Ed Smith is a fantastic writer from Springdale NL who has a weekly column in The Telegram, the province’s largest paper. Ed has now published several books. A Canadian bestseller From the Ashes of My Dreams recounts his brave struggle with quadriplegia after a motor vehicle accident. Ed is known for his humour and wit... Continue Reading →

Sixty-two years ago today the second atom bomb was dropped in Japan at Nagasaki. The force of destruction was massive killing between 60 000 and 80 000 people. It was the last blow to Japan who surrendered unconditionally after that terrible day. It was one of many terrible days in a terrible war. Humanity lost... Continue Reading →

  John Anderson suggested that an appropriate title for tonight’s blog might be “Sights and Sounds and Smells of the 401.” This comment came in the midst of a return drive from London to Windsor in Scott’s Jeep with the top all down.  That’s right – I drove from London to Windsor with the top... Continue Reading →

I have done some reflection today on leadership. From the time I have been a young man – a teenager, I have been thrust into a role of leadership. In high school, at church by the age of 15 I was “leading” committees and groups. Sometimes that has meant the great privilege of being a... Continue Reading →

    WOW - feel it? It is HOT! Very Hot, has been for the last two or three days. In this heat is hard to imagine doing much. Today the good folks who came support Stacy and her mom Jane and Laura Bonnett’s memorial Mass were treated to unbelievably HOT temperatures in the church... Continue Reading →

IN MEMORY OF LAURA BONNETT, AL MASON, AND CATHY PLANTE   Celia Thaxter  said, "The sunrise never failed us yet."  I was awake early this morning so I came outside , sat with tea and watched as darkness transformed into light. It has been a while for me, not a morning person, since I have sat... Continue Reading →