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Christ Is Risen – Merry Christmas
I’m not confused. I know it is Christmas – but the day would have no meaning if not for Easter. The baby in a manger celebrated in song and image was the beginning, but it was the planned ending that was important. Without the death and resurrection it might as well have been Frosty the […]
Peace On Earth
This is one of my favourite Christmas songs of the 21st century so far. It has a hymn-like quality to it and a nice balance between the now and the not yet. Kind of appropriate somehow for Christmas Eve. Heaven on earth We need it now I’m sick of all of this Hanging around Sick […]
The Angel Down The Street
I’ve gotten used to seeing workmen in trees in my neighbourhood. Like the rest of Ottawa we have been hit hard by the Emerald Ash Borer. Thirty percent of the trees have been affected. Many have been removed and more are slated to come down. Last month our house was hit by a large branch […]
Dollars and Sense
Sports salaries have long passed any relation to reality, but baseball seems to be taking things to new heights. I don’t begrudge the exorbitant earnings of athletes. The worker is, after all, worthy of his hire. Professional athletes in a capitalist system may be well paid – but they would not get that money if […]
I Know You
I know 10 facts about you: Fact 1: You are reading this. Fact 2: You can’t say the letter ‘m’ without touching your lips. Fact 3: You just tried it. Fact 4: You’re smiling. Fact 6: You’re smiling or laughing again. Fact 7: You didn’t notice I missed fact 5. Fact 8: You just checked […]
Memory
I went to a party last night. I hate parties. As I was explaining to friend by email before the event, I can do small talk really well – I just don’t like it. Superficial is easy, but why should I care about the superficial? I want meat, not milk. (Sorry about that if you […]
Dusk
Went for a walk in the neighbourhood with my wife, enjoying a beautiful fall evening with unseasonably warm temperatures. It is December, a third of the way through the month, more or less, shouldn’t there be snow on the ground by now? I’m not complaining, just wondering. I snapped a picture with my phone, the […]
Love & Mercy
I think it was about 1979 that I saw Brian Wilson on stage with the Beach Boys. I don’t know when I have been more embarrassed for someone. Brian at the time was dealing with mental health issues, had been for more than a decade. The stories were legendary, how he had stayed in one […]
Random Thoughts For A Tuesday
Today is a day for ramblings, some short paragraphs that perhaps tie up some loose ends. Writing about current events in advance is dicey. I wrote that Justin Trudeau’s challenges in constructing his new Cabinet and painted a picture of politicians arriving at Rideau Hall by limousine. That’s the way it has been done before, […]
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