Author Archives: Nancy

Yesterday we offered the second of our prerecorded video services… Palm Sunday by YouTube. Who ever could have predicted that? It has been a learning curve for me – although the words “learning curve” seems to have fallen into common … Continue reading →

When I say the word “leaders” – what do you think of? We have had leaders in our lives since childhood. Leaders in our school yard groupings, leaders of groups like Guides and Scouts, leaders in vocal choirs, leaders in … Continue reading →

SGN – saw this on one of those many heartfelt and encouraging YouTube videos that are floating around Facebook these days. SGN stands for Some Good News. While we need to take seriously the global situation, we also need to … Continue reading →

I have had several responses to my blog of last Thursday when I admitted to having a bad day. Seems I am not alone … which I was pretty sure was the case. Many of us are having hard days … Continue reading →

It is hard during these days not to get too closed in, to worrying about my own well-being, my family, my friends, my community, when I think what I should be doing is opening up and thinking about the world. … Continue reading →

Yesterday was a bad day for me. I was grumpy and irritable. Had there been anyone around, which of course there wasn’t due to social isolating, and had they looked at me in a certain way, I probably would have, … Continue reading →

A friend shared that these days of physical isolation are reminding his father of childhood days when the polio epidemic was raging. Between the years of 1949 and 1954 there were 11,000 Canadians paralyzed. The disease peaked in 1953 with … Continue reading →

Hello dear friends in cyberspace. Here we are in the second week of “sheltering in” (which sounds so much nicer than “social isolating”) and I am wondering what are you missing the most? Is it seeing friends? Is it going … Continue reading →

There is much talk about distancing these days. We call it “social distancing”, but as one friend pointed out yesterday in a Zoom conversation, it is really more about physical distancing, than social distancing. Social media is alive and well … Continue reading →

Under the category of “who knew” … who knew a week ago that “flattening the curve” “pandemic” and “social distancing” would be part of our everyday vocabulary? Who knew that ‘snowbirds’ would be shortening their winter vacations to scuttle home … Continue reading →