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EDID

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Match 21, 2025. I attended the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization conference at Carleton today. I felt a bit like an outsider but it was important to me to listen firsthand to what people had to say. Interestingly, going to the conference made me feel better for the rest of the day - not because people are still struggling to achieve EDID, but just to see people who are interested and passionate about this work. It's quite the contrast from my day-to-day. https://flic.kr/p/2qTQK2u

Shoulder Season

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March 18, 2025. Emma now spends a lot of her time with me in my home office while I'm working. Her assistance is not limited to sitting on my lap. https://flic.kr/p/2qTSyMg

Pine Grove Trail

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March 16, 2024. Andrea walking along Pine Grove Trail in Ottawa's greenbelt. With predictions of heavy rain we thought it would be a great test of my wet weather gear for my Iceland ride. But instead it was warm (11 degrees) and hardly rained at all. The footing was difficult on the snow. But it was a nice walk. https://flic.kr/p/2qSGwr9

Walking

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March 13, 2025. This is a forest near my house; I took a quick photo as I passed by on my (so-called) daily walk. Casselman is rapidly being developed so the forest probably won't last long. https://flic.kr/p/2qSqET9

Brother and Sister

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March 12, 2025. Emma (black) and Char (orange) sleeping side by side in Andrea's chair. Emma has been in poor health lately, which is worrying to us. https://flic.kr/p/2qSvTGC

Joe Mamma

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March 11, 2025. This is my bicycle on the stand at Joe Mamma Cycles; Julia is giving a look while Hype is serving another customer. The plan is to prepare it for Iceland. It's going to come out of the shop looking quite different from what it did going in. https://flic.kr/p/2qSvtuD

Snowy Monday

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March 10, 2025. It snowed overnight and this was the result, as seen from my basement window facing the backyard. Fortunately today was a work-from-home day so I didn't have to experience the traffic, which was a mess. https://flic.kr/p/2qSua9q