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Month: September 2014

I can get by with a little help from my friends

Posted onSeptember 26, 2014April 30, 2015Leave a comment

When we started this trip I never contemplated the emotional exposure. I stopped to visit people on the way and one place we spent time was with Martin and Sue in Halls Harbour Nova Scotia Read More …

thanksgiving, contemplation and commitment

Posted onSeptember 25, 2014April 26, 2015Leave a comment

The visit to the Grotto in Portland was added to our journey by Margaret. She suggested we needed some quiet time. The title image of the prayer labyrinth is an invitation to participate in a Read More …

Vanishing points and other perspectives

Posted onSeptember 25, 2014April 26, 2015Leave a comment

That narrow alley is made a bit more sticky by the wads of used chewing gum slapped on every brick, mortar joint and pipe as you walk between the walls of two heritage buildings in Read More …

Roads, detours and guitars all “follow the sun”

Posted onSeptember 22, 2014April 26, 2015Leave a comment

The hanging valley is bridged by chords of concrete and the traffic flows harmoniously along the California coast. The sheer drops of the cliffs and the crushing tides wash across the canvas of memory. There Read More …

A cast of colours — a cast of characters

Posted onSeptember 17, 2014April 30, 20151 Comment

There, a sentry of scarecrows warding off whatever is unwelcome. A fence-mounted exhibit in San Elizario was the first introduction to a spirited journey. The three original “missions” or churches are some of the oldest Read More …

The spectacular of dry

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014April 30, 2015Leave a comment

    For a kid who grew up on the west coast with trees and rain and mountains and rain and winter and rain — spending some time wandering through the deserts of the southern Read More …

Music for the gathered — the faithful, the believers and the redeemed

Posted onSeptember 10, 2014April 30, 20151 Comment

  The experiences of Saturday evening in Preservation Hall, Sunday morning in St Augustines Church and Sunday evening at “Giving it Away” were a street car ride apart geographically yet connected by a chord of Read More …

Run outta town by God’s bucket campaign

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014September 8, 2014Leave a comment

The cotton white back busting balls on fields of bushes are more than a history lesson.  They are the natural fibre industry.   With the dominance of petroleum based clothing some consideration or choice of Read More …

Ayre ya all ready pho a Dutch boy wid a drawl?

Posted onSeptember 5, 2014September 3, 2014Leave a comment

There is a way that our desire to belong causes us to mimic, however poorly, those we hang around with.  Adolescents really get this!  The power of sub-cultures is in their uniqueness and the power Read More …

The stars come out at night — a chiaroscuro of reflection

Posted onSeptember 2, 2014August 31, 2014Leave a comment

  The juxtaposition of light and dark, cheese with cheese, meat with meat, house with water and of course the silhouettes in the sand lay a foundation for a special perspective. Now these snapshots do Read More …

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