Photographs and Memories

Happy Canada Day!. I am celebrating indoors. Allow me to repost how wonderful it is for me to live in Canada. Today, on July 1st, I have to go to the big city … downtown Vancouver. My goal is to … Continue reading →

Filling the hole in our heart.

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They say dogs love you, cats own you. Maybe so. Cats are just as loving as dogs. They are love, oozing with so much love to give and receive. With their love, we become captives. I had two cats, Maurice … Continue reading →

Meanwhile, In Vancouver

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Today, July 1st, I have to go to the big city … downtown Vancouver. My goal is to purchase another bag with wheels for daily use at main department store, Hudson Bay. Across The Bay, I met Steve. A man … Continue reading →

My Dear American Neighbour

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You have made this day a national holiday named after him. A good man. A great man. A righteous man.     The question remains: Where do you go from here? Chaos or community? Love, a concerned citizen of Canada.

Church Bulletins – They’re Back!

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Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences (with all the errors and BLOOPERS) actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services. The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. The sermon this … Continue reading →

Ice Cream, anyone?

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BE SUPPORTIVE…. Becca Givens started the Nurturing Thursday at: “On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea”. Click on this link to see what others have contributed to nurture yourself and others.  Come and join us. This is an open invitation.

What Hit Me.

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Come to think of it, inspiration comes from learning as simple as ABCs to studying a complicated theorem of Isaac Newton. What hit me started with Apples. Apple inspired me to learn my ABCs. A is for apple. Then it … Continue reading →

Walk With Me

Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead.
Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.

~  Albert Camus

Image by:  The Blessing of Animal Companions
Quote from:  ME and the Boss

 

A Community: Local Public Market

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Visiting the public market in a another country is one thing I include in my itinerary with or without the help of a guide. Here in Compostela de Santiago, before we enter the mainstream, the busyness of the daily specials … Continue reading →

Silent Retreat – Mandala

What:           Create a Mandala
Where:         Convent of the Cenacle Sisters
When:           May 27, 1995
Who:             Age 19 and over
Why:             Reflect on your Mandala 

Prerequisites: Silent and prayerful heart 

Provided:

•        Guided prayer and meditation
•        Round piece of board
•        Old magazines
•        Scissors
•        Glue

 Procedure:

•        Start with prayer
•        Listen with your heart
•        Use active imagination
•        Quiet your mind for 10 minutes
•        Collect magazines
•        Quietly cut up any pictures from the magazine
•        Glue the pictures on the round piece of board
•        Remain quiet when you are finished
•        End with a prayer

Wheel of Life: Mandala (Man and His Symbols: Carl Jung) 

Wheel of Life

“For an idea to take root,
Turn good intention into purposeful action
Only then will the idea grow and take on a life of its own” 

This is in response to Daily Post: Weekly Writing Challenge: Image vs Text

The nominees are: drum roll please…

Where would this writing take me?  It has taken a life of its own.  For some readers, it shined on them. 

Thank you gegebearbear of Two Rights Attempting To Make A Left for giving me the Shine On Award. 

“To me this award is for the blogs that shine, make you feel good and are inspiring to the reader. The blogosphere is a large place and there are so many blogs out there that deserve this.”

 1. Nominate 15 blogs, as well as recommend notable blogs that tickle your fancy.

2. I believe there were some questions to be answered, but I’m not sure. So, I plan to skip this part.

Today is a sunny day and it’s a good day to nominate writers who lifted up my spirits and bring out the goodness on me: 

 

The Shine On Award requires you to nominate other blogs To Enjoy Posting this Award on Their Own Blogs( list of 15 is below) and suggest other blogs that tickle my fancy.

The nominees are: (not necessarily in this order)

1.    mischievouseyez of my thoughts my life

2.   bellaremy of Hoof Beats and Foot Prints

3.   tkmorin of Bite Size Canada

4.    sakura and me of depressionexists

5.    layasna of Unfamous Diary of Pulubing Turista

6.   wileyschmidt of Wiley’s Wisdom

7.   prettywitgla33 of My life as a teen in college……

8.   Patricia of Today, I think…

9.   carldagostino of I Know I Made You Smile

10. grandmalin of Breathing Space

11. katecrimmins of Views and Mews by Coffee Kat

12. nrhatch of  Spirit Lights The Way

13. michelle w. of Daily Prompt

14. mroh of Comic Soul

15. mysoresoul of Photography, Pain and Life

And since the questions are missing after a thorough research about The Shine on Award, I decided to start one.  Just only one.  Tell us one thing about you. 

My answer is:  There’s always a song in my head and this song is for you all. 

 

Shine on.  Pax tecum, Seeker. 

P.S.  Please ensure that you notify your nominees.