PARADOX Art galleries are full of interesting ideas, but how many ideas can a person handle in an hour or two? Art galleries are not places to breeze through, being sure...
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PEACE I cut the tape on the cardboard box and open the lid. Memories of a trip to Israel come to mind. The Nativity Scene was made by Palestinian olive-wood carvers in...
IN 2 PLACES AT THE SAME TIME How many times have I called out in frustration? “Wait a minute! I can’t be in two places at the same time!” I might be stirring scrambled...
Faith In 1976, when Tim Severin and his crew set out from Ireland in their leather boat to sail to Newfoundland, they had faith. They had “confidence in what [they]...
THE BRENDAN VOYAGE Tim and Dorothy read the ancient documents. Their eyes widened in wonder. Apparently, in the sixth century A.D., eighteen monks set sail and crossed...
THE ROPE The rope was strong. Strands of fibre, thickly twisted, resembled the rippling muscles of a prize fighter. And this rope was using all the strength it contained...
CHAOS Why do I write? Because I hate chaos! Sometimes I find myself in a dilemma. I don’t know what to do. Whatever I choose seems to be a problem. Or, there are too...
HOW ABOUT SOME CHOCOLATE? Nobody had offered Bertie chocolate before. His mother had never allowed him to have chocolate. And quite right, too! Bertie was not quite...
EINSTEIN’S HAIR There’s lichen called “Einstein’s Hair”. I wonder if this is it. Whatever this lichen is called, it is certainly thriving. Growing and happy in its...
MAC Mac was most endearing. I was captivated by his gaze. He was just out for his morning walk, but he stepped away from his walking buddies and let them pass him by. He...
