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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

🏒🥅 52,000 Oilers fans are not happy with GM Stan Bowman and Capt. Connor McDavid welcoming an acquitted gang sex participant into the team’s dressing room. Go figure. Some of us have had enough of “boys will be boys.” It’s time for leadership on this chronic men’s […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

🏒🥅🇨🇦🏆 THE NHL COACHING CHURN Q is an outlier. NHL average is about three years, last time I looked. Oilers, 2+. I don’t know how this rate of churn helps build organizational stability. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t. I do think Q’s time in Chicago speaks to the value […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

A remnant giant from the ancient forest. I walk the forest paths. Often these are just deer trails my dogs have found. Sometimes there are treasures on these trails. This is the largest “wild” (not protected, not in a park or other set-aside) tree I’ve ever found […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

An invitation to Instagram followers before I delete the account. I’m extending here, too. Email me or sign up at apprenticeshiptolove.com and I’ll add you to the (free) “1000 early readers” of the book I’m writing. #love #sex #marriage #divorce #yoga #husband #men […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

My mother published her memoir recently. It was a project she started in her 50s, completed in her 80s. She was born on the farm in a small Mennonite settlement on Vancouver Island in the 1930s. She retired as an RN in Kamloops in the 2000s. I’m proud of her, for […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026

🏒🥅 Two games last night by two of my three teams significantly affected by NHL’s confusion over goalie interference. Penguins lose late-game tying goal. Oilers lose OT game-winning goal. Ugh NHL. Get your sh*t together. 🇨🇦#letsgoOilers #Oilers #nhl #Penguins […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2025

🏒🥅🇨🇦It was neither a pretty win for the Oilers, nor a pretty loss for the Habs. But it was very entertaining! One thing the Oilers did consistently (perhaps the only thing) was get into the slot/net front. Here’s the NaturalStatTrick heatmap, showing zone activity […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

🏒🥅🇨🇦 Dear Stu Skinner haters, Remember last season when you were clamouring for a trade for John Gibson? As the writer says, last night wasn’t his night, allowing 5 goals on 13 shots. I’m not here to dump on Gibson. I am here to say, stay the course on Skinner. Yes […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

…coach to look his way more often. At the other end of the ice, it wasn't John Gibson's night as he gave up five goals on just 13 shots, but there..

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

US government issue warning about potential link between toothpaste and decapitation ““I think decapitation is bad. It’s very bad. It’s painful and it it makes it very difficult to work,” explained President Trump..” #satire #uspolitics #health #toothpaste #decapitation flip.it/.RU9Ss

"I think decapitation is bad. It's very bad. It's painful and it it makes it very difficult to work," explained President Trump to reporters as he simultaneously belched and farted. "We want to stop the decapitation and, I don't know, if toothpaste leads to decapitation, then maybe we stop using the toothpaste. I don't know, I'm not an expert on toothpaste, but this is what they tell me. The toothpaste is bad. It's very bad." According to a report issued by Robert F Kennedy's HHS, in an overwhelming number of cases, decapitation was preceded by the use of toothpaste. "We have examined every case of …

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2025

In the distance, the 100-year forest. In the foreground, what’s left when a strip of that forest is felled, yarded, hauled, and most of what’s left is heaped into 4-metre high piles. All of that happened less than 12 months ago. In the next season the forest’s […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph. In the foreground a logged over area with piles of debris. In the background a standing second growth forest.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

"HELP CONTROL THE ASSHOLE POPULATION HAVE YOUR TRUMP SUPPORTER SPAYED OR NEUTERED” Thanks to bsky.app/profile/ghoztfaze88.bsky.s… ps. Apologies for YELLING. I’m a Canadian, a few km north of the border. I’m hoping some sympatico Americans can hear me. #uspolitics #uspoli #humour

An elderly man with white hair, making a pointing gesture while delivering a provocative message about controlling a certain population. Text reads: "HELP CONTROL THE ASSHOLE POPULATION HAVE YOUR TRUMP SUPPORTER SPAYED OR NEUTERED”

