Fragments from Floyd has posted one of the most interesting short writing exercises I’ve ever seen. It’s worth trying and perhaps posting on your blog.
It looks odd at first, then the flow of the words show the wonderfully tactile sense of place and memory. Here is a snippit.
Then, write your own version– where you’re from. [...]

An answer to Lt.Col John McCrae
by Moina Michael - 1918
Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet - to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.
We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood [...]

An answer to Lt.Col John McCrae
by Moina Michael - 1918
Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet - to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.
We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood [...]

An answer to Lt.Col John McCrae
by Moina Michael - 1918
Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet - to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.
We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood [...]

What kind of day have you had today?
Police in Indonesia had a rather busy one.
They dealt with a group of believers who call themselves Communication Forum for Indonesian Christians or Sibuea.
See, these believers said it was doomsday today and 283 gathered in a house in Bandung. It really bugged the neighbours.
Doomsday came and went and [...]

66 Hours
A cell phone was nearby. He was in sight of a road.
And in an age of instant communication, and higher population bases you’d think something like this couldn’t happen.
But it does. All the time. More than we realize.
After 66 hours he had to make some hard choices.
Bruce Osiowy of Saskachewan lived, and wants to [...]

Setting aside an International Day of Prayer for others is a reasonable idea.
It helps to know what is happening to others in this world and to take the attention off ourselves for awhile. And, days such as tomorrow can move us into learning, seeking and adopting a heart that lifts people up to the throne [...]

Covering any war is dangerous and tricky and it involves much more than staying alive. As we in Canada move toward November 11th, Remembrance Day, here is a bit of how wars have been covered in the 20th century.
In World War I, correspondents were simply kept away from the fighting. If they were allowed anywhere [...]