Dead Never Tell

July 12, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Heron Teacher

July 5, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Acceptance holds discovery

May 10, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Muskrat

April 14, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Went to the river to clear my mind. It’s been a rough couple of weeks helping Ukrainians. Some, feeling they can’t make it in Canada, or missing family too much, have gone home. Worse than that, we uncovered human trafficking. One employment trafficking, and another procuring young women for the sex trade. I have felt […]

Arrogance

March 8, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Blame

February 15, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Life Companions

February 8, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Chilly Reflections

November 18, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Although my body is healing, my heart is aching still. The requests for help from Ukraine keep pouring in, and the response on our end is drying up. Three families arrive in the next month, and one is already here, with nowhere to go. Three more have reached out. I have no answers. Just ache. […]

I Have Faith

November 16, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Birdspeak

November 9, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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Monday Mood: Exhausted

The events of the past few weeks, plus the rain, seemed to have caught up with me. Day’s goal: rest, rest, and more rest. (Photo mine)

End the Fray

This breach –this ever-widening gapfear inducedpits usagainst themas if humanitycan be dividedsalvationa selective process. We need a balmto soothe societalwounds, a tonicto calm the angstuntil clarityquells the uproarand kindnessreplaces this sin. (Poem originally appeared June 2019. Image my own)