Still grappling with the issues
I continue reading here and there the ideas being put forward by the different people that do write their editorials on the current political situation. All very interesting and a good summing up of...
View ArticlePerhaps the debates will give us the clearest picture
Looking forward to the two debates although my French is not good enough to keep up with the flow of conversation I am sure that there will be translation. I think it will help to solidify support for...
View ArticlePalm Sunday at St John the Baptist in Ermine, Lincoln
The plan was for the Palm Sunday Service at Christ Church Cathedral but for some reason it didn't come up on YouTube sadly. I enjoy the Church online because I feel as if I am sharing the service with...
View ArticleInteresting Reflection
Whilst contemplating on the matches I came across an item that caught my eye and a memory beam lit up as I realized I had seen that name before as a yDNA match so I searched through my emails to Doug...
View ArticleTrips down memory lane can be edifying or traumatic
The last few days has shown me that trips down memory lane can be both edifying and traumatic - in this case edifying. I learned a lot about myself and decided that the best process continues to be...
View Article150 to 200 emails a day
I do not mind receiving all the emails that come in through the day - generally 100-150. I read most of them but seldom respond. I mean if someone writes thanking me for a will that they found on line...
View ArticleMy brother John
I did hear from my brother's wife and there will not be a funeral or an obituary. So I guess in my mind what I have already written about John collects my thoughts on my next youngest brother. Hard to...
View ArticleThe French Debate
For a non political person, Prime Minister Mark Carney did well at this French debate. He was cool, calm and collected and efficient in his delivery and I did hear his French on occasion but the...
View ArticleAn exhausting week but it pales in comparison to Easter
I realized last night as I watched the English Debate that my mind was absolutely saturated and exhausted. A good night's sleep and slowly I will get back up to 7-8 hours per night but nearly there....
View ArticleThe summation on the debates is excellent actually
I think two items really came out of the discussions following the debates. Whatever happens I hope that the Conservative Party stays the pace and keeps Pierre Poilievre as the leader. He is young, an...
View ArticleTwo Good Friday Services
I attended the Good Friday service at Emmanuel Loughborough online and also the Good Friday service at Christ Church Cathedral. I found both of them very meaningful. Christianity has been the support...
View ArticleAlleluia Christ is Risen
Happy Easter Day - Alleluia Christ is Risen will be the refrain heard around the world in the Christian Churches except the Orthodox will celebrate one week later (the Russian primarily). Does that...
View ArticleThe School System
The School System that I grew up in was very sound actually. When I was in Grade Three and supposedly showing this great intelligence (I can remember the standard testing but really I was not that...
View ArticleAnother week in the markets
I think as a country we have to continue to look inward and manage our trade within and among the provinces to maximize our ability to have homegrown trade between us. Building the pipelines an...
View ArticlePrayers for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis
I have just seen the news that the Pope has passed. He was a truly great Pope - a man of the people. Prayers for the repose of his soul as it wings onward to God - for truly such a man is at God's...
View ArticleSt Mary Major Basilica - one of the four major Papal Basilicas of Rome
When my eldest daughter and I went to Rome in November 2001 for the Consecration of the Episcopalian Bishop of Europe (I, as a member of the Anglican Listserv, was invited) at St Paul Inside the...
View ArticleMy eyes
My daughter brought up an interesting idea with regard to my eyes; that perhaps I was born with cataracts which caused my strabismus and my poor eyesight not correctable by eyeglasses to 20/20 vision....
View ArticleCleaning accomplished
Nice, the cleaning was all accomplished in the two days so I am back into a normal week where I have four working days and then Sunday. Yesterday was primarily spent cleaning the main floor and the...
View ArticleSliding back into work
I can feel my mind sliding back into my work finally after really six years. I did a lot of work the past six years but my mind was often on other needs. But I now feel that I am back squarely working...
View ArticleWorking and cleaning up the yard
An excellent day of work yesterday completing all of the K's and starting L's today. A total of 42 matches have been put into my holding file in particular because they do not increase my knowledge on...
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