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

🇨🇦 Posting about Canada? Interested in Canadian content here in the Fediverse? Please share! I created the @canada group as a way of boosting and aggregating Canada-related posts. Click the link to join. Use the handle @ canada@fedigroups.social to boost your […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A screenshot with text:
A group for posts related to Canada - politics, economy, arts, culture, hockey, fun, travel, anything to do with Canada or being Canadian. Use a ! before the @ of the group name and the post will not be boosted. A Fediverse boosting group
About about.fedigroups.social/help

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2025

Maybe Trump will take the cue? “Everyone- out! If you weren’t here before 1492, get out and we’ll screen you individually if you want back in. … Oops! All us white folks have to leave? Did I say that?” #satire #ukpoli #uspoli #authenticAmericans #authenticBrits #ugh flip.it/UqB-lo

Screenshot: Farange speaking at a podium in front of a blue background with the word "REFORM." News headline: “Deport everyone and start again.”

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2025

★ If you’re on Vancouver Island please boost! My mother is donating a copy of her memoir, Coming Home, to the Comox Valley hospice fundraiser. FMI about the fundraiser please see comoxhospice.com/barn-dance FMI about my mother’s book please see […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A colour photograph of an elderly woman smiling and holding a book.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2025

This, on the need to draw together in times when circumstances and the powers that are driving circumstances are fragmenting us. Isolating us. Terrorizing us. The author is one of my teachers. She lives in Evergreen, Colorado, the community with the most recent […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A quote by Diane Gansauer.

"I live in Evergreen, Colorado. The school shooting at Evergreen High School this week was the 47th school shooting in the U.S. this year. Like so many, I am at a loss for adequate words to
respond to this. But I owe it to my home to try."
Diane Gansauer
Reflections on the Long Walk Home: Uniting for Good

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

The number 2 most-read chapter this season is... All about weddings and ceremonies and a late summer request for blessings. www.apprenticeshiptolove.com/a-late… #RevHans #writing #books #love #marriage #weddings #masculinity […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A screenshot of the popular chapter, including a colour photograph of pears in a tree with text: A LATE SUMMER REQUEST FOR BLESSINGS
I used to think | needed someone to love me, for that feeling to
be real. Now, | know better.
Apprenticeship to Love + Rev. Hans Peter Meyer

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2025

A new chapter! "I should have known better..." To join the "1000 early readers" list and get chapters as they drop, please subscribe! #RevHans #writing #books #love #marriage #masculinity #menshealth #free #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #earlyreaders […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A screenshot that includes a partial image of a "no parking, do not block the driveway" sign and text: Do not block the driveway. I should have known better. The signs were there, literally... Apprenticeship to Love. Rev. Hans Peter Meyer.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2025

Is it satire? Or is it the news? These days, it’s getting harder to know the difference… “Netanyahu: 'These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives.”” via The Onion. #satire #israel #gaza #netanyahu

A screenshot fearing Israeli leader Netanyahu with test: 'These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives'

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2025

PLEASE BOOST IF YOU ❤️ TEMPTATIONS An apple. A man’s hand. Temptation. A new chapter in the works for my book, Apprenticeship to Love. 🌀Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit-of-action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph of an apple in a man’s hand.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2025

On Tuesday another chapter drops for the “1000 early readers” list. Sign up at apprenticeshiptolove.com to get advance copies of this book about being a man, aware of his failings, aspiring to be the husband, father, the man he is. #Revhas #love #sex […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A red and black photograph of two dancers in silhouette. One is wearing tango shoes (very high, thin heels). The other figure is obscured.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2025

Readers! Writers! Husbands, wives, lovers! The next chapter in the book drops tomorrow at apprenticeshiptolove.com - sign up for the “1000 early readers” list today. #RevHans #writing #books #love #marriage #masculinity #menshealth #free #oracles #booksofmastodon […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A sepia-toned photograph of a bearded man in a broad-brimmed hat, with caption. The text reads: HOW I KNOW MY WAY I think my nervous system is here to tell me something that will help me, not limit me. For me to become myself more fully, I... Apprenticeship to Love • Rev. Hans Peter Meyer

