Is it age, or is it something else, that causes me to value family more and more? Like a Labour Day morning breakfast of all the relatives (descendants of my grandparents on one side of my family) in Winnipeg - who knew that such gatherings could be not only fun, but also important connecting points for understanding the world and my place in it ( Read more... )

It's like the world has paused and is holding its breath - the dreamy days of summer are almost done, and when the breath is loosed, the exhalation of work and activity will be frantic. It's like the moments before I wake - so content, so comfortable, yet knowing that in just a moment I will spring into action and the fuzz in my brain will ( Read more... )

So much has happened since my last post (was that really in March???) that I won't review old history for fear I might forget something. Rather I will just report what a pleasure it is to talk to my favourite daughter and son-in-law using Skype. They being in Turkey and all. With the aid of my favourite son we've got all the computer stuff working ( Read more... )

Spring forward this weekend. Too early, methinks. I'm not ready to give up my hibernation yet.

Walking down a Winnipeg sidewalk this morning. It used to be hard, packed with ice and snow. A week ago a woman pushed an infant in a stroller down this sidewalk without difficulty. Today the same woman, same stroller and (I think) same infant were having ( Read more... )

My postings are getting fewer and further between. I thought I had made a New Years resolution to remedy that ( Read more... )

The rush is over ... for now. It started for me on December 2, when Father Christmas and his elf were called to the halls of Canadian Mennonite University, to visit with the children in attendance and to hand out Christmas canes. Since then there have been a series of "appearances", some formal, some in. And some in Winnipeg - and then a quick trip ( Read more... )

Absolutely breathtaking when cruising at 40,000 feet. Especially sunrise in the prairies. The gorgeous oranges and reds spread out like a carpet below us, not just out on the eastern horizon. Indescribably beautiful.

What a nice break this past weekend was. Well, okay - it wasn't much of a break. Well, okay, it wasn't a break at all. But it was a wonderful weekend nonetheless. V and I were in Saskatoon to visit my parents. And to see Springheel Jill, who also came for a few days of overlap. Well okay, they were in Saskatoon to visit; I was in Saskatoon to work ( Read more... )

I was supposed to meet the new bishop of one of the Foundation's denominational conferences for lunch today. But he's got the flu. I guess even God's representatives get sick.

It's been so long since I last posted that I forgot my password. It took four tries before I hit on the right one.

It's busy. I'm doing my job, which is full-time work, but am also the chair of my congregation. Which then means chairing our congregational meetings, our Church Council meetings, and Executive Committee meetings. It also means being in ( Read more... )