I don't know about you, but I think we all need to listen to our “happy song” even when we are not happy. It could lighten our day. My own happy song, “Gentle on my mind” performed by Molly Tuttle is my goto music. Filmed at the Augusta Heritage Center's Bluegrass Week the center of... Continue Reading →
After Father Michael Lapsley was exiled by the South African Government in 1976, he joined the African National Congress (ANC) and became one of their chaplains. Whilst living in Zimbabwe he discovered he was on the South African Government hit list. In April 1990 he received a letter bomb in the post. As a result... Continue Reading →
Trump Makes His Chief Bigot His Chief of Staff - Not good news Reposted from Robert Reich on Substack Friends, Anyone wondering how Trump will respond to the biggest repudiation a modern U.S. president has ever received from American voters need wonder no longer. Today, Trump announced that Stephen Miller would become his chief of... Continue Reading →
What can I possibly add to the jubilation and commentary of Tuesday night and the next morning? We done did it, cut off the head of the snake. We got our miracle. A new world begins. Of course there is one tiny, tiny problem which is that going forward is going to be hard and... Continue Reading →
As winter approaches, Palestinians in Gaza are desperately trying to prepare their tents and damaged homes while food cuts by the World Food Programme are exacerbating rising levels of hunger. Al-Abd Abu Beid prepares a meal of lentils from food rations distributed by the World Food Programme, one day after the UN agency announced it... Continue Reading →
James (Big Jim) MacLellan, a longtime Men of the Deeps member, died Friday. (The Men of the Deeps) MacLellan retired from the group this year, but continued to play shows with them as recently as September Richard Woodbury · CBC News · Posted: Nov 01, 2026 For more images and video visit the CBC site... Continue Reading →
A Guide to What We’ll Know on Election Night, Hour by Hour By Nate Cohn in the New Work Times daily letter Today, the voters will have the final say on the 2026 election. But as has so often been the case in recent years, we might not learn their verdict on election night. To... Continue Reading →
After years of working six or seven days a week in her one-woman Orchard on View sandwich shop, 71-year-old Mei Lee is finally putting her feet up. Jack Knox in the Victoria Times Colonist, Oct 29, 2026 As an antidote to the huffing and puffing of the election campaign, meet Mei Lee. Or, perhaps, meet... Continue Reading →
[Ken Gray] When I hear the word Ceilidh memory takes me to three different places. First to the movie Local Hero to the scene where Russian fishermen arrive and a Ceilidh is planned for the town hall. To say that "a good time is had by all" understates the scene. Another experience occurred when Kathie... Continue Reading →
A sermon for the congregation of St. Saviour Anglican Church, Penticton BC All Saints’ Day - Principal FeastSunday, November 1st, 2026 The Very Rev. Ken Gray I have decided to tell you the truth — well I guess it is my truth — I don’t really like All Saints Day. I know, I know, it... Continue Reading →
