The week between Christmas and New Year’s always seems different somehow. It is as if time has slowed down.In Canada, Christmas Boxing Day and New Year’s Day are statutory holidays. Given that, many people take the other three days of that work week off to get an extended vacation. There are fewer cars on the […]
Today is Boxing day – and I have no idea what is on sale. That may be because there is really nothing I need. Yes, I have plenty of wants, but my life is no less fulfilled if none of those ever happen. I think though it is more the way society has shifted. This […]
Of course, there is no point to Christmas on it’s own. Good Friday, and then Easter, are what give it meaning.
Today is the fourth Sunday in Advent, the day we light the candle signifying Love. Like Hope, Peace and Joy the previous few Sundays, sometimes it doesn’t feel like there is much love in the world. The picture is of a nativity scene at a Lutheran church in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Setting […]
I was out shopping today. Groceries, not presents, but that meant I saw the crowds. Lots of people looking for last-minute gifts. I’m at that stage in life where gift-giving ir pretty easy. My family has everything the need. except, I am told, a potato masher, so we don’t really exchange Christmas presents. That’s easy […]
With Christmas just around the corner, some Advent thoughts from 2015. He looked round again and could hardly believe his eyes. There was the blue sky overhead, and grassy country spreading as far as he could see in every direction, and his new friends all round him, laughing. “It seems, then,” said Tirian, smiling himself, […]
I waited for the sun to go down to write and post this, though I have been thinking about it for a few days. December 21 is the equinox, the shortest day of the year, and the beginning of Winter. Not that it feels any different than yesterday. There is a dusting of snow on […]
The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas continues to dominate the headlines. Prospects of peace seem slim to non-existent.Conflict seems to be a way of life in the Middle East – but it doesn’t have to be so. So often it seems peace is humanly impossible, as neither side is willing to make concessions unless […]
Times have changed. You can’t watch it on television anymore – unless you are an Apple TV subscriber. But for 50 years it was a broadcast television staple at this time of year. A Charlie Brown Christmas is based on the Peanuts comic strip that became popular in the 1950s. The strip was a cultural […]
I saw this on a friend’s Facebook page and laughed. It has been more than 50 years, but I remember. How could anyone not know it was a Bb trumpet? As always, the comments section is open. .
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