Proust Read-Along: The Swann and Gatsby Foil
“He knew perfectly well as a general truth that human life is full of contrasts…” Swann’s Way, P. 510 While …
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Proust Read-Along: Swann’s Way Part One, Combray
Reading these first 264 pages of Proust conjures up some of my own memories… I was sitting in a graduate …
Just another Easter thought
This Luci Shaw poem was read out in the Tenebrae service I attended on Good Friday. *** Judas, Peter because …
A Thought for Valentine’s
Beginning this year, I started subscribing to a daily piece of meditation from The Henri Nouwen Society. Here’s the one …
Anna Karenina Read-Along Parts 5 – 8… And The Curtain Falls
Funny, writing a post on this last part to wrap up our Read-Along is much harder than I first thought. …
Saturday Snapshot Nov.10: A New Gravatar
After a few years of using the blue ripples as my Gravatar, recently I’ve created a new one. It combines …
Saturday Snapshot: Gliding Into The Sunset
On Thanksgiving Monday (Canada, Oct. 8), I stopped by Iona Beach in Richmond, B.C. On the smooth water illuminated in …
This is My Spring…
… and I’m fine with it. I’ve seen lush green meadows, full bloom flowers, and fresh plump berries from many …
Diary of A Country Priest: A Book for Easter
Every year around this time, I come back to my perennial read The Diary of A Country Priest by French …
The Grey (2012): Of Wolves and Men
There are films that I expect to glean meaning from but leave me disappointed. And then there are those that …
What If… A Northern Nativity
The late Canadian artist William Kurelek embraced a nativity that’s beyond time and culture. In his children book A Northern Nativity, …
Reading The Season: Walking On Water by Madeleine L’Engle
It’s that time of the year when a quiet respite is probably the most precious gift. For the past four …
