I have to recommend this quirky film I saw this weekend. Universal Language was shot in part in Winnipeg and I’d say the city is an essential character to the plot which I really cannot adequately describe but found endearing and very funny. It reminds me that we are all connected. Go see it!

though you may long for more, I recommend these 10 reasons for optimism from @rbreich.bsky.social
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That glorious time of the day when I close my mind and eyes and ears to the news of the world and escape into a book. Tonight it’s this lovely book of essays by @margaretrenkl.bsky.social

“Diversity is a fact. Inclusion is a choice/responsibility. Equity is the law.” - Dr Adelle Blackett on speaking on employment equity in Canada at 2nd annual Sankofa Lecture sponsored by the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers and Manitoba Bar Association

#DEI #EDI

“We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

This little sweetums demands my attention any time I sit down to read. Fortunately she’s quick to reward my efforts with a gentle kiss or two.

#jackmama #jrt

Pre theatre dinner tonight with yummy tea cocktails to start.
Next stop Little Women at Royal MTC

Good morning to online friends, new and old! This is my favourite morning view, a brilliant prelude to the weekend.

For my first post here, a plug for Robin Wall Kimmerer’s lovely new book about building local economies based on abundance and reciprocity. Doesn’t that sound like a world you’d want to live in?