During my recent trip to California, Arizona and Nevada I made the tongue-in-cheek comment that I would like to experience a small earthquake just to see what it felt like. After seeing the devastation in Haiti, I will not joke about something as potentially serious as this. I was aware of my initial emotional disconnection [...]
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Relief for Haiti
Posted in people and places, spirituality on January 14, 2010 | 10 Comments »
The Visit of the Magi
Posted in Christmas, people and places, spirituality on December 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Magi visit Jesus ©2009 The Becka There are many traditions and legends concerning the Magi who found Jesus sometime after his birth and presentation at the temple. Matthew gives few details about them in his account of their visit to Jerusalem and Bethlehem. We are not told how many of them came nor from [...]
Brrrrr…from West to East
Posted in guest photographers, people and places on December 10, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Pigeons roasting by an open fire… One of our daughters took a spur of the moment road trip to Chicago this past weekend with a friend. Chicago is a good seven to eight hour drive west of here on good roads if the weather is fine. We had an exceptionally warm November and until yesterday [...]
Looking for Joy
Posted in family, health and wellness, people and places, Remember Whensday on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
joy [dʒɔɪ]n 1. a deep feeling or condition of happiness or contentment I have been trying to capture images of joy over the past week or so and the task has been more difficult than expected. I have attended three Christmas parties, a Christmas festival, a children’s program at church as well as work, home [...]
Looking for Joy
Posted in family, health and wellness, people and places, Remember Whensday on December 9, 2009 | 14 Comments »
joy [dʒɔɪ]n 1. a deep feeling or condition of happiness or contentment I have been trying to capture images of joy over the past week or so and the task has been more difficult than expected. I have attended three Christmas parties, a Christmas festival, a children’s program at church as well as work, home [...]
Boar’s Head and other Delights
Posted in Christmas, history, Music, people and places on December 7, 2009 | 11 Comments »
This past week has been busy with Christmas parties as well as the final push by our contractor to complete the kitchen renovations. December is racing along and I have been too busy to enjoy the simple pleasures of the season. Today we took time on a lovely sunny afternoon to visit the annual Christkindl [...]
Three Sisters and the Iroquois Village
Posted in food and drink, history, people and places on September 10, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Inside the longhouse On the long weekend, I decided to hike around some areas of the Niagara Escarpment which are within a forty minute drive from home. Halton Region has many lovely parks and trails, including sections of the Bruce Trail, which runs for 800 km from Niagara to Tobermory, Ontario. Crawford Lake is a [...]
Remember Whensday: School Days
Posted in family, history, people and places, Remember Whensday on September 2, 2009 | 14 Comments »
In my school uniform beside my brother This week was back to school for some children in Ontario and it is the first time I remember school starting before Labour Day. Because Labour Day is late this month and there are a required number of school days each year, some school boards decided to open [...]
Friends and Strangers
Posted in people and places on August 23, 2009 | 17 Comments »
There are no such things as strangers, only friends we haven’t met yet.Anon In a world where people are often suspicious of strangers, it is worthwhile to know that many strangers are wonderful, welcoming people. I have spoken of Cheryl, a birder I met last year on a trail near the river. We have kept [...]
Remember Whensday: Children in the War Years
Posted in family, people and places, Remember Whensday on August 19, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Mom in the mid-1930′s Sandland brother found some old pictures and books in the bottom of a cedar chest which once belonged to our grandmother. He scanned them and sent them to me this week and I do not recall seeing them before. Digital cameras are so pervasive now that many children have thousands of [...]
