Sunday The boys are having their afternoon nap and the lake is calm and quiet. A canoe wanders along the distant shoreline and a slight breeze ripples the…
Saturday Went to the zoo with the kids today and then back to Dason and Jodi’s house in Brooklyn for dinner. Our friends made a great meal of…
Monday We began our week off last Thursday. A storm damaged the power lines and we still haven’t got the power restored. Friends on another island have loaned…
Dear Mr. Beddoe, On behalf of the professional journalists in this country, I’d like to apologize for the behaviour that some of my misguided colleagues in the media…
This morning the lake is calm and still; there isn’t a boat in sight. The sun seems to be melting away the mist. It rises up in wisps…
Grant Whatmough: May 24, 1921 – Sept. 14, 1999 It has been seven years since my father died and as I look at his picture beside my desk…
The snowflakes are falling, large and round outside my window. It looks like one of those small, encapsulated winter scenes with fake snow swirling around the landscape. I’m…
Monday The Pope is apologizing for reading a line from ancient scriptures that described the violence of Islam. Then the late night news showed violent outbursts in the…
Remembrance Day is the time to remember those who fought for our freedom. My father was a Second World War veteran. He served in the air force in…
Have you ever stopped and listened to the sound of an old clock ticking? The clock that sits in the corner on top of the book shelf in…
