That’s not space, that’s just really high in the sky. . . I was brought up watching Star Trek, watching them “Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before”. When I was 9, I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon and when I was 17 I was introduced to the conflicts that were happening…
I want a Submarine
I want a submarine. Which is bizarre since I have never really wanted a submarine, except when I was 12. But I want one now. It doesn’t have to be fancy or even yellow, any old sub will do as long as it floats when it is supposed to and doesn’t float when it not…
Growing Older, but not Gracefully
I thought I was going to have to pick Angela up off the floor as she was laughing so hard. She was really enjoying herself at my expense. We were shopping and the clerk at the check-out asked if I was a senior. Hello! So I replied “yes, I'm ninety-two.” Which I thought was an…
They will know we are Christians by our. . .
Well, it would appear that young William Swinimer has become something of a folk hero in the Christian community. You would think he had been burned at the stake for refusing to renounce his faith instead of being asked not to wear a T-Shirt that some might feel was offensive. Obviously nobody in the Christian…
Changing Speed Limits
“If higher speed limits are set, people will simply not be exceeding them as much.” That is the rationale behind stop100.ca, a group that is calling on the Ontario Government to increase speed limits to as high as 130 km/h. A spokesman from the Ontario Transportation Ministry stated that in 2008, speed contributed to 21%…
What we don’t talk about.
Don’t know if you have been following the newspaper accounts of the unfortunate death of Raymond Taavel this past week in Halifax or not. The bare facts of the case are that Taavel tried to break up a fight outside a downtown bar and in the ensuing fight died. The interesting thing about the story…
One More Roll
I was having a coffee at Tim Horton’s ( I know that’s hard to believe), when I heard a staff member comment on how pleased she was that the “Roll up the Rim” contest was finished for yet another year. Curious, I asked why that was? She told me it was because some customers would…
A Story of a Saving Not a Sinking
Breaking through the mist, the ship's passengers and crew were greeted by a sight that would haunt many of their dreams for years to come. Passenger Luke Hoyt would write in a letter; “In the Providence of God it has come to Emma and myself to be of assistance to our fellow men and women…
A Special Day
Apparently, April 15th is going to be a big deal this year. There have been television specials, magazine articles printed, books published and movies re-released. Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments have all hopped on the train, or more appropriately, got on the boat. Canada Post has released commemorative stamps and the mint has done a…
Easter Monday?
I have often thought the concept of Easter Monday was kind of strange. You just know it had to be a blatant quest for a four-day weekend. That someone, somewhere, had a eureka moment and decided that the Monday following Easter Sunday was obviously Easter Monday and as such deserved to be a holiday. And…