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A blog dedicated to my dog Ansel Young. Thursday, July 16, 2009. Today marks the fourth day since Ansel died. I have been on a roller coaster of emotion since Sunday, having huge moments of grief and then rallying. Today is the first day I awoke without a huge feeling of loss. Every other morning greeted me with a tear in my eye upon waking. My first thought has been of her each and every morning. Monday, July 13, 2009.

Taking writing in a new direction. With the many scandals of the past decade involving big business, particularly the stories of sizeable financial bonuses paid to executives of companies that were recipients of government bailouts, it is easy to become sceptical of the motivations of business people in North America. The process of developing a social conscience begins wit.