Les Miserables (2012)
These last months of 2012 see a bumper crop of film adaptations from literary sources. We have an eclectic array …
Tag Archives: Christmas
Reading the Season: Surprised by Joy
If Shakespeare and Hamlet could ever meet, it must be Shakespeare’s doing. Shakespeare could, in principle, make himself appear as …
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 …
Winter Wonderland
I caught this lone cross-country skier on a frozen creek in snow country. Let this be my Christmas card to …
Reading Snow Country in Snow Country
The first refers to the 1968 Japanese Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s (川端 康成 1899-1972) seminal novel Snow Country (雪鄉); the …
Reading the Season: Luci Shaw
Every year around this time, I try to stay afloat in the sea of chaos and consumerism. My method of …
Those Magical Numbers: Year-End Musings
10 Are we coming to the end of a decade? Or still have another year to go? Does the new …
Unto Us A Child Is Born
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given and the government shall be upon his …
Reading The Season: Madeleine L’Engle
Striving to maintain some inner quiet, I casually took from the shelf a book by Madeleine L’Engle. Pure serendipity. It’s …
Susan Boyle’s Dream
So Susan Boyle’s dream has come true. I’m glad I’ve participated in the process. I’ve contributed to this whole massive …
Season’s Musings
At this time of the year I always have a struggle, a fight against numbness. The hustle and bustle of …
