Strength and Fragility
March 06, 2025
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Spider webs symbolise both strength and fragility.
Spiders spin their webs with silk that is stronger than both kevlar and steel, but they are fragile because the web is easily destroyed by the elements and predators, a duality symbolic of human life, as I discovered during the past year.
Let no mean hope your souls enslave;
Be independent, gene...
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National Flag of Canada Day
February 15, 2025
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Gate House, Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, ON.
National Flag of Canada Day, more commonly Flag Day, is observed annually on 15th February to celebrate the investiture of our new flag, sixty years ago, on this day in 1965.
A national flag represents a sovereign state, sovereign state being an entity with the legal right to domestic auton...
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Blue Sky
January 28, 2025
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Hillman Marsh Conservation Area, Leamington, Ontario
Blue sky imagery has long been used in folklore and literature to symbolise optimism and hope.
Social media in my life has always been the big three - Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For the most part, I’ve enjoyed their services. I’ve loved connecting with family, friends both old and new and...
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At This Table
December 03, 2024
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A poem has been bouncing around socials and, just last week, three of my school friends sent it to me with almost the same comment, This reminds me so much of your dad. I read the poem several times and was immediately captivated - it does, indeed, perfectly describe my dad’s hospitality ethos! There may or may not have been a tear or two.
At this...
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Joyspotting - In praise of James, Ingrid and, most especially, Sir Charles.
October 05, 2024
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And I could find other excuses to get out and sit on the crisp grass and look out over the airy roof of Yorkshire. It was like taking time out of life. Time to get things in perspective and assess my progress. *
Bright and early yesterday morning, Charlie and I set out (with our Joyspotting Guides), two weeks plus four days since our last outing o...
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