Don’t you hate it when you suddenly make a misstep?  You feel so dumb.  Our kitchen in our heritage home has been renovated this past month.  The floor was raised up three inches which was badly in need of levelling. There had been a small ramp up to the living-room from the kitchen.  Out of habit Gary and I often find ourselves stepping up high from one room to the...

One of my favourite birds is the red-breasted robin.  God has created this creature of the air with very distinct characteristics.  Often, we find them on the ground searching for worms in our backyard.  Their hearing must be incredible.  They take a few hops, stand very still, cock their head to listen and quickly dive for their prey. How can they hear that quiet...

He did it!  Gary finished his gazebo that I mentioned about in my last blog.  Now he almost lives out there as he writes and works on his various courses and videos for ministry.   He also got it completed in time for 15 of our family members to come together for dinner last week.  Eating together has been a very important building block throughout our married lives...

“Come quick!” Gary yelled at me from our upstairs bedroom.  I hurried to the window to see what he was all excited about.  On the ground near our driveway was a huge black crow enjoying a hot breakfast.  He had snagged an unsuspecting Blue Jay while its mate was screeching at him on a tree branch above.  After one half of this helpless creature was gone, he managed...

“What is Wordle?” you might ask.  It is a recent online word game that has been created by someone with the last name Wardle.  A grid is used to guess a five-letter hidden word in six tries.  The colour of the letters changes to show how close you are to the answer on each line you input.  Green is for the right letter in the right spot, yellow the letter in the...

Do you remember that Johnny Cash song written in 1959?  On February 17, our village of Churchville incurred the most flooding probably since Hurricane Hazel, also in the 1950s.  It was caused by warm weather, lots of rain, ice jams and the overflow of storage water in the pond behind our home all at once.  The pressure blew off bolted-down manhole covers on a street...

“Promise me you will bring me a wedding picture to look at when you come next Tuesday!”  commanded Nina.  Nina has become our friend at our local No Frills grocery store since the beginning of the pandemic. We started chatting with this friendly woman when she was counting all the people entering the store.  Each week we learn more about her and she learns more...