Cornwall Cogitation (North America) #13 Saturday 23 December 2017 Big chaos skitters about the world, that's certain, but there's a bigger cosmos that was, that is, that will be. Featured image: The Advent banner at Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Indiana, shows the promise of Love breaking into our world of chaos. The darkness …
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Featured image: Sky over Oliver Lake on Saturday morning, 16 December. Cornwall Cogitation (North America) #12 Saturday 16 December 2017 A season of cold and snow has arrived for many of us. Gotta love it, somehow. What's to love, though, with the prospect of hazardous travel, changing to snow tires if you live in …
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Cornwall Cogitation #11 Saturday 9 December 2017 The first snow on Thursday sent notice that we're facing honest winter in northern regions. Late week snows across a wide swath of the US caused woes for cities, travelers, and probably animals. Good time to be a child--or like a child. On Friday we traveled to …
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Thursday 7 December: Somehow this post came up as a draft (not daft) in my index. Some of you saw it, maybe others did not. In any case, here it is again. New one coming on Saturday. Featured image: Along M-60, west toward Three Rivers, Michigan, 11-27. Cornwall Cogitation (North America) #10 Saturday 2 December …
Featured image: Imprint from my new hiking boots. Let's go! Cornwall Cogitation (North America) #9 Saturday 25 November 2017 Thanks. What's to be said about thanks? Here are some of my cogitations. Thanks for public spaces through which to wander Thanks for family memories My grandfather, Solomon, at the end of the meal used …
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Featured image: Red-tailed hawk, spotted along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park at Great Falls, Maryland. Cornwall Cogitation (North America) #8 Saturday 18 November 2017 Washington DC abounds in languages. Walk along the National Mall and you're surrounded by many tongues. It makes for an invigorating cosmopolitan vibe. A voice among voices …
PLEASE NOTE: I'm posting this week's blog early; one reason is to connect it closer to All Saints Day that we observed on Sunday. Next one scheduled for 18 November. Cornwall Cogitation #7 Saturday 11 November 2017 The week began with All Saints Day observance at church and walks in fall splendor after the rain. …
Cornwall Cogitation (North America) #6 Saturday 4 November 2017 Time change. Temperature change. Color change. Change, change, change. A youngster might say, "Yippee!" O, let the youngster in me rise up! More views from the week Rain drops, mist, scenes and reflections along the Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers, that's some of what greeted …
Featured Image: Yes, it was a rainy week. Got some winterizing tasks done. Cornwall Cogitation (North America) #5 Saturday 28 October 2017 Midway through a concert by the St. Joseph Valley Camerata last Sunday this thought came to mind: I am breathing in a blessing. Title of the fall concert was MASS THROUGH THE …
Cornwall Cogitation (North America) #4 Saturday 21 October 2016 Three words describe my week. Whish: An elevator whishes up or down to the another level. Whist: Quiet, silent. Whisk: A nimble, brisk movement, as in beating eggs or whisking the kids off to bed. A reminder before I get to the point Here's a …
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