This is an exchange between Computer Guru and myself wherein I informed him of my mistake, thinking I was leaving Edmonton on Monday instead of Tuesday.He: Oh dear what are you going to do for…
There is no other way to describe it. It is a mystery to me, My life’s complexity, its strangeness, the comings and goings of people, places and things. I am blessed beyond belief but there…
At this precise moment I am experiencing frustration – I am (im)patiently waiting for a technical support person to come on line. I know that not only am I not making connection at this particular…
Nowadays an Arabic voice calls, summons me to prayer on a prayer rug of beautiful design which combines the Indigenous Canadian culture and the Islamic faith. It was purchased at the Edmonton Muslim Heritage Festival…
So enjoying my holiday from the blog (although I do hope that you are not). This, an email to my Computer Guru Chris: “I now have this profound sense of freedom. I never realized the…
Does this ever happen to you? Turn on your computer, the ‘calendar ‘sends you a notice: Robert Jones Miller’s 47th Birthday is tomorrow. I have no idea whatsoever who Robert Jones Miller is, much less…
This shall be an Indigenous Blog. First, do let us define Indigenous. It is a new word to me, in school we learned that the people originally inhabiting this country were called Indians. Then came…
I am aware that there is a risk of loosing many of my faithful readers, those who look for humour in these epistles. If you are one of them, best you skip this political diatribe,…
It is probably a misuse of the term but what is an ode? Turning to Wikipedia tells us more than we would ever want to know but this from the first paragraph. An ode (from…
Faithful readers will know that prior to my coming to the Islamic faith I was an atheist. I was born and educated as a Protestant, was very active in the church as a child and…