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    • Dutch Windows

      By on January 15, 2019

      If you visit the Netherlands, you might be surprised to find that some towns and neighbourhoods participate in an unlikely decorating practice. A friend was...

    • Don’t Pay Attention

      By on January 8, 2019

      I used to live near a sprawling park with lumpy hills, clusters of trees and a puddle-for-a-pond. My wife and I had walked through that...

    • Goodness is in the Details

      By on January 1, 2019

      Today as I write my weekly column, I am making cheese. Pots of milk are warming on my stove-top and are undergoing a transformation. With...

    • Home for the Messy Holidays

      By on December 24, 2018

      Families are complex. If you’ve celebrated Christmas this week with your extended family, or chose to avoid them this time of year, then you likely...

    • A Community of Care & Support

      By on December 17, 2018

      Becoming a Lone Ranger in a world of noise and demand is an alluring idea. Anyone of us could become Lone Rangers, we could easily...

    • Open Space for Small Talk

      By on December 10, 2018

      The in-between life of our neighbourhoods is often made up of ordinary stuff. Errands, texts, coffee, meal prep, trips to the mailbox, school-work, and appointments seem...

    • Drawn Together

      By on December 3, 2018

      I was visiting with a neighbour who had never walked around the ponds in their community. I was surprised. The truth is that there are...

    • Pettiness

      By on November 26, 2018

      Small things are important. A kind word can go a long way to build up another person and expressing simple love in a family might...

    • Intrepid Whimsy

      By on November 19, 2018

      In October I embarked on a cross-Canada tour talking about the ways that loving our neighbours is changing our lives, our hearts, and our communities....

    • Distinctly Chestermere

      By on November 12, 2018

      What makes your neighbourhood special? This is the question that a community in London, England first asked about 30 years ago. They began the Local...