Category Archives: Community

A Plea For Help

Posted on June 10, 2015 by South Wind

The seasons of life, how wonderfully fortunate and privileged are the human beings who experience all of them! To live from the springtime of your life all the way through to the winter of your years is something we hope … Continue reading →

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Development On The Chaudière Falls? No!

Posted on June 8, 2015 by South Wind

The Chaudière Falls – so many thoughts come to mind when I see and hear them. ‘The Kettle of Boiling Waters,’ for me, always provokes thoughts of life and its purpose and of the world waiting for us after our … Continue reading →

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Invitation: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Event at Rideau High School

Posted on May 11, 2015 by South Wind

I hope this post finds you well. After eight extremely busy weeks I was more than worn out. I truly felt like my wings had been clipped and that climbing the sky wasn’t going to happen again for me at … Continue reading →

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Healing Heartache

Posted on January 11, 2015 by South Wind

As weightless fluffy flakes of snow slowly tumble from the windless sky to form their own distinctive layer on the already snow-covered frozen earth, I find myself in deep meditation of the heart beating in my chest. I marvel at … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Snow?

Posted on January 3, 2015 by South Wind

Where’s the snow? What effect would a snowless winter have on the plants, birds and animals of our territory? My beekeeper friend also farms garlic. The crop won’t do well if snow doesn’t come soon, he tells me. Garlic needs … Continue reading →

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Zero Tolerance on Racism

Posted on December 14, 2014 by South Wind

An incident occurred recently which left me feeling sick at heart. I was at an event, there to offer words of encouragement and acknowledgement for people being honoured for their good work and as well to offer words of prayer, … Continue reading →

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Love

Posted on November 2, 2014 by South Wind

If a dark day arrived when we found love was no longer ‘real’, would we then have to accept that we no longer existed as human beings? The world of the human beings must be a loving one, if not, … Continue reading →

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The Chaudière Falls – a Truly Sacred Site

Posted on October 19, 2014 by South Wind

The prophecy, so I am told, speaks of a time yet to come, when human beings will find themselves at a crossroads. A choice will then need to be made. If the wrong path is chosen, destruction, mayhem and death … Continue reading →

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Migwech To You

Posted on June 14, 2014 by South Wind

A prayer I wrote years ago has the words “And I am grateful, Good Spirit, for the ability you have given human beings which allows us to express words of support and comfort to one another in times of troubles … Continue reading →

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Pauline Daley (Dumont)

Posted on June 10, 2014 by South Wind

The Dumont family has lost one of our pillars. My sister Pauline passed away just before 2 a.m. on the morning of Friday, June 6th, 2014. Her health was poor for many years, still her passing was a blow to … Continue reading →

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