Around the turn of the era, ten lepers lived on the threshold between Galilee and Samaria near the road to Jerusalem. Because this road was travelled by pilgrims going to the temple, it was a good place to beg. People seeking God tended to be charitable even if they were not usually compassionate.
Although the disease called leprosy in that time was not the ...
Why does a young woman want to sing songs that were popular in World Wars I and II, decades before she was born? Kelda Mikalson says the songs are beautiful in melody and lyrics, and filled with feeling. "People wonder how a concert of wartime songs could be fun," Kelda laughs. "But the songs make you think about how people - at the front and back home - worked, joked and cried together and supported each other. That is how...
- by Melanie Knapp
Courage and harmony with friends! I spent September 27th preparing for the evening social event. I was getting ready for the Ginger Press Book Launch of my new book, 'After Hospital.. What's Next?' To say I was excited was an understatement. I was effervescent!
The book is full of information about building a meaningful life after spending some time in hospital helping mental health. There are...
The Owen Sound Field Naturalists has had a fabulous start to this season, and there is lots more to come. As soon as Thanksgiving Monday, you could join a walk with Bill Moses starting at the Inglis Falls Arboretum - visit www.osfn.ca for more details.
This Thursday October 12, OSFN is pleased to present Paul Aird, a life long conservationist, and emeritus professor of history at University of Toronto, and a former member of the Niagara Escarpment Commission board. Paul Aird will be reading some of his ecological fables and nature tales, witty and wise gems that will charm, and stimulate. Accompanying these stories will be some of....
When I drafted this reflection on my recent visit to the US, I had not heard about the shooting in Las Vegas. I was going to start with a panel on dystopia at the speculative fiction convention I attended. But as we drove, I saw a huge flag at half-mast. For Puerto Rico, I wondered. I saw a few more before we stopped for gas, and the news program shown on the pump ...
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