Musings from the Deep

Personal Reflections

  • 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

  • What They Found While Looking for Something Else

    I went into the hospital expecting to deal with an enlarged prostate. At my age, that is hardly an unusual story. It falls into the category of things older men discuss quietly with one another and younger men prefer not… 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