"The world has been watching the 2020 race for United States President." That is certainly true here in Canada, and many Canadians have become emotionally involved on one side or the other. Your thoughts point us toward what we need for healing. No politician has the prescription for healing, we must look to God and … Continue reading Morning Coffee 11/9/20 The ball is IN our court!
Whimsy
Shelley didn’t live in Saskatchewan
Image by Richard Duijnstee from Pixabay If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? That line comes from Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This morning, here in Saskatchewan, spring seems far away. It'll be five months until this snow is gone.
Here it comes
Image by Юлия Зяблова from Pixabay We have been enjoying unusually mild weather this week, with day time highs of 15° C or higher. But the threat that the coming weekend will bring an abrupt switch to winter has been hanging over our heads since last Sunday. A Colorado low has been tracked all week and is forecast … Continue reading Here it comes
Do old arthritis remedies ever die?
I have had some arthritic stiffness in my right shoulder for years. It has been bothering me a little more lately. I rummaged through our medicine cabinets, in both bathrooms, and came up with three tubes of rubbing compound for arthritic pain. The fine print on the tubes indicate that one expired in 2004. another … Continue reading Do old arthritis remedies ever die?
And ye would not
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The devil and the powers of the realm of darkness keep the world in turmoil. Then they tell Christians to look at what's going on and urge them to get out there and set things right. That gets Christians stirred up, some trying to fix the world in one way, some in … Continue reading And ye would not
STATISTICS DON’T LIE
BUT HARDLY ANYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY SAY Public opinion polls are not infallible. At best they give a snapshot of what people are thinking at the moment the polling agency spoke to them. At worst, the snapshot is poorly focussed and the results unreliable. Polling results are presented as being accurate within a certain range … Continue reading STATISTICS DON’T LIE
Sore shoulder
I got a flu shot Monday afternoon, in my left shoulder. By evening any movement of my right shoulder was very painful and I got very little sleep. Who knew a flu shot could do that? If a man can smile when things go wrong,He's thought of something he can blame it on. In reality, … Continue reading Sore shoulder
Subversion of the desires
Image by Bruno /Germany from Pixabay It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country.-Raymond Chandler
Our quirksome language
The English suffix -some is not the same as the adjective some, which means an unspecified quantity. The suffix -some means causing, or characterized by. Quirksome is not in any of my dictionaries, but here are some words that are: awesomeburdensomecuddlesomefearsomegladsomeirksomeloathsomemeddlesomequarrelsometiresometoilsometroublesomewearisomeworrisome And here are a few more that need some explaining: fulsome - can have … Continue reading Our quirksome language
Book review – Without Proof by Janet Sketchley
Without Proof by Janet SketchleyMy rating: 5 of 5 starsThis book pushed all the right buttons to get me reading: cosy mystery; Christian; Canadian. Once I started, the suspense and deft pacing kept me going. Amy Silver and her fiancé were in a plane crash that left him dead and her with a painful hip … Continue reading Book review – Without Proof by Janet Sketchley
