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A Splash of Color
By posting pictures from early November I am avoiding writing about Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump, terrorist attacks, wars, climate change and whatever other chaos has crossed my path in recent days. I think I am trying to ease myself gently into the New Year. Mind you, I’m trying to be more deliberate in my reading […]
The Countdown Begins
What countdown? Do you mean the 17 days until Donald Trump is sworn in as President of the USA? Or is it the two days until the final of the 2025 World Junior Championship? That’s ice hockey for those who don’t know. Canada won’t be in contention for a medal, which means many in my […]
Happy New Year
Welcome to 2025! If you have a seat belt, it is probably a good idea to fasten it now – it’s going to be a wild ride. There will be joy and sorrow, death and birth, war and peace, natural disasters, triumph and defeat. Just like every year. I’m simultaneously anticipating and dreading what the […]
Christmas Eve 2024
My grandson has a job he takes very seriously. During Advent, every time he has visited us he has made a beeline for the Christmas tree and turned on the lights. That there are presents under the tree with his name on them hasn’t sunk in. For him, Christmas isn’t about what he will get […]
Fourth Sunday
Feeling in a festive mood and too laid back to write some new reflections. For the fourth Sunday of Advent I am reposting this piece from December 2021. I was struck by this photo when I saw it online. It is a reminder at this time of year there is more to Christmas than a cultural […]
The Inspection
On this Flashback Friday we go back to the post from December 20, 2016. Our local bus service was running a $120 million deficit last time i looked, and fare inspectors aren’t cutting into that much. Of course, if the buses ran on time or when they are scheduled, ridership might improve. Apparently though, the […]
Third Sunday In Advent
Christmas is getting closer, and the theme for this Sunday is joy. With that in mind, I thought we’d go with some a couple of humorous images of the season.
Carpet Flashback
There are only a few shopping days left until Christmas, so on this Flashback Friday I though it appropriate to return to a post from December 13, 2016 and a shopping experience I had in Istanbul. I attended a workshop where the speaker recounted how she bought a carpet on a trip to Istanbul. She […]
Second Sunday
Today is the second Sunday of the Advent season, the day we light the peace candle. Not that there’s much peace in the world today, especially in the Middle East. The absence of peace is a reminder of why we need Advent and Christmas. Jesus came to bring peace. Left on our own, we humans […]
Man The Lifeboats!
I know the title should have been “Person The Lifeboats” but it doesn’t flow off the tongue the same way. Rest assured I wasn’t trying to be sexist. It is Flashback Friday though, so we don’t we head back to what was posted here on December 6, 2014. I was flabbergasted at the words of […]
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