Archive for 2012

Linking Labyrinths

While visiting a lovely labyrinth this summer, the thought of "linking labyrinths" occurred to us. We felt drawn to connecting wit...

REMODELED PASSAGES In case you haven’t been tuned into the death management scene in recent years, you are apt to be pleasantly surprised. P...

A retired teacher and principal with thirty-eight years of experience in public education, Renato C. Nicolai, Ed.D., taught 6th through 12...

A face emerges from a hedge in the Cementerio de Tulcan In December of the year 2000 I made my first of what would be 11 winters spent in So...

We are thankful for everyone that walked the Carleton Place Community labyrinth - or just gave themselves time to sit quietly on one of the ...

DAY OF THE BIG "O" What’s so special about a special day? Well, it imparts opportunity… a word and a concept generally pregnant w...

This afternoon on October 29, photographer Scott Belding came to my garden to capture images of two belly dancers, one who has become a much...

We had the privilege recently to go on a "Labyrinth Pilgrimage Tour in the Ottawa Valley", facilitated by Ruth Richardson, Registe...

GRIEVING MARKET LOSSES In t erms of trendy places these days, crematories are “hot!” People in North America are increasingly opting for cr...

We were very pleased to be called recently by the Councillor responsible for the Veterans Tree Program in Carleton Place looking for locati...

PEDAL PUSHERS Vehicular gridlock in cities, pollution from internal-combustion engines, and obesity caused by sedentary habits are “out.” B...

A FINAL FRONTIER Neil Armstrong was “on board” when the decision was made relative to the disposition of his bodily remains. One might have ...

A candle illuminates a Khmer Buddha in a niche in my garden Ganesha peers from a moss encrusted niche in my garden Winter in the Pacific Nor...