No political commentary today. If you are interested in politics or world affairs, you probably watched last night’s first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. If you are a supporter of ether candidate, you probably need something to brighten your day. If you don’t care about politics, and weren’t among the record television […]

The first presidential debates of the 2016 American election is tonight. By midnight we should have a pretty good idea as to who is going to top the ballot on November 8. Usually my opinion on these things is that debates don’t really matter as long as you play a good defence. A politician doesn’t […]

It used to be that by the third week of September the leaves on the trees had turned glorious shades of red, gold and orange, but that hasn’t happened yet this year. All that greenery wasn’t going to stop a ramble with some friends through rural Renfrew County yesterday. We had an agenda starting off, […]

The birther political scandal broke out in Canada this week. Of course we had to give it our own unique twist, so as not to be accused of copying the United States. Down south there have been persistent rumours that President Barack Obama was not born in the US, which would disqualify him from becoming […]

When I was young the British had a reputation: they knew how to queue. When a line formed in the UK, for whatever reason, it was always orderly. That fact would usually be mentioned as people were trying to find their way through a chaotic situation where an orderly line would have made things so […]

Crime does not pay. But it does charge admission. We were in Rothenburg, and I already knew that one of the must-see sites for me was the Medieval Museum of Crime and Punishment. At least that is what my guide book called it, though I note the website refers to it now as the Medieval […]

The beasty is called an American Trump It’s skin is bright orange, its figure is plump;   My daughter the Kindergarten teacher brought home a new children’s book from the public library. She won’t be sharing it with her students though. A Child’s First Book of Trump is written at a level that a five-year-old […]

This one is definitely going to the Supreme Court of Canada. Emotionally I am cheering for the individual, caught up in a group I see as a Christian heresy designed for profit not faith building. Intellectually I see no choice but to support the organization. The principle of religious freedom should not be based on […]

It’s Monday. Most of us are starting a new work week. Some of us perhaps not very happily – not everyone likes work. Perhaps your dislike of work is because you are unsure of procedures. You need more structure, to be assured of how things are supposed to happen at work. I can help with […]

…but I am not going to. It is Sunday, and I thought a photo essay would be appropriate today. And given that it is Sunday it seemed appropriate to make the post photos from a  church I have visited. Problem is, I don’t know what church is in these pictures. In 2009, to celebrate out […]