Tag Archives: Winter
More Than Culture Shock!
Today’s predicted high temperature in Damascus, according to the BBC is 18 degrees Celsius. Today’s predicted high in Ottawa is -22 degrees Celsius. With the wind chill it will feel like -36. We have hundreds of newcomers in Ottawa, refugees escaping the fighting in Syria. Everything here is new to them, the language, the food, […]
Winter is Here???!!!
After an unseasonably warm Fall I woke up this morning to freezing rain with colder temperatures and some major snowfalls in the forecast. Looks like it might be here to stay. Mind you, we normally get around 75 centimetres of snow before Christmas. This yer we had one, which quickly melted. It was 16 degrees […]
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 […]
Refugees – Cold Hard Facts
He speaks with the authority of someone who has been there. I didn’t think to ask if I could quote him, so I won’t give his name. He’s a relief worker in the middle east. We were having dinner, and the discussion turned to the refugee crisis in Iraq and Syria, not a […]
Rumours of Spring
It is still unseasonably cold, with temperatures running about ten degrees Celsius lower than the norms for this time of year. It may be April, but it doesn’t feel like Winter has quite decided to relax its grip upon us. But there are signs of hope. The creek in front of my house, which is […]
Let It Snow?
The snow is falling as I write this on Sunday night. I don’t think it is going to stay on the ground this time, but I know it is only a matter of days and winter white will be here to stay; or at least stay until sometime in March. Several times a year, usually […]
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