Well, winter has finally really hit southern Ontario, with cold, wind-chill, freezing rain and snow.
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A famous sermon was entitled, 'When Life Caves In, What Then?'
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Walking through Ephesus (in modern day Turkey), recently, was an incredible experience. It is ‘up and down’ terrain, situated in a long sloping valley between two mountains.
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As with most great books and authors, one can re-read them with new insight and increased profit time and again.
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This picture of a moored small blue boat was shot in the harbour of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, at medium tide.
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Julian of Norwich (1342-1416) was a Benedictine mystic whose little cell I have visited in Norwich, Norfolk England.
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Frederich Buechner always challenges my faith, inspires my heart and gives new insight into both how to understand and how to say things that are important.
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Nunnery Ruins, Iona, ScotlandThings both new and old are worth pursuing.
The old nunnery at Iona, Scotland. The spring flowers come alive in the midst of ruin and decay - as always.
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Things are not always as they appear. The appearance of these weathered, rusty boats, moored in the harbour at Oban Scotland, seem to bely their names: Provider and Radiance.
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This is one of two violins which I own.
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On a recent trip to Ireland, I visited the ancient site of the monastery of Clonmacnoise, Ireland. Dating back nearly 1,500 years, it is located in County Offaly.
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An old sampler created by ancestor Eizabeth (nee Pennock) Leng, of Rake Farm, Glaisdale, in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
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This view is from the Holy Island of Iona in western Scotland, looking across, east, to the Isle of Mull.
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For several generations, my ancestors the Pennock family lived at Limber Hill, between Glaisdale and Egton, North Riding of Yorkshire. These derelict building may date to the 1600’s.
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When I start a new blog or web-site, I think: So, here we go and one can only hope it all improves as we go!
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