It’s my party
In the midst of the horrible atrocities being perpetrated by Russian forces against the people of Ukraine, it may be hard to find anything...
Standing on the shoulders of others
I grew up on a farm where my mother raised six children on her own, including four girls who grew up to become very...
Peace will come
There was a really strange coincidence on Friday. As police moved against the protestors in Ottawa, I spent the day watching people being interviewed...
Dazed and confused
I wonder: has the world just gone mad, or was it always like this, but we didn’t notice? Whatever you think of the trucker...
Our home and Native Land
In the middle of all the dramatic media coverage of the Indigenous Residential Schools issue over the last year, it became very clear that...
Truckin’
Let’s see now, what’s happening these days? Well, there’s a problem with the supply chain because there aren’t enough truck drivers available to get...
Slow train coming
Can it be true: are we to be free again to meet and eat and drink and laugh and tell stories and sing songs?...
Days of future past
It is always a strange thing to face up to a new year and write something to welcome the new in and usher the...
And so this is Christmas…
Everyone has a favourite Christmas carol or two. Some are older religious ones like “Away in a Manger” or “Joy to the World”. Others...
Yesterday once more
And so we head into the last couple of weeks of 2021. Rather like 2020, we may be glad to see the back of...