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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Straw and the city dweller

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I remember playing in the barn with my cousins as a kid, moving straw bales around and creating little forts where we would play with the ba...
Sunday, May 28, 2017

"Why do you stand looking up toward heaven?"

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The picture I took of an altarpiece at the Louvre three years ago didn't focus clearly enough, but this image I found via Google gives y...
Friday, May 26, 2017

Good tired

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It's been a week of hard work to put in the garden and get the yard in shape. At the end of every day, I drag myself into the house to p...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Sustainable lawn care encouragement...

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Bagging your lawn clippings and taking them to the trash has to be one of the biggest wastes of energy -- and lawn nutrients in the form of ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

A gift on my birthday

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Today is my birthday, and besides being exhausted from a long weekend working in the garden, I'm luxuriating in the many blessings in my...
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Sunday, May 21, 2017

All in one and one in all

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It's funny how the same piece of scripture comes around every so often, and each time, I hear something different. Today I ...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Simple Suggestion #122 revisited... Learn to like dandelions

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When I first wrote this moodling about dandelions in 2012, I had a much different attitude toward them than I do today. I spent hours and h...
Monday, May 15, 2017

When life gets a little overwhelming

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My Sunday reflection is a day late this week because there's a lot to carry right now. One of our daughters has been suffering due to lo...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

The #holyroodbenchproject

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A neighbourly bench across from SEESA Holyrood is a lovely, walkable neighbourhood, and it's getting nicer all the time thanks to t...
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Monday, May 8, 2017

A Pigeon Lake break

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Lee and I decided we needed a little break from the city this weekend, so we booked a B&B at Pigeon Lake for two nights and spent a lo...
Sunday, May 7, 2017

A weekend in God's creation

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No time to moodle this weekend... I spent all my time enjoying God's creation. But I'll leave you this picture of a piece of rainb...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Simple Suggestion # 265... Exercise without equipment

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My grandmothers have been on my mind these last few days (today is Grandma P.'s birthday), and I've been musing + doodling = moodlin...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

Surprising grief

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My friend Ruthie died very early on Easter Sunday morning. I like to think that the Easter celebrations in heaven were irresistible, and sh...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

A revolution of hope and tenderness

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Tenderness is the word my best friend and I chose as our focus for 2017, and I'm delighted to see Pope Francis choosing it as a theme fo...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Simple Suggestion #264... Set yourself an Eco-challenge (or join one)

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With Spring upon us and Earth Day just behind us, it's past time to wake up our ecological awareness after a winter of hibernation, or a...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

Every Sunday should be Earth Sunday

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Some Christian churches have designated the Sunday nearest to Earth Day as Earth Sunday -- and I'm wishing my church was one of them. I ...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Simple Suggestion #263... Consider all living things as neighbours

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The City of Edmonton has made a neat little JSYK (Just So You Know) video (below) about "critters," and I just have to share it he...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

See, I am near

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Christ's Easter message could be something as simple as this: I am always near whether you notice or not. Even when you feel alone ...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Ecumenism on Good Friday

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It's been a busier Holy Week than I expected, so I may be too late with sharing this moodling of invitation to my readers to join in our...
Sunday, April 9, 2017

He emptied himself

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You show us, Lord, again and again, that life is about emptying ourselves to make room for God. Your equality with God was not what y...