The Pacific Northwest is a beautifully haunting expanse. This collection of national parks, deep waters and waterfronts ferries, bestow upon the traveller and its inhabitants a sense perpetual optimism, rugged individualism, and a vision of endless summer days. From gentile historical inns in the heart of national parks to the leisurely dust-swirl of the roadway motels and their baby-boomer bikers, the…
(Week 6) The mysterious miracle of growth and fruitfulness Another two weeks has passed. Now, there are these giant steps towards starting up the self-sustaining chlorophyll engine. This parable from today Missal, the Gospel of Mark 4:26-34 is so apt “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use…
(Week 4) Another two weeks has passed. The shoots are now proliferating in droves. Already, the first strand of a spider’s web has spun across the fledgling shoots, seemingly unaware of how short-lived the structures will be…… But Life does find a way. Elsewhere in the garden, a rare pink variant of the Peacock Flower…
(Week 2) Two weeks after a heavy (heavy) prune, new shoots emerging from this Bauhinia kockiana creeper. This climber is a native of the Malaysian jungle, and produces an abundance of orange and re-orange flowers.
“Merdeka! Reflections on the Padang. Time-stamp: 0541 hr, 27th March 2015 “Merdeka!” the rap guttural urgent cry of post-independent Mr Lee Kuan Yuan, resonating in my subconscious mind, was interrupted by the young man in army fatigues. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” the bespectacled young man in crew-cut shouted “move in and make yourself comfortable! There is…
