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<p>Hi all.<br>
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<p>What a marvelous year has passed and now I see in this upcoming
year the manifestation of the Christmas story. Light is coming
into the world revealing the powerful reality and beauty of
creation that in these times is hidden by fear and mass psychosis.</p>
<p>So much has happened in 2021 Angie and I have lived the entirety
of 2021 in our new Chemainus home on Vancouver Island. Here is a
Youtube depicting <a href="https://youtu.be/Mw-W2P6tnss"
moz-do-not-send="true">my 2nd annual New Years plunge into the
Georgia Strait.</a> Providence has given us an opportunity to
live a more paleo lifestyle cooperating with creation to
regenerate an edible forest. </p>
<p>How satisfying it is to it own the product of our labour. <img
moz-do-not-send="false"
src="cid:part1.m0RoP0or.eKXcjZY0@integralshift.ca" alt=""
shrunked:resized="true" width="179" vspace="5" hspace="5"
height="134" align="left">We began by cutting down t<img
moz-do-not-send="false"
src="cid:part2.EtQ0jTLX.M1CkZr9x@integralshift.ca" alt=""
shrunked:resized="true" width="288" vspace="5" hspace="5"
height="133" align="left">he Medusa cedar trees threatening our
home and those of my neighbors. I then milled the Cedars into
lumber. I work the back end of the mill on the hottest day of the
year baptizing my relationship to this piece of land with my blood
and sweat. <img moz-do-not-send="false"
src="cid:part3.ehNeECB1.yR78jeHY@integralshift.ca" alt=""
shrunked:resized="true" width="243" vspace="5" hspace="5"
height="110" align="right">My tears now a memory of the past.
From the lumber I milled I was able to construct a deck<img
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src="cid:part4.yIfebVD3.wdhE43TW@integralshift.ca" alt=""
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and a sauna. The sauna was functional a week before Christmas and
facilitated my 2nd annual new years plunge.<br clear="all">
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<p><img moz-do-not-send="false"
src="cid:part5.jf3cFttb.sK7K104p@integralshift.ca" alt=""
shrunked:resized="true" width="148" height="179" align="left">In
July I was able to attend my daughter Maya's wedding to Brandon
Willms at canoe medals in the Kananaskis river near Calgary. <img
moz-do-not-send="false"
src="cid:part6.bgnLEHkC.CSGS5UgR@integralshift.ca" alt=""
width="260" height="119" align="left">I shared this celebration
with Angie, my grandchild, my children, my four brothers,and
Brandon's lovely Mennonite family and their wholesome kayaking
community.<br clear="all">
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<p><img moz-do-not-send="false"
src="cid:part7.EnF51UXw.EiJYB1Zw@integralshift.ca" alt=""
shrunked:resized="true" width="139" height="210" align="left">My
son Jacob and Samantha Coomara had to cancel their second attempt
to celebrate marriage in June because of covert restrictions. As
previously planned they visited us were here in Chemainus. It was
great that I could spend some time with my 13 year old grandson
Sebastien. Third times a charm. After returning to Toronto they
successfully had a much smaller wedding celebration which Angie
and I could not attend.<img moz-do-not-send="false"
src="cid:part8.vZfCl0OL.7zOpoGqb@integralshift.ca" alt=""
width="269" height="180" align="right"></p>
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<p>2021 culminated in the healthy birth of my second grandson,
Jackson on Dec. 28th. <img moz-do-not-send="false"
src="cid:part9.77H876pn.b0dEnVCx@integralshift.ca" alt=""
shrunked:resized="true" width="338" vspace="10" hspace="10"
height="254" align="left"> Jackson was breach and his mother
Brooke was scheduled for a cesarean on the 28th. The tension
increased when Brooke and my son Jonathan learned on boxing Day
they had contracted Covid from Brooke's brother who although ill
joined in the Christmas festivities thinking that he would not
spread Covid because he was fully vaccinated. Brooke was ill
until she went to the operating room, experiencing no symptoms
thereafter. Jon recovered shortly thereafter. All are healthy
and immune.<br>
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<p>Blinded by the light <br>
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<p>Art<br>
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