Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
It Makes Sense
You don’t expect spiritual truths from the daily comic strips in the newspaper. But this one yesterday, from the Pickles strip spoke to me with its understanding of God, humans and the relationship between us. He likes it when all we want to do is say hi, and maybe get caught up with each other.
Milestones
Today would have been my mother’s 98th birthday. Given that she died in 2019, it seems a little strange to be commemorating it. You don’t have a birthday party without the guest of honor. Except, as humans we have an awareness of time (and mortality) that the rest of creation does not. Why else do […]
A Thousand Years Of Peace
With all the turmoil in the world, I thought perhaps revisiting a place of peace might be nice for all of us on this Sunday. This post first ran in 2015, and I have repeated it a couple of times since. Anything free when you are traveling is a good thing, given that travel can […]
The Bribe
In a democracy it is illegal to offer cash to someone to buy their vote. That is probably also true in the pseudo democracy called the United States of America. Of course, the law doesn’t always apply when it it the government offering the bribe. Canadians are used to new government programs, including some with […]
Twenty-five Years Later
I was walking along the beach in Maine last month when this thought came unbidden to my mind. “If the USA were attacked today like they were on September 11, 2001, would other countries come to their aid?” Twenty-five years ago today the US suffered the worst terrorists attack in its history. More than three […]
Jet Decisions
Without intending to, Donald Trump has made Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s life easier. And delivered a multi-billion dollar hit to the American economy at the same time. Canada needs new fighter jets. Our current fleet of CF-18 combat planes should have been replaced a couple of decades ago, but defence procurement is a political […]
Consistent To The End
I was wandering through the cemetery in Arnprior, Ontario, and came across this tombstone belonging to my dad’s uncle and aunt. I don’t visit the family graves often, and don’t remember seeing this one before. I never met my great-uncle Charles, at least not that I remember. I was only 21 when he died. But […]
Redrawing The Map
Donald Trump has renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America, as he previously tried with the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the world is laughing at him. The American president doesn’t have the authority or jurisdiction to unilaterally change the name of an international waterway. Americans may have to put up with his vagaries, but the […]
Labour Day 2026
Today is a holiday in Canada. In the US also, though they spell it Labor Day. I guess the extra ‘u’ was too much like work, so they dropped it. Given that it is a holiday, I thought I would take today off – especially since today is a salute to workers, and posting here […]
New Every Evening
It has been more than a year since we moved to a 20th floor apartment. I have yet to tire of the view, especially the sunsets. This one was Friday night
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