It’s been a tough week. I lost a dear cousin to cancer a week ago. It happened so fast, too fast. My earliest memories of my cousin, Nina, are of…
A Generous Life
Three Wrongs Don’t Make A Right
Wrong Enemy, Wrong Place, Wrong Information. Three wrongs don’t make a right. Ten years ago, March 20, 2003, America invaded Iraq—the invasion was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom. When I first…
The Meandering Writer
I don’t know what it is but lately I’ve been having difficulty getting my footing. Some of it has to do with adjustments in the new year. I know, it’s…
Spinning Wheels in the Gun Debate
The gun debate in the USA reminds me of something a therapist once told me on a particularly cold and snowy day in Winnipeg, back in the 70s. I was…
HOW WE ARE HUMAN
What better way to start a new year than by reviewing HOW WE ARE HUMAN, a book of poems by Luke Maguire Armstrong. It found its way to my desk…
The Power of the Human Spirit
It’s no accident that at the close of 2012, we have a number of films celebrating the power of the human spirit. Les Miserables and Lincoln are two such movies…
Peace on Earth and Good Will Toward Men
This holiday season, I’m wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas. Or perhaps you’ve celebrated Hanukkah. I hope your celebrations were happy ones. Or whatever you do at this…
When Will America Wake Up?
Again,we’re confronted by another senseless tragedy, this time, 20 children and five adults killed in an elementary school in Connecticut, as well as the shooter’s mother. I hate writing about such topics…
Where Would We Be Without Books?
I find it incredible that through books, we can visit exotic places, meet interesting characters, and sometimes learn a little about ourselves in the process. Books teach us about the…
Thanks to the Earth
Thanksgiving is a time when North Americans stop and thank God for their blessings. In our family, one of the prayers we say, at any time of the year, is:…