Monthly Archives: May 2015
Broken Relationships, Revisited
I am away until the end of May. Until I get back I am re-posting some favourites so you don’t miss me too much. The broken camera made absolutely no sense to me; or to Vivian for that matter. Why would a non-functioning digital camera be the first thing we would see at the entrance […]
A Thousand Words, Again
I am traveling for the next 10 days and will not have regular internet access. It is a business trip, not pleasure, so I don’t even know if I will get some nice travel photos to share with you. Maybe I will write a couple of blog posts about the airports I pass through. While […]
Sea of Tulips III
Today the pictures do the talking. So many different varieties of tulips. Ottawa receives 10,000 new bulbs annually from the Dutch Tulip Growers Association to add to the millions already planted.
Sea of Tulips II
It was family time Sunday and we decided to brave the crowds and see the tulips. The plan was to park far away from the action and walk to Dow’s Lake, pretty much the epicentre of the annual Canadian Tulip Festival. It worked. I think Sunday was probably the busiest day of Tulipfest. The weather […]
A Sea of Tulips
After three days of reflections on the March For Life I still have more to say, but I thought you might appreciate something a bit lighter today. Think of it as a form of Sabbath rest. The ties between Canada and Holland are renewed every spring on both sides of the Atlantic. The Dutch remember […]
March For Life III – The Protest
If I didn’t have experience in the matter I would have thought the media was just trying to be fair, to provide some balance. That I have found is highly unlikely when it comes to the emotionally charged issue of abortion. There were thousands of people on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill Thursday as the pro-life movement […]
March For Life II – The 2015 Event
I dropped by the lawn of Parliament Hill very briefly Thursday afternoon to check out part of the 2015 March For Life. I have some thoughts on the subject that i am going to share in a couple of subsequent posts, but for today I thought I would let the pictures do the talking. […]
March For Life I – Parliament Hill
Today they have come from all over Canada. This afternoon they will converge on Parliament Hill in an attempt once again to get federal politicians to listen. Most politicians will avoid them as if they have bubonic plague. Their message is politically toxic. Thousands are taking part today in the annual National March For Life. […]
A New World Record
It’s only money. I have to repeat that to myself from time to time. Because money in itself is valueless – it is what you buy with the money that has value, to you anyway. A few years back, when I was a church youth group leader, I would talk with the teens about money […]
The Steel Mill
Vivian’s cousin wanted us to see the last steel mill in Dortmund. At least I think that’s what it was. My grasp of German being what it is I may have gotten that wrong. But there is no doubt the building was huge and unused. Tours are available, I was told, but they have to […]
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