News from The Villa

It’s Canada Day – celebrate our wonderful country and be glad you aren’t going to have to vote in the USA elections upcoming! This is July, the 7th month of the year and as such a reminder that Christmas is now some 5 months away so get your list together and start collecting those gifts….

From the soil

I think the first time I visited a farm I was an adult. Maybe I did as a child but I don’t remember. Like you, I’ve driven by hundreds, maybe thousands of farms. To be on a farm, to walk the lane, talk to the farmer, step inside the barn or barns, to climb up…

Can I be forgiven?

I received an email recently with this question; Is there a sin God can’t forgive? It originates from a publisher who, to their credit, is asking a question to intrigue the reader to read on. That’s good writing. Grab the attention of the reader – correct? That’s why many times I start this with a…