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Way back in 2015, as my beloved’s health and strength started to fail, I took over the responsibility of cutting the lawn. I don’t mind pushing the lawnmower around. There is a sense of accomplishment when you look back and … Continue reading →

I read my friend Phil’s blog this morning and was taken with one line in it. He, like many of us was weighing the pros and cons of returning to live worship rather than online worship given the recent lifting … Continue reading →

Yesterday was our 95th birthday – well for the United Church that is. 95 years ago thousands crowded into the Mutual Street arena in Toronto to witness the coming together of the Methodist, Congregationalist and 70% of the Presbyterian congregations … Continue reading →

My first title for this blog was ‘Hiding Out’ because I feel, with some shame attached, that this is what I have been doing. The pain of the world has gotten me down. I can’t even force myself to listen … Continue reading →

Every day this week I have told myself, “I am going to write a blog today.” I even had ideas as to what I would write about. Monday was the 40th anniversary of my Ordination. Lots of fodder there. No … Continue reading →

It was announced this week that schools in Ontario are now closed until September, at least, due to Covid19. All school kids across Ontario are not able to return to their classrooms. Graduations cancelled. Track and Field meets cancelled. School … Continue reading →

Like many other Canadians I spent some of my long weekend time getting down and dirty. By that I mean down on my knees and digging in the garden working the dirt, adding some dirt, moving some dirt. Really at … Continue reading →

Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. In other words, an onomatopoeia looks like the sound it makes and we can almost hear those sounds as we read the word, for example, … Continue reading →

I have had several conversations this week, on Zoom and, the old fashioned way, on the telephone. It is almost inevitable that at some point the conversation turns to, “When this is all over…”. Of course, no one knows when … Continue reading →

It’s Thursday. It seems each day I have to try and figure out what day of the week it is. With isolation, and one day bleeding into another, and no points of reference, I never know what day of the … Continue reading →