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Total Eclipse

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Joanna M. Weston

I’m an avid moon-watcher, love to see it through the trees round our home, its changing position and light as the night rolls round (I’m a poor sleeper!) … TOTAL ECLIPSE the moon followed me home one night slipped each … Continue reading →

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The man behind her

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

Joseph seems to disappear in the Christmas story, barely a mention of him, yet think of his worries as they went to Bethlehem, him leading the donkey, his pregnant wife riding. Then, his wife going into labour in a stable … Continue reading →

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Stirring the Planets

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

September’s birthstone is the sapphire and birth flowers are the forget-me-not, morning glory and aster. Sept.1 is Father’s Day in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea; today, Sept.4, is Administrative Professionals’ Day in South Africa (check these out … Continue reading →

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The Way He Went

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

We’ve a couple of friends who have walked El Camino, the pilgrimage from S. Jean Pied de Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain, my husband did this a couple of years ago, and another friend is … Continue reading →

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Not Alone

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

Ash Wednesday:  we head into Lent, the season of introspection, also of looking outward at the suffering of the world, and trying to help … NOT ALONE no well-beaten track through this empty land                 no imprints of feet or bent … Continue reading →

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Where Unicorns

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

For the Anglo-Saxons, October was known as Winterfylleth, because at this full moon (fylleth) winter was supposed to begin. October’s birthstones are the tourmaline and the opal, its birth flower the calendula. The first Thursday of the month is National … Continue reading →

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Ottawa to Victoria

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

It’s the season for crossing the country from one side to the other to visit family. Always special times, no matter whether it’s just to sit and gab or for a wedding! These occasions are special, and we record them … Continue reading →

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He Married

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

This month, whose birth flowers are rose and honeysuckle, tends to be a time of weddings, in churches, balloons, on mountain tops, or sports fields … i.e. often in strange places. Customs vary and people add their own twist to … Continue reading →

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Listening

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

The sound of a passing train is urgent music. It calls us to dream of far away places, Vienna, Dar-es-Salaam, Lima … to make a change, to take a leap into the unknown … LISTENING heard a train felt its … Continue reading →

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Advent Journey

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Joanna M. Weston

Advent is, for me, a time of inward looking, not just shopping and decorating, but checking on my inward state of being. Am I in touch with my deepest thoughts and feelings? Do I have any idea of where I’m … Continue reading →

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