by nu2ns | Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
At last! Part 1 of our 2017 Riding Hood production at the Palace Theatre in London, Ontario. With thanks to the wonderful group of people who made it all happen! Riding Hood Credits Keirah Buckley – Riding Hood Lliam Buckley – Woodcarver and guitarist Connor Boa...
by nu2ns | Apr 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the many truly great lines from famed song-writing team Burt Bacharach and Hal David can be found in the song ‘Knowing When to Leave’, from their 1968 musical ‘Promises, Promises’ It’s actually two lines, with the second consisting...
by nu2ns | Apr 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
‘Happy Easter’ is one of those sayings in the English language, along with ‘Merry Christmas’ and ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ that we use in both secular and Christian traditions. You can (usually) safely wish someone one of these greetings...
by nu2ns | Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
We use the word good for all sorts of things and reasons. It must be on a list somewhere of ‘the most often used nouns’. Within the word, however is a meaning, that although it’s right there before us in the four letters, it usually eludes us. The...
by nu2ns | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
,Carole Malcomson was a dear and trusted friend to many. For many years, when I played at Oakridge Church, she was in a straight ahead, direct-eye-view position from where I was playing piano while directing the choir. Long ago I was advised by a music director I...
by nu2ns | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
It isn’t often in childhood that you can really cut loose in a church sanctuary. Shake it up, sing, hoot a little, do some fancy steps. Psalm Sunday can be one of the top events for kids of all ages in the Liturgical year, another being, the Christmas pageant,...
by nu2ns | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
All the Best to You - by the Buckley Family Each year our family creates a card to mail out to friends, based on a song written by Dave, and through the past few years, recorded by everyone. This year’s project took a little longer than usual, and...
by nu2ns | Jan 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
All of you must certainly have a whole raft of new year’s day experiences and moments of memory. We’ve been living in London, Ontario for close to 7 years and one of the many things that London is known for is that it’s the birthplace of Guy...
by nu2ns | Dec 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
The last day of the year tends to be a time of reflection and at almost the same instance, a time of anticipation. For many of us, this includes reviewing some past mistakes we’ve made perhaps, or some unfortunate events that have happened to us. We formulate...
by nu2ns | Dec 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
As promised to a number of friends at OPC, the Lessons and Carols portion from last year’s Christmas Eve Service has finally gone through a file recovery and editing process. It will be posted on Youtube, which seems to be the simplest and most obvious way to...