Family

  • Where are All the People

    While rereading an old entry from Musings from the Deep, written in July of 2008, I found myself smiling at a simple sentence. “Come! The fruit market has just opened and the price is right. They only cost the time… Continue reading

    Where are All the People
  • Extra Potatoes

    If A Bucket Full of Honey was one lesson in radical hospitality, this is another. Once again, the setting was winter. Once again, Highway 17 had been closed by one of those legendary North Shore storms that seem determined to… Continue reading

  • The Sixties Scoop…

    My wife and I are the parents of an adopted First Nations child. Her adoption took place during what is now known as the Sixties Scoop. At the time, we did not understand what that meant. Over the years, we… Continue reading

  • Help! I’m Drowning in Ads…

    Several years ago, Joy and I joined family members for a night at the movies. The attraction was the latest installment in the Star Wars franchise. The movie itself was enjoyable enough. As I recall, it featured brave heroes, evil… Continue reading

  • Travelling Man

    It wasn’t until I glanced at to odometer on my new 2015 Ford Edge that I realized  2015 has been a travel year in my life. The car is now just 7 months old and it has already logged 31,000… Continue reading

  • Back to Swimming…

    About mid-February I caught a cold. It wasn’t one of those stick around for a week-or-two then get back to your life type colds. This one caught and stuck and never completely let go of me until May. The most… Continue reading

  • Super Senior…

    This is one of those milestone years in my life. Or perhaps, since I live in Canada, I should call it a kilometrestone year. Whatever the unit of measurement, I have officially entered my seventies. Recently, Joy went to our… Continue reading

  • Ready Enough

    As usual, Joy and I began the first day of our journey convinced that we were completely unprepared. This happens every time. It doesn’t seem to matter whether the trip has been planned for months or whether the suitcases have… Continue reading

    Ready Enough
  • Cellular revisited…

    About a year ago I wrote a rant about Cellular service and as I recall decided the best course was to do nothing until my contract time was over. It’s over! It ended in December 2009. I decided to be cell… Continue reading

  • Lenten Journey

    I’ve decided that my Lenten journey this year will be to read at least one book each week during Lent that will in some way broaden my understanding of my faith. Last night I read the first book of this… Continue reading