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By hilary jocelyn Posted on 27th Feb 202127th Feb 2021

The Sawmill Trail

I eagerly gathered my freshly charged battery operated chainsaw, a pair of sharp cutters, my work gloves and crucially, a pair of safety glasses. I was ready for action!

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By Gillie Posted on 20th Feb 202127th Feb 2021

A Little Bit Sheepish

Unless you have spent time with sheep, you are likely to see them as virtually identical. Not at all. I’d have you know that sheep are all individuals with their own characters and peculiarities.

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By Guest Blogger Posted on 16th Feb 202117th Feb 2021

For You

By John Urban

The only poem I ever wrote that worked-it brought the lady back!

 

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By Guest Blogger Posted on 16th Feb 202117th Feb 2021

The Space Between Us

By Gillian Kirkland

The space between is wide and deep

I can only guess at the secrets you keep…

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By Yolande Karin Fenny Posted on 7th Feb 202113th Feb 2021

Where the Wild Things Are

This communion with the creatures that inhabit the land, waters, and skies where I live, fills me with awe and joy and I stood transfixed enjoying my good fortune.

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By Guest Blogger Posted on 31st Jan 202131st Jan 2021

Buffalo

By John Urban

Buffalo was the name he gave, preferring to keep his real name to himself. He was a deserter from the US’s war on Vietnam, and he had made his way to Montreal.

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By hilary jocelyn Posted on 23rd Jan 202123rd Jan 2021

Strip the Willow

The music gets faster and more urgent and we all become so dizzy we can scarcely stand up

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By Gillie Posted on 16th Jan 202123rd Jan 2021

A Good Yarn

Received wisdom has it that you should never knit your boyfriend a sweater.

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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.

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By Guest Blogger Posted on 2nd Jan 20212nd Jan 2021

The Peanut Brittle Christmas Tree

Part one By Jay Thomson and Part two – Dylan’s Story by Christine Ferris Although her friends kept asking her what she most liked about Christmas, six-year-old Emma had so … Continue reading The Peanut Brittle Christmas Tree

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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..

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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

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