Christmas – What’s it about? For many, Christmas is charged with ambivalence. Trying to buy gifts with meager resources; navigating through crowded...
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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...
Chapter 160 Another year swings into the past. I wonder if anyone out there had any fun memories bubble up from my last set of musings? I hope that this season...
Saving Bordeaux – Wine and WWII Wine, like Art, can transcend wars and politics. Such was the case during WWII when collusion between...
Welcome to the Distraction Age I never cease to be amazed at the number of children I see in restaurants, in shopping carts, on public transport, walking down...
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...
Chapter 159 Disclaimer: All memories subject to massive distortion by time, fantasy, shared conversations and downright daftness. From Leadenhall Aircraft...
A Sommelier’s Thanksgiving In September and October, we are busy cooking, savouring, freezing and making preserves with the abundance of fresh fruits and...
Four Pillars of Community In working with families, individuals, community leaders, and business owners, I have concluded that there are four basic principles...
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...
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