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Monday, November 28, 2022

Movie Time!

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I know, you're probably getting tired of me writing about homelessness, but I promise, this will be the last such post for a while... La...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Buy Nothing Day = Black Friday avoidance

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I almost got sucked in this year. Almost. My inbox held a "Black Friday 15% off!" email from a company that I deal with on a regul...
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Friday, November 18, 2022

Angel seeks a home

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When my mother-in-law was dying, she told me that she wanted me to have the angel that sat near her bedside. Knowing Angel meant something t...
Thursday, November 17, 2022

Shadow's tenth winter

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It's a marshmallow world out there, and Shadow-dog is not impressed. It's his tenth-eleventh winter already (well, he'll be ten ...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Thanks, I needed that!

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How are you doing these days?  Me, I've been feeling the weight of the world a bit too much. So when my sister sent me this video this m...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Let it snow?

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My moodling for the past few weeks has mostly been in my head as I've been busy with the last of the garden produce and cleaning up befo...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

This Is Where We Live

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I've been learning a lot lately about the affordable housing crisis in Canada. After the Great Wars, we had a series of governments that...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

God is ecumenical

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Here's a definition of ecumenical, according to Merriam-Webster: ec·​u·​men·​i·​cal   |   \  ˌe-kyə-ˈme-ni-kəl     ,  -kyü-   \ Definiti...
Thursday, October 13, 2022

Ukraine in our hearts and souls

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News from Ukraine is, too often, heartbreaking. I cheered when the Kerch Strait Bridge in Crimea was put out of commission (a prayer for the...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Giving thanks

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Yesterday at Community of Emmanuel, during our Sunday Thanksgiving service, I was suddenly struck by the strongest sense of gratitude for th...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

A bit of irresistible Francis lore

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If you've been around these moodlings for any length of time, you'll know I have a special appreciation for St. Francis of Assisi, w...
Friday, September 30, 2022

A day to mourn, a day to learn

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Today is the second annual National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. How are you marking the day? I put on my orange shirt and intended to g...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Jake's gift

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One Sunday morning in March at the community of Emmanuel, Jake flashed a big smile at me from across the room. This was before I even knew h...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

When ONE is too many

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The City of Edmonton's annual homeless count is today. Volunteers endeavor to find and count the homeless people in our city, and I alwa...
Friday, September 23, 2022

Care for a Courageous Conversation?

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This week I had the opportunity to attend a Healing of Memories International workshop led by Father Michael Lapsley, an amazing man who kn...
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Raise a song of gladness

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The resurrection icon we will pray with on Sunday When Covid-19 shut the world down back in March of 2020, I wondered how long it would be u...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Simple Suggestion #286... Save seeds

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I can't believe I've gotten this far into these Simple Suggestions without moodling about seed-saving. Though I do love the seed cat...
Monday, September 12, 2022

We're all a little lost

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Somehow I forgot to hit the publish button. This moodling was actually written on September 11th. Today's reflection is brought to you b...
Thursday, September 8, 2022

The most recent suffering

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Last night I listened to the voices of the parents of the young man who killed 11 people on James Smith Cree Nation, and cried along with th...
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

The waning of the garden

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It's that time of year again, when the sun disappears earlier and earlier (8:10 this evening, and it was 8:30 just last week!!) Summer...