A few days ago, I spent some time sitting in front of the Buddha in the picture to the right. He is part of the Royal Ontario Museum’s collection, and is perhaps my favourite. He used to sit in a quite, darkened hall, but with the renovations he is now is a light, open space that no longer has the feeling of calm found is is previous home. As I sat in front of this Buddha I wrote. I wrote about what I needed to do for myself (which was confirm a doctor appointment… baby steps), what I needed to…
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My grandfather was a very religious man. He became an elder at the church we attended, and lived his faith until he died of MS at the age of 69. He did a lot of things in his life, like raising three daughters and laying communications lines during WWII. I think , though, he was perhaps most proud of the cross that he and two other men erected on the hill overlooking the Devil’s Punch Bowl in Stoney Creek, Ontario. I have a lot of documentation about the whole process of getting permission to erect the cross. I have bills…