Author: richardbeneteau

Our World at Peace I close my eyes and I am at Peace and it is so. I close my eyes, and see into the hearts and homes of families and they are at Peace. I close my eyes, and

Poplar Fellers It took 50 years to grow and eight hours on Labor Day Weekend to come down. It was the “tree monkey” that first caught my attention bringing down the 80 ft. poplar tree with the skill of a

If I Were If I were a mountain path, I’d be the trail you blaze. If I were a valley, I’d be the fertile ground from which you could see the mountain top. If I were a grain of sand,

Holy Crow! I crawled into bed after an especially exasperating, work-filled Sunday, flipping through the television channels trying to find something at least quasi-intelligent to watch, as is one of my usual wind-down mechanisms. What I stumbled across on the

Keen as a Hawk! I’ve traveled this same stretch of road for decades. One of the 400 series highways crisscrossing southern Ontario––two hundred and fifty kilometers of flat pavement surrounded by some of the richest agricultural land in the world.

Don’t Squish Bugs! Two years ago, my fabulous grandsons were visiting when I was in the middle of assembling audio and video segments for my humanitarian project, 10 Million Clicks For Peace. I decided to interview them with the hope

My Big Fat Greek Encounter Late again! My new doctor, who I met last year in the emergency ward after suffering a rather nasty concussion while curling. If you’re not familiar with this winter sport, curling is akin to shuffleboard

My Prayer for You I pray that… … your eyes see goodness in all people and all things. … you feel love toward every living creature. … gratitude fills your heart and every thought and all your conversations. … your