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Sharing a blog from bushspirit on Nasrudin
So often we revert to old habits to restore what we believe we lost, repeating old mistakes thinking we will get what we are looking for. Gabor Maté retold the story about the lost key and Nasrudin. Looking into WordPress, … Continue reading
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Tagged conversations, interpretation, memories, poetry, storytelling
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What are your biggest challenges?
What are your biggest challenges? To walk in the snow To fit my R ankle brace inside my R boot To risk using my running shoes in the snow as it is the only footwear that fits my ankle brace. … Continue reading
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Tagged bloganuary, bloganuary-2024-01, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1804
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The Lights were singing
It was the first time for me to see this spectacle that people often raved about. I was new to this space We came in two car loads, had blankets and sat by the beach, waiting. I was awakened by … Continue reading
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For visible mending
It was about 40 years ago when we went to a store in Halifax and purchased skeins of Cape Breton yarn from a sheep herd that no longer exists five years later. I am so happy he loves this sweater. … Continue reading
The Sovereign Couple
At yesterday’s Festival of Homiletics, I heard Willie James Jennings speak at the workshop, “Speaking Words Against Whiteness: Remapping the Message of Reconciliation.” In that workshop he spoke about “The Sovereign Couple” in Ananias and Saphira. As a Missioner and … Continue reading
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You are Invited to An Art Exhibit.
If these were in a different time, my mama would have made hundreds of her “lumpia shanghai… Continue reading
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Tagged Akin, art, Conlon, COVID, exhibition, family, intaglio, Kin, lampitoc, lino block, Lockdown, loss, macconlon, painting, prints, relationships, The Art Centre at CTS, toronto school of art
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Recycling Love
Coming to Canada in 1972, we were surprised with what Canadians throw away. We found fish heads, meat bones and vegetables that did not sell late Saturdays at the market that made great meals. We found clothing in thrift shops … Continue reading
The night someone asked if I were a moose.
The summer of 1980 was to have been the first of two summer internships required in my candidacy for ministry in the United Church of Canada. The woman who has given me hospitality to stay at her house woke me … Continue reading
Lola Tia Maria
Originally posted on MaC Conlon's Blog:
She came at summer’s end and needed a place to stay for a few days. She stayed for almost a year. And in my heart, forever. She was quiet, mostly kept to herself,…
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