Starbucks Log: Mercy of Wood

Posted on July 11, 2007 by stephen t berg / 2 Comments

The stir-stick I drew for my coffee this morning is elegantly grained. The graining is straight reflecting an elongated cut rather than a cross-cut. From a...

Beauty

Living with Squirrels

Posted on July 4, 2007 by stephen t berg / 3 Comments

I’m going away. Two and a half days (a beginning, more to come I hope) of hermitage life at my cabin in the bush. Life in the fast lane. Life with the bla...

Beauty

White Stripes at Hope Mission

Posted on July 3, 2007 by stephen t berg / 0 Comment

A cool thing happened at our Mission last Saturday. Devon K., Hope Missionâ€™s Youth Sports Centre manager was not put off by what might have been an email hoax...

Beauty

Dad

Posted on June 17, 2007 by stephen t berg / 4 Comments

Years ago, in those foggy days right after my father’s rather sudden death, I was going through some of his old books. I found a scrap of paper upon which...