Welcome to Flashback Friday, a look back at this space from past years. Today’s post first ran eight years ago today, April 26, 2016. Anyone with half a brain could have seen it coming. That no-one did is probably because there were politicians involved. A couple of years back the Ontario government decided that sick leave […]
Just another work day for most of us. Just a few images today to (hopefully) make you smile.
For this Flashback Friday we go back to April 19, 2016. Apparently I am not an idiot. One of my jobs requires logging in to a computer in another city, using a virtual private network. When it works, which is usually, it is a simple system. A few weeks back though I couldn’t connect. I […]
It was sixty years ago today my family moved from one Montreal suburb to another, a move that changed my life. That tree wasn’t there, neither were the bushes. Come to think of it, the grass hadn’t been put in yet either. My parents didn’t say so at the time, but it was a sign […]
For today’s Flashback Friday post we revisit April 12, 2015. Kind of a Good Friday theme. While in Germany last summer we visited Museum Abtei Liesborn, which has the largest collection of crucifixes in Germany, more than 800 of them. I have written about that visit already, but thought today I would share just a couple more photos from that […]
Today is the big day. A total eclipse of the sun. In some areas anyway. Here in Ottawa the eclipse won’t be total. The moon will only cover 99 per cent of the sun, but it is still a big thing for some people. So much so that schools have been canceled as a safety […]
Yes, it is seven months away, but I have ben thinking about the American presidential election. Mostly I have been wondering what can be done to fix a broken system. Technically there is nothing wrong with the way Americans elect a president. The system has worked for more than 200 years, with a peaceful transition […]
Happy Easter! Christ Is Risen! I thought today we would go back to four years ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning to impact our society. Remember the lockdowns? Here is what Easter looked like in our corner of Germany in 2020. For those in the Orthodox and Coptic traditions (and a few others) […]
I attended a funeral earlier today, a friend’s mother who died earlier this week at 91. There were several family tributes, with an emphasis on humor. The woman was a Christian, so the family knows where she is now. I think it is fair to say that there was sadness, but not sorrow. They know […]
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