Musings from the Deep

Life

  • 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

  • Josy P. Zaremsky

    In Memory of Stan Johnson This story is long overdue. Many years ago, I promised a friend, Stan Johnson, that I would write down the story of Josy P. Zaremsky for the local museum and for the history of Marathon.… Continue reading

  • The Crosses Beyond the Rock Cut

    When I was a boy growing up in Marathon, Ontario, my friends and I spent much of our free time exploring the shoreline of Lake Superior. There were countless paths leading to favourite places. One of them followed the Canadian… Continue reading

  • The Sound of Learning

    This afternoon I spent several hours in the church with a friend. At least, that’s how I think of him now. A lifetime ago he was my student. Don had agreed to help me experiment with the church sound system.… Continue reading

  • A Health Card and a Measure of Trust

    no doubt that the stories we hear about the ‘failings’ of our system are true, yet I hasten to add that I believe they are in the minority 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

  • Baffled by Social Media

    I checked my Facebook page this morning as is my habit every week or so and spent more time attempting to let its creators know that they are way off the mark  meeting my interests. I live in Canada. I… 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