The snow started falling early in the morning. Somehow it seemed a fitting start to a new year. We were not the first ones to go far a walk in the forest to start the year. The new snow already showed the footprints, or more accurately hoof prints, of the deer living in the forest.
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 […]
There’s something about the end of the year that leads us to introspection. It’s only a date, but our culture has made it a marker between two well defined points. 2024 is about to end. 2025 is beginning. How was your 2024? Did it turn out the way you expected it to on December 31 […]
I’ve been writing posts about current politics, then shelving them because I wanted to wait for more information. Time to get some of them off my phone. This one was written at the end of November. It was a bold political move, high risk but with the potential for high reward. Canadian Prime Minister Justin […]
On Fridays during 2024 we have ben looking back at previous posts from the same date. This is the last Friday this year, and I am not sure if we will do that again in 2025 – next year seems so far away. This one is from December 27, 2017. No, I didn’t eat this […]
No angels. No shepherds. No wise men. No manger. No mention of Joseph and Mary. It isn’t your traditional Christmas story. But it is. The Apostle John opens his Gospel with a theological look at the birth of Jesus Christ. I doubt anyone has ever turned it into a Christmas pageant, even though the message […]
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 […]
Sometimes you have to wonder if politicians, once elected, forget sone of the basics of human interaction. How else can you explain Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘s latest, self-inflicted crisis, one that pundits are saying could be the nail in his political coffin? One week ago today Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned, hours before […]
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 […]
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 […]
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