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The Train Returns?
Earlier this week, officials with OC Transpo, Ottawa’s transit agency, announced the return of the city’s light rail (LRT) system as of Monday. Sort of. After being shut down for two weeks they still won’t run a full complement of trains. And the replacement bus service will continue to operate – which means other routes […]
Building A Cabinet
Media reports say that Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet today. Some under-performing ministers will be demoted and others removed completely. He is reluctant to make these changes of course, because the necessity for them makes him look bad. In November 2015, just before Trudeau appointed his first cabinet, I offered these thoughts. They are […]
The Love Coach
I wrote this piece five years ago and for some reason never posted it. Today seemed like a good day to share this. Sometimes I find myself in unusual situations. Like last week when I spent a few hours with a group of German Pentecostal pastors. I’m neither German, Pentecostal nor a pastor, but I […]
Friday’s Theme Is…
I was looking for something on the lighter side today and every cartoon I looked at was cat-themed. I’ll take that as an invitation to share and maybe get serious tomorrow. I hope at least one of these made you chuckle!
It’s Back…!
.. or is it? Yesterday I mentioned that I had wanted to link to the online clock that showed how long Ottawa’s LRT had been out of operation, but I couldn’t find it. Today someone put it up. The clock I remember was cumulative, showing how long the light rail service had been out of […]
Celebrate the Fourth!
Americans are celebrating Independence Day today, and there will be lots of fireworks. I had thought a reflective essay on the idea of America might be appropriate. It is a country with perhaps the loftiest ideals of any nation – and all to often fails to live up to its own standards. I guess that […]
The Big Four Zero
I waited until just after 3 p.m. Eastern time to post this, because that is when, according the the experts, Canada’s population reached the 40 million mark. Recently we’ve been adding almost a half million people each year through immigration. In 1967 we celebrated Canada’s centennial, 100 years as a nation with a song that […]
Doors Open 2023
It is the annual Doors Open weekend in Ottawa, where various public buildings – churches, embassies, museums and other public and private places of interest – are open for free tours. You can’t possibly squeeze them all in. I’ve probably been in about half of them before anyway, and it being a busy weekend already, […]
Dancing Cows
Spent some time last week at a retreat centre just outside of London. I was drawn to this lamp. What sort of person would create such a thing? What sort of person would buy it? Was it an impulse decision or something planned? The place was an old barn, so maybe it was appropriate. I’m […]
Random Thoughts on Monday Morning
I’ve got to stop hanging around with people who think big thoughts. They lead my brain down unsettling pathways. I’ve also got to stop reading Ecclesiastes, even if it is one of my favorite books of The Bible. It too makes me think, reflecting on society – where it is, where it is going and […]
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