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I’ve heard the voice of God twice in my life–this was our introduction — It was on a late July morning in 1993 the first time I heard God speak to me. His voice did not come through the words of the homily during Mass, nor were they echoing in my head from reading scripture; back then, that happened only on rare occasions without…

Shorten Your Scroll. New Releases and Compiled Lists! — Click on the Banners below “New this week” to see my writing by category for easier access. New Additions: Burke’s Law. A Life in Hockey by Brian Burke-An Audiobook Review. I’m a hockey guy, but Brian Burke is an authentic voice of the game.medium.com Eternal Waters The matrix of this life and the next is an aqueous mattermedium.com Meet Tripod — The Rocky Balboa of Mule Deer Our much maligned but deeply loved visiting venison with the willpower to survive.medium.com

I’m a hockey guy, but Brian Burke is an authentic voice of the game. — Shoulders forward, chest over the knees with hands wide apart on the stick, resting like a battle axe across the thighs. Shimmering steel blades stand flat on the ice, and the player’s body slides forward without any sign of effort; the hollow between the razor edges is the same as…

The matrix of this life and the next is an aqueous matter — Comfort came with knowing there was nothing to curse or forgive. “It’s not so bad here, rather pleasant actually,” he thought as he watched the undulating transparent flag of the surface water massaging the barrier between above and below. His body rolled from the heavy push of the low current…

Our much maligned but deeply loved visiting venison with the willpower to survive. — “Oh, goodness! My heart is breaking! Can you do something?” Her voice echoed the pain in her heart. My wife stood at our front door, looking out the window at a sorrowful sight. A young mule deer was walking across our street, going from our neighbour’s lush lawn and aiming…

More than a good ghost story, this is a retelling of terror. — This book is my fourth read and review in Paul Combs’s “Thanks for the Nightmares” option from his Seven Summer Reading Challenges, I was standing at my kitchen counter putting the finishing touches on a savoury pastry supper, listening to Paapa Essiedu reading The Woman in Black, when my blood…

The final sunset on a summer love rushes promises and consequences to a young couples passion. — Autumn lay nuzzled beneath his arm, running her slender fingers through his thick brown hair, “Coper,” she said, looking at his strong jawline and super-kissable lips and felt the heavy thump-thump, thump-thump of his heart beating against the naked skin of her rib cage. She inhaled deeply. It reminded her…

Flaky and a bit fancy, this dish may sound like the French, but with bacon and bubbling cheese, it’s a Canadian casserole wrapped in a blanket. — The other morning, I stepped outside after completing my night shift and was hit with the chilly reality of another summer slipping away. It was a frosty 4°c (That’s 39°f for you Americans), and at 6:30 am it was still dark. …