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Sunday, October 29, 2023

Sunday Reflection: Two great commandments

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Today's reflection is brought to you by  Matthew 22:37-39.  A statue from Gubbio (wish I knew the artist's name) Jesus told him, ...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

The four-day kitten adventure

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Late on Friday night, my nephew Iain was driving home after a stargazing evening at the western city limits when he saw four little eyes ref...
Monday, October 23, 2023

Monday Music Appreciation #16 -- Don't Listen to Me

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I'm looking forward to going to work tonight because it's a Martin Kerr concert. This is my second musical appreciation focusing on ...
Monday, October 16, 2023

Monday music appreciation #15 -- Danse Macabre

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Have I mentioned lately that I love my job? Being an usher at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music (why doesn't his wife Harriet get an...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

Sunday reflection: a prayer of lamentation

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The news is not good in the so-called Holy Land. In fact, it ranks among the unholiest of places on the planet because of the things that ha...
Monday, October 9, 2023

Monday Music Appreciation #14 -- Cavatina

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After being away since I broke my foot on May 10, I'm delighted to be back at work at the Winspear Centre for music. And the symphony se...
Friday, October 6, 2023

A wild time

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I haven't been very present here at Simple Moodlings lately because my father-in-law needed some help. In the last ten days, we took a f...
Thursday, September 21, 2023

Five images from yesterday

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Love and fear revisited

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From  A Common Prayer  by Australian humourist and cartoon artist  Michael Leunig   (Dove, Harper Collins 1990, ISBN 0 85924 933 6)  Today, ...
Sunday, September 10, 2023

Sunday Reflection: Prayer for creation with the four directions

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September is the Season of Creation, and this morning the inner-city Community of Emmanuel prayed this prayer with the four directions:  Let...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Cornelia stands alone

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Well, not quite. At least, not right away. This morning when I dismantled Cornelia the scarecrow's three sisters' raised bed (of ...
Thursday, August 31, 2023

Early September garden report 2023

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Pear tree produce! What a summer it has been. Edmonton has felt like its own little oasis. We have been really, really fortunate to have goo...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

Roses for a Sunday

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I've always loved roses, but it took me a while to plant them for myself. Our rosebushes remind me often to thank God for certain people...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Fresh paint

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  It didn't turn out quite as I intended because my hands are shakier than they used to be, but the ferris wheels/flowers/fireworks are ...
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Sunday, August 20, 2023

Sunday Reflection: She Said How Do You Know When You're Hearing From God

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The passion and power in spoken word poetry blows me away. Here's a great one for a Sunday morning by the wonderful Amena Brown. Enjoy.
Saturday, August 19, 2023

Cornelia's pumpkins

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Cornelia the scarecrow has done her job very well, and we have enjoyed peaches and cream corn and scarlet runner beans for several suppers. ...
Friday, August 18, 2023

As Kelowna burns...

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I can't sit and do nothing. Especially when Alberta's premier is backing away from renewable energy and putting her power behind the...
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Thursday, August 17, 2023

Uncle William's Solitaire

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I've been wanting to share this two-deck solitaire for a while, just because it's a good way to relax at the end of the day. I learn...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

#holyroodbenchproject -- update #6 -- 6 years later

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Come and sit a while... Six years later, our faithful #holyroodbenchproject beauty had seen better days. She's been sitting patiently th...
Friday, August 4, 2023

July-August 2023 garden report

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My plan to show readers my garden at the end of each summer month got away on me. So here's my July garden video, which was made yesterd...
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