Good Sunday Morning!

This morning finds me back in the Ottawa apartment I have had since becoming a Member of Parliament nearly twelve years ago. I have not been here at all since before Christmas. I am super lucky that one of my Ottawa team, Carina Pogoler, lives a few blocks away and waters my plants! When she is back home in BC, someone many of you know, dear Rosie Emery, formerly Green Press Secretary, takes over from Carina. They live in the same building in the old Ottawa neighbourhood we share called Sandy Hill. I am lucky to have such friends. And so are my plants!

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Good Sunday Morning!

I love language and digging into the origins of words. I realized during a zoom meeting the other day that some of the words I think of as common are brand new to others. I used the words “skinflint” and “dogsbody” and found out via the chat function that people were googling to find out what I was talking about.

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Good Sunday Morning!

And somehow, we are half-way through January! For the last week, I have been on one of my seasonal rounds of non-partisan MP Community Meetings.

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Good Sunday Morning!

With New Year’s Resolutions still in the air, I really loved this article about Finland.  For five years in a row, Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world. Of course, I am tempted to say that is because of the fact the Finnish Green Party is in the coalition government… but this Finnish philosopher and psychology researcher points to three things Finns never do.  They do not compare themselves to others, never ignore the benefits of nature and do not break the “community of trust.”  Good stuff for our own resolutions!

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Good Sunday Morning and a very Happy New Year!
Rabbits!

Are you in a family where there is the custom of saying “Rabbits” as the first words on the first of the month? My husband really doubted anyone did that other than my family.  I was certain it was a common superstition for good luck. I was thrilled to find it in the first lines of Louise Penny’s latest, A World of Curiosities.

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