They Tell My Tale to Children Now to Help Them to be Good (presentation of artist book collaboration: Susan Malmstrom’s illustrations of fairytale poems by Wanda Waterman) ARCAC Arts Tuesday ARCAC Building, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia January 11 —— 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Images from the book can be seen here. To read the poems, send an email request. Continue reading 8 January 2011

Meklit Hadero, Part II         The Mindful Bard In A Strange Room                   Christmas Bells Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Till, ringing, singing on its way, The world revolved from night to day, A voice, a chime A chant … Continue reading 26 December 2010

  In Conversation With . . . Meklit Hadero, Part I Walk Up Chronicles of Cruiscin Lan #149 Continue reading 18 December 2010

Last Wednesday I was chatting online with a friend in Giza, Egypt, when she mentioned that she couldn’t go outside that day because of a conflict between Muslims and Christians. According to her a little girl in a nearby school had been killed in the scuffle. Another friend near Cairo said that the Christians had been granted a permit for a community centre and had furtively turned the building into a church. When the government demanded that the parish obtain the proper permit, the Christians rioted. Yet another Egyptian stated that Egypt is fair to Christians, allowing them to worship … Continue reading 4 December 2010