follow him as he gets lost and befriends a bodacious bumblebee.
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Episode 50 - Our Superheroes of 2020
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I reflect on the superheroes of our lives in 2020. This was a year of unsung superheroes, don't you think? May our superheroes not only be thanked but also afforded the valour, glory and honour they so deserve.
info_outlineMy son loves his brown skin! What a miracle in a world that is tipping over with anti-Black racism.