Today November ends and Advent starts.
Thus begins another new year in the Christian church calendar and the countdown to another Christmas. We begin our preparation of hearts and homes, readying ourselves for the annual celebration of the most significant event in history, the arrival of the One who was born to die. That’s a timeless [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Thirty Days Hath November
Posted in Religion, tagged Advent, Christmas on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Significant versus the Superficial
Posted in Reading, Writing, tagged Communication, Empathy, Escape, Toni McGee Causey, Writing on November 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Earlier this month when I wrote about recognizing the need to ‘go deep’ in my writing, to extract words that are uniquely my own, I reinforced my conviction that nothing significant comes from the superficial. So this week when Toni McGee Causey prefaced her question about ‘Comfort Reading’ with three poignant pain-filled vignettes it was as [...]
Obstacles or Opportunities
Posted in Family, Writing, tagged Family, Obstacles, Opportunities, Rocks, Writing on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Boulders litter the area in front of our lakeside cabin. Someone once bemoaned their untidy presence and voiced the wish that they could be removed. Like icebergs however, what is visible above the layer of mulched needles, bark and leaves is only a miniscule portion. Moving them would be an impossible task and so they [...]
I Don’t Have Time (or do I?)
Posted in Writing, tagged Discipline, Julia Cameron, Time, Writing on November 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today someone asked me if I’m disciplined. Disciplined? Me? That’s a relative term and I had to ask for clarification before answering. After all, if she could see my haphazard approach to housework, she wouldn’t need to ask. But the reference was to daily writing so I was able to affirm that yes, I do [...]
The Bottom Shelf
Posted in Writing, tagged First Drafts, Writing on November 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My bedroom closet should be purged. It contains sizes I haven’t worn in a decade. There’s a dresser drawer full of sox I never wear, too. They’re in assorted eye-catching colours but I only wear black ones now. (It doesn’t matter what else I’m wearing, black always matches my shoes.) Then there are those kitchen [...]
Tuesday Twosome
Posted in Christmas, Computers, Family, Religion, Remembrance Day, tagged Computers, Frustration, Peace, Rant, Remembrance Day, War, Wireless Internet on November 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m ranting today, not once but twice.
The first frustration is war. Since this is Remembrance Day I am remembering not one war but many. I am remembering that over a hundred thousand Canadian lives have been lost in wars. Members of my family have done their part to try and counteract oppression and preserve freedom. [...]
The Authentic Me
Posted in Writing, tagged Authenticity, Originality, Writing on November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ever since moving into this house a poster has been prominently displayed on my office wall. It has meant different things to me at different times in my life but always the words have reminded me of an important truth.
As I write, it urges me not to try to emulate others no matter how much [...]
A Canine Wrecking Ball in Demolition Mode
Posted in Family, Pets, Uncategorized, tagged Canine Companion, Dogs, Labrador Retriever on November 4, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Have you ever lived with a dog? A big one, that thinks he’s a person? We’ve had many dogs through the years, mostly the small-to-middling sized Shelties that I’ve bred and trained for over thirty years. But a few years ago we returned to the breed of my childhood, Labrador Retrievers, and I’m beginning to [...]
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