Hi, my name is Neil… and I’m an alcoholic.” This is how every meeting of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) begins. Neil was a long-time local resident and this is his story. “Every day is a miracle”, as far as he is concerned. “I’ve gone through two heart attacks and a bypass operation” … he exclaims…
I was thinking about family relations or, as my dad used to call them, the ‘in-laws and the outlaws’. Depending on one’s perspective, I think that’s because one side couldn’t do anything right while on the other side seemed to be saints. Isn’t it funny how we can make allowances for the most outrageous…
I was waiting for my wife to join me for lunch – perched high up in the terraced café’s balcony – and overlooking torrents of river water cascading over the remains of a 19th century mill-dam. Enjoying a birds’ eye view of the rocky wilderness and enveloped by the thunderous sounds of crashing rapids…
Over the past few weeks, I‘ve been hearing good and positive news, in many ways. · A lady, whose daughter just got married and is a young teacher, is now getting long term teaching assignments … her new husband about to get his engineering ‘ticket’ of choice. · A young man after teaching 9 years…
I listened to a radio interview the other day with an author who started off as an atheist and, years later, is now a Christian. In his new book,The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith, Peter Hitchens talks about how Christians (and I suspect people of faith in general) have, in recent…
The old photo shows the glorious archway and the old oversize oak doors of St. Peters Balcilica in London Ontario. It was taken directly across the street to include a large sign in the foreground that read ‘IBM’, barely readable as a blur of white dashes. Between the two was the gleam from a…
June 10th has come and gone, and with it, I understand. Life is truly what happens, when you’re making other plans. Goal achieved … lessons learned … yet a friend is no more. And what I thought important, just isn’t, anymore! Take it as it comes … sharing what I believe. Better…
A seed is planted, See how it grows. From generation to generation, It sows and sows. Loving links in a chain, the best we can be. But will we be remembered … our legacy? Better yet, where we’re going … too far to see? For all we know, ‘what will be, will be’. …
Have to change … have to try, This way of living, is no way to die. Do it for me, do it for them … Getting rid of old habits – must try again! Cluttered life … complex thoughts, Body can’t stand it … now falling apart. The older I get, the sooner to…
The other night, I heard a live performance of The Beatle’s tune ‘Yesterday’. It reminded me of when I was 17 years of age in 1964 when first saw The Beatles perform it on the Ed Sullivan show – the first time live on national TV. And, although I’ve heard it many times since (the most…
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