It's a lovely night for a walk...

Quickly becoming a Sunday night tradition, Matt, my parents, Tucker and I went for a nice 1.5 hr walk. We are lucky enough to still be around beautiful wildlife despite being surrounded by multiple highways, so we decided to walk through the park close to the house.

On this particular walk we happened upon a beautiful sight!

Two white-tailed deer! I tried to get a picture of them as quickly as possible, but they are as fast as they are gorgeous!

They leapt across the path in front of us and into the brush, but not before engaging in a stare off with Tucker.


As we journeyed on, we discovered why the park had closed its car entrance. Well, remember that storm I wrote about a few days ago???

apparently, lightning struck quite a few trees in this park....

but none were as *ahem* troublesome as this one...

Due to the incoming clouds, we decided to make the trek home. I'm starting to really love Sunday evenings.

Until next time,
Happy journeys!

Christie

Welcome to Summer in the T.Dot!

We wish for warm, humid weather and boy do we get it!

From strong winds, (there were a few tornadoes that touched down around Southern Ontario) to golf-ball sized hail, to a lightning/thunder show that seemed to never end...Thursday June 8th was indeed a storm that will not soon be forgotten.


Having lost power for just under 11 hours, it was nice to be with my boyfriend, safe within the house, just watching the storm pass. The walk through the darkened neighbourhood just after sunset was quite a sight to behold in itself.


Click here to see some amazing pictures of the storm across Ontario.

Here's hoping for a beautiful T.O. Summer!

Until next time,
Christie

The debate over child soldiers edges further on...

Under the success of his bestselling memoir Shake Hands With The Devil, Lt-General Romeo Dallaire has released his latest book, They Fight like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the use of Child Soldiers (2010). The Canadian Senator has been outspoken on the topic of child soldiers, particularly during the Omar Kadhr case, mostly due to his first-hand experience throughout the Rwandan genocide from 1993-1994.

While I have not read the book as of yet, it currently sits on my desk at home...calling to me even now! As a fan of Dallaire's prior memoir, I am certain to, if nothing else, enjoy his first-hand perspectives. While the debate over child soldiers edges ever onward, it can be easy to get caught up in the "us vs. them" persuasion; In my humble opinion, a man with first-hand experience tends to have a better outlook, than one who has simply read about it.

Here are a few links of reviews on Dallaire's latest book - all for your reviewing pleasure:

Globe and Mail review
Quill and Quire review
The Independent review
Macleans review

Also, don't forget to pick up a copy of Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, Dallaire's first, and most poignant book about the preventable genocide in Rwanda from 1993-1994.


Neither of these books are for the faint of heart, as the subject matter can be deemed as disturbing.

Until next time...happy reading!

"Are All Humans Human? Or...Are Some Humans More Human Than Others..."

--Romeo Dallaire via romeodallaire.com