This was to be our last brunch together. For nearly 15 years we had met here on the first Monday morning of every month.

A recent email suggested that those grieving the loss of a loved one should remember that the only person that is with you your entire […]

I wonder at times if when folks see me, they recognize me by my clothes rather than by my face. I am not exactly a […]

We had always been avid campers and had finally found an idyllic spot in the B.C. Okanagan.  There we spent the most memorable summers of […]

Green cardboard palm leaves, nearly as big as their standard bearers, wave in a double row up the aisle of the church. “Hosanna, Hosanna” chirps […]

My granddaughter writes me the following: Little Toby walks into the living room with a glass of milk. Mom:…Where did you get that? Toby:…I went […]

I awoke this morning to hear someone on the radio say that his mother “had Jesus” and he “had Led Zeppelin.” Needless to say I […]

I was back at my old church yesterday.  It’s like going to “Grandma’s house”…full of memories but not having much impact on your present day […]

For over six years now I have led “A different kind of Bible Study” group at my home. The group  started at the Church but […]

  I bought a new suitcase today! And I really don’t intend to travel anywhere but I had given my old one to granddaughter Andrea […]

It is Christmas morning and I am sitting here with sentimental tears streaming down my cheeks and dripping off my chin.  Yet I am at […]

I grimaced with annoyance as the large, brown wrapped parcel jarred against my arm.  After weeks of shopping in heated malls, dressed in heavy boots […]

“I had it, now where has it gone?” Nothing annoys me more than losing something so consequently most everything has its place and that works […]

In winter I walk in the basement.  It is partly finished so isn’t too cold and offers a view of a different part of my […]

“What is wrong with this table”, I asked myself.  “Are we having an earthquake?”  I’d experienced several of those while living at the coast as […]

I am blessed by having a friend who does not always agree with me.  It is a both a challenge and a delight to discuss […]

From the choir loft I look across the congregation and see a “Flanders Field” of poppies.  This is Remembrance Day Sunday and their lapel poppies […]

Like some of the rest of you, I get myself in hot water occasionally.  Sometimes I get scalded and sometimes I get a warm feeling […]

I have been crying.  I cry so easily since Harry died. But today my tears are justified.  A very dear friend has died.  I don’t […]

Now there is a title that should bring a multitude of memories to most of our seniors.