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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

And her name is...

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Cornelia among the three sisters  Cornelia! Kudos to my East Coast cousin, Claire, for her sense of humour... and I'll come up with a fi...
Monday, July 24, 2023

Monday Music Appreciation #13 -- Stay Gentle

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I really love the music of Brandi Carlile, and I think she's an incredibly cool musician and person besides. If you've never heard h...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Meeting Ephthemia

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Photo by Alfred Schrock on Unsplash One of the first people who came to visit during Inner City Pastoral Ministry "table time" ye...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

What I saw on my summer holidays

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Day 1 Edmonton to Langley, BC Day 2 Vancouver Day 3 Langley to Vancouver Island Day 4 Gold Stream Provincial Park Day 5 Butchart Gardens Day...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

The fourth sister...

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Yesterday when I went out to water our tomato plants, I realized that the sparrows were eating the tops of the corn plants. Until I figured ...
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Monday, July 10, 2023

Monday Music Appreciation #12 -- A small salute to Gordon

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Once upon a time I owned a cassette tape of Gordon Lightfoot's greatest hits. Gord's Gold , it was called, and I listened to it unti...
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

June garden report in July

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Unruly rhubarb I intended to post this 6 minute garden tour on June 30th, but ended up doing all sorts of other outdoor things instead of si...
Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Monday Music Appreciation #11 -- down the rabbit hole with Petula Clark

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This morning as I walked around my garden, a long lost song sprang into my head. Unsure of the lyrics, I put "Thank you for every tree ...
Sunday, July 2, 2023

Sunday reflection on compassion and solidarity

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This Sunday reflection comes out of a conversation this morning with my friend, Jim, who told me about two young orphans from Cameroon who h...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Patience, birds!

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When we arrived home on Friday after a two-week journey to visit family and friends in the BC lower mainland and on Vancouver Island, it qui...
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Our hearts must break

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Today we remembered  one hundred and fifty-six people  who died in our city  only since last June  just because they  had  nowhere to go. Ou...
Monday, June 5, 2023

Monday Music Appreciation #10 -- A rose for Oscar Peterson

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Oscar Peterson roses Oscar Peterson is blooming in my yard. Or rather, the rose named after him is. One of my rosebushes didn't overwint...
Friday, June 2, 2023

Sidewalk stories

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In April I discovered  a box of unused sidewalk chalk in a cupboard,  and decided it needed to be used.  So I put some pieces  into a pretty...
Thursday, June 1, 2023

Garden goings-on

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Hardworking family on May 22nd For the record, my family is really wonderful. After I broke the bone in my foot on May 10th, they came to he...
Monday, May 29, 2023

Monday Music Appreciation #9 -- The Davis Concert Organ and Nathaniel Gumbs

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I've never really been a fan of organ music -- until now. As someone who grew up after church music was "modernized," I always...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Ode to a childhood home

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My wonderful parents recently made the decision to move to a home more suited to their needs, and their home of 49 years officially received...
Friday, May 12, 2023

The pear tree blooms again

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We are keeping our fingers crossed. After really cutting our beloved pear tree back last year because of fire blight, we weren't sure sh...
Thursday, May 11, 2023

Things I take for granted

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There are too many things I take for granted. And for me, walking is a big one. There are too many things I take for granted. And walking is...
Monday, May 8, 2023

Music Appreciation Monday #8 -- Ode to Joy

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Beethoven was completely deaf by the time his ninth and final symphony was given to the world, which makes it all the more amazing. The fact...
Monday, May 1, 2023

What are you voting for?

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Yesterday, one block north of the downtown Police Station The writ dropped today, and Albertans are facing another election. I'm not goi...