Religion
Both my parents were religious in a personal and idiosyncratic way. Their religion was their own – they did not proselytize for the church or criticize any other faiths. What they had was suitable for them, and they had no intention of imposing it upon anyone else, or trying to change any one to make [...]
Cord blood banks
March 10, 2007 by croghan27 · Comments Off
There is an interesting article in The Walrus this month by Ann Silversides. Ms. Silversides is described, in several brief description of her I found as:Ann is a veteran journalist and broadcaster who has written about AIDS since the 1980s. She specializes in health policy and has contributed many radio documentaries to CBC’s “Ideas†program [...]
Blog Against Sexism Day: Are you ready, boots?
March 8, 2007 by fern hill · 11 Comments
Today is International Women’s Day. A blogger suggests we blog against sexism.
I came to feminism in the 60s as a young teen. Once I started ’seeing’ sexism, I couldn’t stop seeing it. Of course, back then, there was lots of it to see all over the place. Especially in advertising. Well, sex sells.
Slowly, though, [...]
The Maritimes and Canada
March 3, 2007 by croghan27 · Comments Off
The French Navy threw ‘the fear’ into Britiain in the Crimean War with the first steam powered Battle Ship, Napoleon. It was not only ironclad (its wooden hull was covered by sheets of iron) but screw driven. This was a vast improvement over the previous paddle wheel driven steam ships.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Napol%C3%A9on_%281850%29
This so dazzled the British they [...]
