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By Laurie Gough Posted on 10th Apr 202111th Apr 2021

Can We Save a Wakefield Forest?

Some of us in Wakefield are trying to save a local forest, a forest that’s a ten-minute walk from Wakefield’s Earle House intersection.

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By hilary jocelyn Posted on 4th Apr 20213rd Apr 2021

Tea with the Queen

The royal family have managed, as they often do, to claim international headlines in recent times, but as I try to absorb the exhausting latest covid updates and marvel at … Continue reading Tea with the Queen

Categories:Passions, People, Places, Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Posted on 14th Mar 202113th Mar 2021

Beware the Ides of March

by Paula Halpin

Out of nowhere came Covid-19, a microscopic party-pooper that heartlessly blew up the Great Canadian Birthday Plan.

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By Guest Blogger Posted on 7th Mar 20216th Mar 2021

Hypnotizing Helen

By John Urban

I asked her to keep her eyes focused on the flame as I started passing the lit candle slowly in front of her from side to side…

Categories:Passions, People, Random and randonnes, Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Posted on 10th Jan 202110th Jan 2021

Intimations of Mortality

This delightful piece is presented with gratitude to guest blogger Teresa Bandrowska. As another Solstice passes, another new year begins, and I roll into yet another turn around the sun, … Continue reading Intimations of Mortality

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By Shelly Ann Posted on 3rd Jan 20213rd Jan 2021

Reflections

People enjoy reading blogs for many reasons, mostly because people are interested in people. And when those people are your acquaintances, neighbours or even friends you have yet to meet, all the better.

Categories:Passions, People, Places, Random and randonnes, Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Posted on 1st Jan 202130th Dec 2020

CHRISTMAS REMEMBERED

Christmas on the prairies in the 1930s. We had so little. We had so much.

Categories:People, Places, Pleasures
By Guest Blogger Posted on 30th Dec 202028th Dec 2020

Aliens, Stars, and Fences – (A Christmas Tradition)

Arriving at the top, we could see a view of the whole city of Edinburgh below us, and we would stop walking and lie on the grass and look up at the stars.

Categories:People, Places, Pleasures
By Guest Blogger Posted on 29th Dec 202029th Dec 2020

A Christmas Memory – Valdivia, Chile 1964

By Lucia Preller
Suddenly, one of the upstairs windows opened up and Agustin told my little brother that they were all in bed.  His father had lost his job, so there was no Christmas for them that year..

Categories:People, Places, Random and randonnes, Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Posted on 28th Dec 202028th Dec 2020

Uncle John and the Christmas Turkey

By Paula Halpin
I loved Uncle John because he was unconventional – a character. Some in the family considered him a dilletante. But in my eyes, he was a romantic risk-taker

Categories:People, Pleasures, Random and randonnes
By Yolande Karin Fenny Posted on 27th Dec 202026th Dec 2020

Chapters

Life is moments. Life is magical. Life is the mundane. Life can be hard, unjust, and cruel. Life can be beauty and light. Life in all its complexities has seasons … Continue reading Chapters

Categories:People, Places, UncategorizedTags: People, Places
By Guest Blogger Posted on 22nd Nov 202022nd Nov 2020

Shake Hands With the Pterodactyl by Chris Corcoran

I’m still amazed at the spontaneous choreography of man, beast and machine.

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