The Pedalogue

"Ear piercing is one of the oldest known forms of body modification, with artistic and written references from cultures around the worl...

How many of you have ever given up your bed to a guest or (like me right now) to a sick relative? Now I'm not complaining - well, maybe ...

I think we're finally on the road to healing. No pain meds at all yet today for Jaclyn and she even had the gall to ask me to go out an...

Update : I seem to have pushed some of Mary Anne's buttons over at http://latitude49.blogspot.com/ so go over there for the rest of th...

Update: Jan. 1/08 - just got Jaclyn home and in bed, medicated. She's still in a lot of pain (naturally) but I think she'll be able ...

Praise the Lord! Jaclyn’s surgery is over and the surgeons have reassured us that everything looks good. However, the tumour has to be slice...

Update as of Thurs Dec.27 : Jaclyn will be transferred by ambulance tomorrow morning from our local hospital to VGH for emergency surgery a...

All I can do now is to ask Jesus to take the wheel and look after Jaclyn.

Christmas started with a sudden rap on my bedroom door at 3:30 a.m. Jaclyn had come over to spend the night and was in dire pain. I took he...

This will be the first Christmas without my parents, Dad having moved on to his next adventure in September. I am grateful that both Mom an...

Well, it was a new experience to walk into the BC Cancer Clinic yesterday. Jaclyn and I were both very nervous but we each kept up the front...

The gifts were bought and wrapped and I'd even made shortbread cookies and attended two Christmas concerts. I was beginning to relax and...

This is one of my favourite Christmas songs and I hope you enjoy this rendition by Kenny Rogers and Wynonna Judd. It tells us the true reaso...

CONGRATULATIONS TO SYLVIA, THE FIRST AND ONLY PERSON TO GET ALL 15 QUESTIONS CORRECT!!! Here are the questions with their answers. How many...

I finally got the tree decorated tonight and the living room is looking rather festive now. It was actually fun putting out all the decorati...

From the Vancouver Sun, Dec. 10/07: Stanley Park's iconic hollow tree - for over a century, a popular photo backdrop for countless visit...

Not long ago, I put up a post entitled "Eight is Enough." You may remember that one of the "8s" was 8 qualities I look f...

Today being First Advent , I thought I'd share the following letter from City In Focus that I received via my pastor the other day. It...

We heard on the news yesterday that we were in for a snow-stormy weekend. So it was with no surprise that I looked out this morning to see ...

Last night was my first Christmas function - a potluck with the ladies of my church. After a sumptuous feast of chicken, beef, mandarin oran...