Mary Daniel

There's perhaps nothing quite so refreshing as a walk after the rain has washed the landscape clean and new. Dust is cleared from leaves and flowers and the remnants of the rain hang like dew. It glistens on cobwebs intricately … Read more

For those of you who may not have experienced the thrust of an attack of the sciatic nerve, it truly teaches us many things. Rippling along the lower back, it sends searing pains down the back of one or both … Read more

Years ago, I wore a little family ring on the last finger of my left hand, but had long since moved it to the last finger on my right hand. One night recently, thinking a change was in order, I … Read more

Recently, I was in need of a couple of photos: one that needed to be sent away, the others, of someone who had passed away. Knowing the dates particular photos had been taken, I sifted through my negatives to choose … Read more

A while back, an offer was extended to acquire a pin which would represent the trinity. The pin as presented on screen and paper was in beautiful soft tones. This, along with the explanation of how it was designed and … Read more

My travels last year took me and two of our children to a family reunion in a little place in Ontario which was the birthplace of my grandfather and the burial site of my great and great great grandparents — … Read more

As a volunteer with terminally ill people, I am frequently asked, "How can you do that?" So it was in a conversation with a teacher friend the other day. As I pointed out to her that teaching was not something … Read more

A while ago I wrote a devotional about my love of the beauty and intricacy of feathers, my delight in sometimes finding them in my daily walk and bringing them home for my "collection", and my feeling of how special … Read more

Many months ago, a commercial for a national coffee company featured a smiling senior sauntering up a hill in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, to fetch her morning brew. The walk was part of her social hour as she waved to … Read more

With increased automation, things supposedly were made easier to understand, quicker to achieve, faster to get done. The other day as I rang up the number to check on the delivery and receipt of a parcel within our postal system, … Read more