Musings from the Deep

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  • 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

  • Walking Where He Walked

    There was a funeral some years ago that has stayed with me more deeply than I expected. I had been asked to preside at the funeral of a local father whose family had come from Newfoundland. Not simply from Newfoundland… Continue reading

  • Highways as Lifelines—And What Comes Next

    I was struck by Mayor Rick Dumas’ recent comments to delegates at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference, reported in The Marathon Mercury, where he described Highways 11 and 17 as “essential lifelines for northern communities.” I agree with him… Continue reading

  • Dilemma of Olympic Proportions…

    We recently returned from a trip to British Columbia to visit our eldest son and his family. The opportunity to be with our son and his partner and our granddaughter was the draw. Neither of us was really excited about… Continue reading

  • Home from holiday…

    Well, the first full day back from holiday has been relatively slow. It is not that I’ve done nothing; I’ve just paced myself. There was a storm during the night and the temperature has dropped to a cool 7 C. I… Continue reading

  • Superior views …

    I’m on the road again heading east along the north shore of Lake Superior to Sault Ste. Marie with a truck load of gently used clothing to drop at Value Village and six dive tanks needing annual inspection. More importantly,… Continue reading