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I’ve been in Ottawa for about two months, renovating the condo we own in order to rent it out, and never intended to stay this late in the year. I still have to drive west across the US, back to Oregon to start renovating our new house there. The snowfall gives a swift kick in the butt to get on the road, and a little anxiety about what it’s going to be like driving through the mountains.
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…Heaven’s in our hearts…
Excerpt from “Heaven’s Here On Earth” by Tracy Chapman from her CD, “New Beginnings”:
Heaven’s here on earth
in our faith in humankind
in our respect for what is earthly
in our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding.
I’ve seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people leading ordinary lives,
filled with love compassion forgiveness and sacrifice.
Heaven’s in our hearts.
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Happy Halloween — earlier this year we drove through Rockford, Illinois on the way to set up the Trees Exhibition in Wisconsin. You never know what surprises await when you get off the main highways.
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Canada Goose monument in Wawa, Ontario commemorating the opening of the last link of the Lake Superior section of the the Trans-Canada Highway on Sept. 16th, 1060.