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Reflections

While You Were Sleeping

January 18, 2022by Madelyn Canada6 Comments on While You Were Sleeping
While You Were Sleeping

My bedroom window looks out on our pasture. Grass enclosed by an old fence stretches all the way to the tree line at the back of the property. The old weathervane on one of the fence posts sways gently when the wind blows, and if you're outside at the right time you can hear it [...]

Encouragement

No Such Thing as Too Hard Music

October 14, 2021by Madelyn Canada7 Comments on No Such Thing as Too Hard Music
No Such Thing as Too Hard Music

"All music is created equal." I remember my piano teacher telling me this after I informed her the piece she'd just assigned was "too hard" for me to sight read. She sat there, took a sip of her coffee and bounced her baby on the knee before continuing, "You know how to read music, Madelyn. [...]

Literary

I Want to See Mountains, Gandalf, Mountains

August 30, 2021by Madelyn Canada4 Comments on I Want to See Mountains, Gandalf, Mountains
I Want to See Mountains, Gandalf, Mountains

Summer is usually my most productive time as a reader. But not this year. This summer I read the first volume of Elisabeth Elliot's biography, and the first 141 pages of The Fellowship of the Ring. The slow plodding through the latter is in part due to the fact that as much as I love [...]

Madelyn Canada

Madelyn Canada

A preschool teacher who reads too many books at once and writes about goodness and beauty in her spare time.

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