I’ve spent the last several weeks by my father’s bedside surrounded by family and close friends at the Carpenter Hospice in Burlington. Having been diagnosed with terminal cancer in August, Dad has gone downhill too quickly, and he could leave us at any time. But he isn’t going down without a fight, for he seems to have taken a […]
My visit last week to the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (OCF) on Manitoulin Island was inspiring. The OCF’s executive director, Alan Corbiere, gave me a tour of the museum display, shared books and articles with me, and took me to Manitowaning, where Sir Francis Bond Head signed a treaty with the Anishinaabe people in 1836. My […]
Today I finished writing the guest lecture I’ve been invited to present next Wednesday evening at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (OCF) on Manitoulin Island in Ontario (for details of the talk, see my July 21st news post). As an added benefit, I’ll be in Ontario for my Dad’s 80th birthday, and I’ll be able to sing him […]
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Kevin Hutchings
