The Curve of Time is the astounding story of Muriel Wylie Blanchet, widowed in 1927, and who single-handedly adventured the coastal waters around here with her five children on a 25-foot boat named Caprice. This painting by famous Canadian marine artist, Harry Heine, perfectly provokes the mood of the text. Caprice and her adventurers add […]
Filed under: MISCELLANEOUS by James on Monday, March 28, 2011
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This recently in the news: A Vatican official has welcomed a European Court of Human Rights ruling on the display of crucifixes in Italian classrooms. Crucifixes displayed publicly in Italy, including in classrooms, are a sign of Christianity’s key contribution to European culture and civilisation, said Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for […]
Filed under: REFLECTION by James on Monday, March 28, 2011
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Guess what? This week we had a ray of sunshine in the house for the first time in about three months, I think! Maybe it is true. Maybe spring will come one day after all!
Filed under: REFLECTION by Corli on Saturday, March 5, 2011 | Social tagging: spring
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For a while now, we have had a three year old in the house again, and I do not know how we got from here: right past this: and this: and this: and then a whole lot more: all the way up to here: in a mere blink of the […]
Filed under: FAMILY by Corli on Saturday, March 5, 2011 | Social tagging: birthday > family
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