Reflections on Lent… Travel to Visit a Grandson… Leaving the warmth of the southern USA for Montreal was inspired primarily by the opportunity to visit my youngest Grandson who was playing Junior hockey in New England… After landing at YUL I made my way by rental car to Burlington, Vermont (not a pickup this time […]
Reflections on Lent… Travel to Conferences! Once again this winter I was able to take in two of my favourite conferences – one related to my professional life, the other to my interest in the evolving world of church and theology… The professional conference, the Association of Practical & Professional Ethics (APPE), was held in […]
Reflections on Lent… Music heard and missed! It’s been awhile and because there is quite a bit to catch up on, I will try to brief with each segment of this Chapter… During Lent there often is not a great deal of music to be heard until near Palm Sunday. I was fortunate this year. […]
Interim Ski up-date to mid-February… Well we are probably just beyond the half-way spot in 2022/2023 season and here’s an update to February 14th! Just a reminder about the codes/terms:Days = the number of days an individual put on their skis and skied at least one run… Runs = the number of times down the […]
Something special happened… Well, here we are again – the oldest living grad of Toronto’s SICK KIDS hospital is celebrating her 106th birthday… On a different note, yesterday was somewhat weird – maybe because it was the eve of the aforementioned birthday? The day started reasonably enough with a mini-workout followed by a trip to […]
It’s winter on our mountains… Skiing has now started for the 2022/2023 season and it is time to give an interim summary of results… (to the end of December 2022) Just a reminder about the codes/terms:Runs = the number of times down the hill (no matter how long it takes)Vm’s = this relates to the […]
Before this year comes completely to a conclusion, you really should take in a couple of interesting movies… Netflix provides us with The Glass Onion – a throwback to the old who done it movies we went to in college and those early supposed adult years. The acting is good. The story is not totally […]
Merry Christmas Well, well, well… ever notice how humanity actually can take a pause in its belligerence and actually espouse peace, hope, acceptance and love. Yes, we are once again through Advent and into the final week before Christmas. And, over the weekend I was treated to three very different musical moments. All of these […]
Hello… Pardon my interruption… This just in – the Globe & Mail agrees with gw – yeah believe it or not… As you know I tend to be more of a National Post person but more and more I am also finding gems of wisdom in the G+M. And, this month I find myself actually […]
A new direction perchance… And now it is time to move beyond the political rants… it has become painfully obvious to me that the divide that is afflicting Canada, while it is somewhat different than that in the country to the south, permeates any politically-tangential conversation we might have… As minds are not likely to […]
