the wolfe islander December 8, 2008

here i sit in the bakery on the corner, a stones through from my back door. pick it up and give it another toss and you’ll find the church where i work. i have spent many a morning here over breakfast, across the table from someone i care about and who cares for me. i [...]

elf December 7, 2008

cotton headed ninny muggins
son of nutcracker
i feel warm when i’m around you
i forgot to give you a hug
these and many more, every year on channel eleven. every year it cracks me up. will ferrell knows how to milk the awkward shtick.
sometimes i wish i was a human raised by elves…

a man, his moustache, and his cat November 15, 2008

so here’s the mo and it’s looking pretty sweet if you ask me. shan hasn’t seen it yet, but she will in the early light of dawn when she wakes up beside this thing of beauty. get a load of these handle bars honey! abbey the tabby didn’t seem to mind…
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movember November 9, 2008

tiss the season. not for jingle bells or greeting cards or evergreens laden with tacky ornemants and bright lights. tiss the season for… moustaches. that’s right, movember is here! the month formerly known as november is now dedicated to growing facial hair on the upper lip. moustache november. be it a ned flanders-esque push broom, [...]

kin October 29, 2008

community is a strange bird and family an odd duck. one moment she holds you close and whispers sweet somethings in your flushed ears and the next your at arms length on the wrong end of a tongue wagging. we are fickle fickle folk. some like it hot, some like it cold. many swing left [...]

day off! October 28, 2008

9:15 – wake up somewhat rested but thankful for a spouse who let’s me sleep in from time to time

9:32 – mess around with the kidlets in the living room
10:20 – on a bike heading for artillery park with ela
10:30 – in the water in record time
10:32 – racing for the change room and the [...]

i wrote this October 24, 2008

i’ve heard that words are powerful. i’ve been told the pen is mighty. seems probable. i’d like to write more. i’m not sure if it will be on this here blog or in my journal or on a napkin from the brew pub. incidentally, birddog and the fear has been intermittent at best. incidentally, the [...]

of this, that and the state of my soul July 17, 2008

i am well. tired and overwhelmed also. hopeful to. life has a way of pressing in and pressing me to God. next is good and challenging in the very same breath. my family is beautiful and exhausting all at once. kingston is much to big and way to small at the same time. i am [...]

rejesus June 5, 2008

ever heard of this site?
http://www.rejesus.co.uk/
i’ve had it bookmarked for a while and drop by every once in a while. my visits have been mostly to the spirituality page. i especially appreciated the daily prayer exercises.
there’s some pretty creative meditations, exhibits and what not. i imagine i’ll pilfer some of it for next in the not [...]

tribute and tragedy May 22, 2008

someone i know died last night. chances are you’ve seen him but i’d be surprised if you could say you knew him. he wasn’t a friend to many and it wasn’t because we didn’t try. we did, but he was locked in an embrace with alcohol even as it pulled him under. Jesus can you [...]