Cleaning House
Our girls get excited every time we clean the house because they think that someone is coming to visit. “Are Jeff and Erika coming over?” they ask. No, we don’t clean the house for the Hayden’s any more. “Is Grandma coming?” No, that would require a much higher level of cleaning. “So, who is coming … Read more
Pews Reimagined
I must confess that I’m not a big fan of pews. I mean, they are functional and have an aesthetic appeal, especially in older church buildings, but they force a certain conformity of behaviour that unsettles me. And so I was delighted to hear that seven of the old pews from FBC Nelson were to be … Read more
Alone and Not Afraid
Triona had a great plan. Her idea was to wander Nelson studying birds for seven hours without parental supervision . . . not going to happen! But she was determined to spend one whole day of Spring Break on her own. And she comes by the impulse naturally. I remember wandering the hills of Peachland … Read more
