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The Waterfront: Sometimes we get it right and sometimes we …
Every city should have that place where the hustle and bustle of our busy lives is left behind. We all need a place where carrying our cell phone, texting our friends or instagram our favorite pics just doesn’t see important. … Continue reading
Posted in My Writings, Travel?Photography
Tagged Art, City of Winnipeg, Exchange, Exchange District, Hoddinott, photography, Waterfront Drive, Winnipeg
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Municipal Election: Is it Fall yet?
In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. Warren Buffet In the fall of this year we will be having … Continue reading
Posted in My Writings, Political Issues
Tagged City Council, City of Winnipeg, election, Exchange, Hoddinott, integrity, Katz, Manitoba, Mayor, politics, Pumphouse, Residents of the Exchange, Sam Katz, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Free Press
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A Walk through the Historic Exchange District through Photography
The warmth of the sun on a balmy sunny day seemed like the perfect time to take a Photographic Walk through Winnipeg’s Historic Exchange District. It was only just over 10 years ago that the transformation from old abandoned warehouses … Continue reading
The Pumphouse
Next Monday the Standing Policy Committee on Downtown Development, Heritage and Riverbank Management will hear the appeal against the variance approved by The Director of Planning, Property and Development of the City of Winnipeg. The Director approved that a 24 … Continue reading
The Meaning of Christmas
Christmas is a day recognized by Christians as the birth of Jesus Christ. Although not as important religiously as important as Easter it certainly has come to be the most anticipated event in many countries. It also combines the story … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Brown Christmas, Christian, Christmas, Easter, Jesus, Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus
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The Rose Petal – A Short Story by James W Hoddinott
The Rose Petal was my first published short story… THE ROSE PETAL By: James W Hoddinott I peered out the window as I watched the sun majestically rise its head above the horizon to mark the birth of a … Continue reading
Posted in My Writings
Tagged Beauty, Flower, Gardens, Hoddinott, Home, James Hoddinott, James W Hoddinott, Petal, Rose, Rose Petal, short story, Shrubs, story, writing
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A Moment in Time
Each photograph we take captures a moment in time. For that brief second all that was happening stops. In our fast paced world what if we could stop time for just a moment and truly let the beauty of earth’s … Continue reading
Posted in My Writings, Travel?Photography
Tagged Big Island, Canada Goose, Gandhi, Haleakalā, Hawaii, Hawaii Island, Maui, Mauna Kea, photography, United States, volcano, Winnipeg
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A Vision for Sustainable Growth
There is controversy once again coming out of City Hall as council tries to institute an added tax for new developments. The Municipal Government has positioned itself in a way of trying to recover costs associated with infrastructure development and … Continue reading
Freedom,Responsibility and High Expectations
Individuals often speak of freedom as their right to make their own decisions and often when we speak to adolescents and young adults that can be translated into “Doing what they want.” Eleanor Roosevelt is quoted as saying: Freedom … Continue reading
Teaching, Modeling, Learning…Humanize
The Internet has created a wealth of information and knowledge at our finger tips. In an instant one can read about the French Revolution and Robespierre who became the spokesman for democracy to bring freedom to all men; stating that … Continue reading
Posted in Education, My Writings
Tagged Digital footprint, Edmund Burke, Education, Fink, French Revolution, George Couros, Hoddinott, John F. Kennedy, Leaders, Leadership, Literacy, Teaching, Twitter
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