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First Sunday of Advent
The Christmas season officially begins today. It is a time of anticipation of the joy of the birth of the Christ child. You don’t need to be a Christian to be captured by the season. Probably most of those who celebrate are not Christ followers. But it is a special time for Christians. My family […]
Flashback Claus
Continuing with our Friday theme of looking back at previous posts, here’s one from November 22, 2014 – which has its roots more than 20 years before that. In shopping malls across North American the excitement has almost peaked: Santa Claus is coming! Indeed, many communities celebrate with a Santa Claus parade, held now about […]
Getting Older With The Lions
On this Flashback Friday we revisit September 27, 2014, with thoughts that started more than 30 years before that. In some ways our visit to London this summer was a write-off. It was the last day before our flight home, and I had planned to take in a few sights, it having been a long […]
Remembering The Dead
On this Flashback Friday we go back to a post from September 6, 2014. At the time I visited this German war cemetery I never dreamed that three years later I would be living in Germany. It is a solemn place and a stark reminder that there were no winners in the First World War. […]
The Tuesday after Labor Day is traditionally the first day of school here. For forty straight years either my wife, children or I would head out the door on this Tuesday morning to start another school year. That didn’t happen today. It felt weird. It isn’t that no-one in the family went to school today, […]
Beach Flashback
On Fridays this year I am reposting material from the same date in years past. This one comes from August 2, 2015. My vacation routine is unchanged – this is still the way I spend my days when on vacation. I don’t have anywhere near as much time to read for pleasure as I would like […]
The Traitor
I bought some sugar the other day. I felt so conflicted about my purchase.It wasn’t that refined white sugar is bad for my health (and everyone else’s). As with many things, the stuff is okay in moderation. It was the brand that caused my consternation. I bought the cheaper sugar, as my Scottish heritage dictates, […]
Looking Forward By Looking Backward
It is axiomatic to say we don’t know what the future holds. God spans space and time; we humans do not. We can make plans for the future, but plans don’t bring a guaranteed outcome. There are just too many variables. I’ve been thinking about the future recently. Probably that stage of life. The nest […]
Upwardly Mobile
It was sixty years ago today my family moved from one Montreal suburb to another, a move that changed my life. That tree wasn’t there, neither were the bushes. Come to think of it, the grass hadn’t been put in yet either. My parents didn’t say so at the time, but it was a sign […]
Do You Care?
Today is the big day. A total eclipse of the sun. In some areas anyway. Here in Ottawa the eclipse won’t be total. The moon will only cover 99 per cent of the sun, but it is still a big thing for some people. So much so that schools have been canceled as a safety […]
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