On this celebration of the Christian Sabbath, Sunday, April 30, 2017, I continue to be taken by aesthetic of Leonard Cohen . Yesterday, at a...

Most mornings start with ample amounts of tea, silence and reading . I'm no "Road Runner, Baby" when the day begins. I can par...

"Listen to your life," teaches Frederick Buechner. "See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, ...

Today looks to be another foray into wandering - and jazz - with the possibility of real sunshine, too!   This morning, after getting Di off...

So far I have succeeded in remaining inside and at home today - quite a change from all the schlepping at the start of the week. Last night...

The spirituality of Charles de Foucauld has long attracted me: Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. What...

After getting Di breakfasted and off to her first day at school - her practicum for the ESL certificate began today - I faced a wholly new...

Today was "get your bearings day" in Montréal: we slept in, chatted over tea and coffee and then headed off to find Dianne's c...

Nous sommes arrives!   We are starting to settle into our new digs for a few weeks in Montreal when Di will complete a practicum in her Engl...

The genre known as "noir" speaks to me at a deep level. Less creepy than goth, more nuanced than industrial, the whole noir groov...

Once upon a time a colleague said something like this to me: "Over the years serving God in a local congregation, we clergy each leave...