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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Simple Suggestion #254... Have waste-less dinner parties

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One of the things that drives me crazy about large family gatherings is the tendency to pull out the paper plates, plastic utensils and di...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Simple Suggestion #253... Go back in time

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A tradesman and his family lived in a space much like this in Fort Edmonton in 1846 Yesterday we took a little family field trip to F...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Laudato Si: Sunday Reflection #44... Simplicity and prayer

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Did you grow up with Grace and Gratitude? My years of working in our family church supplies business ensured that I did. Grace (circa 1918 b...
Friday, June 24, 2016

And now for a message from our sponsors

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It's Aboriginal Awareness Week here in Canada -- Aboriginal Day is tied to Summer Solstice. And here's a great little video from Wab...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

A perfect day for a walk

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

A special project

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"Do I Need It?", also known as The Reducing Song, is nine years old already... and getting rather glitchy on YouTube. So when my d...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Laudato Si: Sunday Reflection #43... Talkin' 'bout ecological conversion

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Not sure why I'm droppin' consonants and vowels in the title of this week's moodling, except maybe that I've been listenin...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Heartbreak

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Dimitri near Wissant, July 6, 2014 Life is so unpredictable. When I opened an email yesterday with a subject line mentioning bad news ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Simple Suggestion #252... Take a nature break

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When I sit at my computer too long, my eyes don't like it. So I've decided to take more little nature breaks. Here's what I saw ...
Monday, June 13, 2016

As I am #5... Google Larry

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I don't know about you, but today I need something good and heartwarming to pick me up. Larry's perseverance and his search using Go...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Laudato Si: Sunday Reflection #42... New habits that stick

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After last week's reflection about the change that is a comin', we need to to make sure that whatever change comes, it sticks. I...
Thursday, June 9, 2016

My prayer chair

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These days, this is the view from my morning meditation place... And this is my mantra... "You, you who love us, source of life....
Monday, June 6, 2016

Simple Suggestion #251... Start a Bee Bistro

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Our front yard is a buzzing Bee Bistro these days. Little bumbling friends visit all day every day in good weather. I could sit and watch th...
Sunday, June 5, 2016

Laudato Si: Sunday Reflection #41... Change is a comin'

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Yippee! We've reached the last chapter of Pope Francis's letter to the world, Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home. Flipping thro...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Laudato Si: Sunday Reflection #40...Kissin' cousins

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Part of the fun -- and challenge -- of writing these reflections has been coming up with their titles. Usually, if a title comes to me in ...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Simple Suggestion #250... Wake up your compost!

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Did you know that May is a good time to wake up your compost? Are you saying to yourself, what's that supposed to mean? Hopefully, t...