Monthly Archives: May 2020

The Lionel and Bertie Show

Posted on May 11, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The King’s Speech (2010) Queen Elizabeth II gave a speech on the 75th anniversary of VE Day. She was recreating what her father, George VI, had done on that glorious day. Did you know the King had a speech impediment? … Continue reading →

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Life (version two)

Posted on May 11, 2020 by cdsmiller17

  Life’s meaning’s lost and Time’s the same: My dreaming goes on, as does the rain.   Thoughts are a guided path that is ignored: I’ll choke my stony wrath which once had roared.   Love is a route that’s … Continue reading →

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Pilgrimage as Metaphor

Posted on May 10, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Camino Caroline Myss posted a video on Facebook this morning. In it she discussed her observations about the Camino de Santiago. The salient point she made was that stepping off the path, you returned to the ordinary world, and … Continue reading →

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Suppertime

Posted on May 10, 2020 by cdsmiller17

  It’s taken me years But now I know what it’s like To have supper all ready And then be told that the most Important person will be late:   No, I didn’t shed tears But I felt like taking … Continue reading →

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Not America’s Finest Hour

Posted on May 9, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Bay of Pigs Invasion While writing, yesterday, about Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane crash in 1961, I started wondering about the US failed attempt to invade Cuba and remove Fidel Castro from the world stage. It was an embarrassing diplomatic fiasco. … Continue reading →

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Faith & Science: Do Dogs Think?

Posted on May 9, 2020 by cdsmiller17

I guess it’s a fair question. As humans, we think we’re the only ones that are cognitive of our own thoughts. But the question isn’t about cognition, it’s about thinking. We reason out what path to take, which food to … Continue reading →

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World One, Me None

Posted on May 9, 2020 by cdsmiller17

  I spent what seemed like a very long day Going from place to place, not knowing why I went through the hoops to help get away From this small space known as my cloudy sky.   I lent my … Continue reading →

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The Man I Admired Most as a Child

Posted on May 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Dag Hammarskjöld (Jul 29, 1905 – Sep 18, 1961) His name came up in our Faith and Science Zoom meeting today. Only those of us Baby Boomers will remember him clearly. Against all odds he was a Christian mystic from … Continue reading →

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Life (version one)

Posted on May 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

  Though Life has lost its meaning And Time goes on the same, Yet I’ll not stop my dreaming For that would be a shame.   Through thoughts that throw a guided path And other things they turn from, With … Continue reading →

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Canada’s “New” National Anthem

Posted on May 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

We’re All in This Together (2013) As this is one of my favourite refrains, I was surprised to find that there exists a song with these words in its title. Now, because of the pandemic lockdown, it has come into … Continue reading →

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