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An introduction to this “In Isolation” blog series appears at the top of the March 22 post. “Only one…” Yesterday was Earth Day. Well, actually today is Earth Day. I try to write these blog entries on the night before they’re posted. So really I’m reflecting on the day but, here on the North American […]

An introduction to this “In Isolation” blog series appears at the top of the March 22 post. “The song ‘Caterpillar’ invites laughter and play. For children, for adults, for adults who have forgotten how to be children.” Today’s opening words are from Walter Farquharson’s “Comments about Song”. I reached a point today where I could […]

An introduction to this “In Isolation” blog series appears at the top of the March 22 post. A simple message from the heart today: As a prayer for all who are grieving the tragic and senseless losses in Nova Scotia, today I simply offer Walter’s words from a hymn we wrote together more than 45 […]

An introduction to this “In Isolation” blog series appears at the top of the March 22 post. Sunday was a heartbreaking day in Canada. In addition to the predictable COVID-19 near-monopoly on the news cycle, word began spreading like a virus of totally unexpected horror from Nova Scotia. For those who may be reading this […]

An introduction to this “In Isolation” blog series appears at the top of the March 22 post. I was first introduced to the work of biologist/researcher/author/ Rachel Carson while in secondary school. I was privileged to have a biology teacher who was so taken with her work that he coloured outside the lines in terms […]

An introduction to this “In Isolation” blog series appears at the top of the March 22 post. I’m thinking a lot about food today. Stories have begun to bubble up in frightening ways for those able to see the implications which lie within items not yet making it to prominent sections of the news cycle. […]

An introduction to this “In Isolation” blog series appears at the top of the March 22 post. I missed making a post yesterday. Christina and I were deep into another project all day and well into the night. When she came down to my studio to ask if I had “completed tomorrow’s ‘In Isolation’ post […]

An introduction to this “In Isolation” blog series appears at the top of the March 22 post. I was once an organist at a United Church of Christ congregation in Wisconsin. One day in 1966, while sitting together in the minister’s office and without any context I was aware of, he said to me, “You […]

An introduction to this “In Isolation” blog series appears at the top of the March 22 post. Almonds and almond trees are mentioned a number of times in the Hebrew Scriptures. The blossoms are seen as a sign of approaching Spring and new life as well as a symbol of resurrection. Especially welcomed when winter […]

An introduction to this “In Isolation” blog series appears at the top of the March 22 post. What an odd day yesterday was. It was the church’s biggest day of the year when all of us would normally have been happily packed into chairs or pews. Instead, we were alone in the homes which are […]