Coucoumellisms

I came across an old picture of Dominic today, and thought, "Wow! Does that ever look like Nicolas!" (Hmmm a bit of the Moose Factory language coming through there...) So I thought I'd post these two pics and see what you think... Dominic ....... and ........ Nicolas Conclusion: These two definitely come from the same mould. Which means (as Marc would likely say), that we have the same milkman in Saint-Jean as we did in Prince George.

I don't ask that my kids start playing hockey, or even learn to play hockey. I'm not that into hockey myself. Plus it costs a lot and one serious sport is enough. But I AM canadian enough to think that every Canadian should at least KNOW how to skate, especially when they have a frozen pond right in front of their house!! We all went out this afternoon, (except for Marc, who was reparing the sink, and Jean-Alexandre whose skates no longer fit), to take advantag e of the beautiful weather and the freshly frozen pond. (If you remember, just 5 days ago, the pond was open water, it was raining here and there was no snow to be seen anywhere.) The temperature hovered around zero today, so it wasn't melting, but it wasn't cold out either . Perfect weather for skating! By the time these pictures were taken, Dominic was already back inside and so was Nicolas. Even Nicolas played outside for at least half an hour, running around the pond in his boots and having a great time. Toby...

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Those I know read and those that lurk and never comment and even those I know read, but prefer to comment face to face instead of on the blog (sister-in-law and brother)... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Oops, this should have been posted yesterday: “O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of the nations, Savior of all people, come and set us free, Lord our God.” Isaiah had prophesied, “The Lord himself will give you this sign: the Virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel.” (7:14). Remember “Emmanuel” means “God is with us.”

Judy Rebick writes this open letter , explaining why she is withdrawing all support of Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, over her comments on abortion: If you had said that you personally oppose abortion but you support a woman's right to choose, I would have been fine with that. Instead you said that a woman's right to choose, something tens of thousands of Canadian women fought for for decades, was trivializing an important issue. It felt like a slap in the face. I think tens of thousands is a little exagerated. They'd like to think there were tens of thousands fighting for abortion, but they only actually think they represent tens of thousands. Well, they sure don't represent me. There is no middle ground on the abortion issue as you are no doubt finding out. The organized opposition to abortion in this country as in the United States does not care if women die. Of course, there are many people who are opposed to abortion for religious reasons but here I a...