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2025

Gardening fail! When the zucchini grows into a monster. What now? (The fork is here for my protection.) #bxw #foto #photography #gardenphotography #Garden #gardens #gardenlife #lazygardener #wildgarden #vancouverisland #paradise #husbandry #divinefeminine […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph of a very large zucchini on a table with a pitchfork.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2025

MEN & LONELINESS It’s a BIG men’s health issue. When we feel lonely we often retreat into over-work (aka “burning the midnight lamp,” as Jimi Hendrix says) or other addictions. If you’re working too hard you may be lonely. Talking to other men who’ve been there & […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Screenshot of select lyrics from Jimi Hendrix, “Burning the Midnight Lamp.”
Text reads: And I continue to burn the Midnight Lamp, all alone Burn! Yeah, yeah Lonely, lonely, lonely Loneliness is such a drag!

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2025

A sunlit path through the 100-year forest. The North Georgia Plain was once a “loggers paradise.“ Large swaths of even-aged Douglas Fir stood where a large wildfire had raged in the 1600s. By 1940, the larger portion of this “paradise” was felled, yarded, boomed […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph of a forest scene, with a path through it.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2025

I’m at what was once a major rural elementary school in on Vancouver Island (when logging and farming were how people made a living). Can you guess the one? #vancouverisland #rural #elementaryschool #schools #gumboots #footwear #pianos

A colour photograph of an upright piano with a row of “gumboots” on the keyboard cover, and another row on the top of the piano.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2025

Campari & tonic as I wait for my friend on her patio. She’s taking me out for a belated birthday dinner at an Italian restaurant she loves. I’ve been enjoying looking forward to this date for months. Friendships are rare and beautiful and always-changing things. I […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A colour photograph of a man with a beard and glasses, holding a cocktail glass. His legs are crossed and he’s sitting outside on a patio, French doors are open behind him.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2025

Vancouver Island Asshat Alert! Please BOOST “Pickup driver suspected of damaging rainbow crosswalk in Courtenay” #VancouverIsland #lgbtq #vandalism #comoxvalley #boost flip.it/hSKgH7

Pickup driver suspected of damaging
rainbow crosswalk in Courtenay.
With text: Comox Valley RCMP are asking anyone who recognizes a photo of the truck to help them identify the driver.
Comox Valley RCMP released this photo of the suspect pickup.
VIA COMOX VALLEY RCMP

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025

Please boost if you: - like pianos! - like to read well-written non-fiction! - like to support writers! My friend Scott is “the piano tuner for all the great jazz and classical pianists in Vancouver.” He’s almost finished writing his book about “the secret life of […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph of my friend Scott, next to a grand piano in a state of repair.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025

🏒🥅 The Hockey Night on Mastodon group is now live! Here’s how it works: - If anyone mentions the address @ hnom@fedigroups.social in a post, it will be boosted to everyone who follows the Group. - Public posts and replies are boosted. - Private messages to the […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

FediGroups Admin @hello@fedigroups.social @hanspetermeyer Your FediGroup is now live. Please test it a little before you encourage people to follow. If anyone mentions the address @ hnom@fedigroups.social in a post, it will be boosted to everyone who follows the Group. Public posts and replies are boosted. Private messages to the Group are rejected.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2025

When you’re an Opa with a big beard, with two young granddaughters… The work can be tough. Here the eldest is brushing out my tangles in preparation for a frontal pony tail and braiding. #opa #family #granddaughters #beard #stylist #work

A black and white photograph of a young girl brushing her bald grandfather’s long beard.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2025

The urban forest takes many shapes, appearing in small pockets parks, street plantings, as well as large tracts of set asides. The most impressive can often be the most unassuming. Small places that provide shade and an experience of natural forms. This is a pocket […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph of a group of deciduous trees in a small urban park.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2025

⚾️ 🌭 We went to the ball game at Nat Bailey Stadium last night. Was with a good friend and some of my family. Vancouver beat Everett 6-2. Hotdogs were yum 😋 A good time was had by all. #MiLB #takemeouttotheballgame #baseball #vancouver #summer #food #yvreats #hotdogs

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2025

Rev. Hans with the Furry Angels, sailing the Salish Sea on a sunny summer’s day. #dogs #dogsofmastodon #sailing #salishsea #bxw #foto

A black and white photograph of a bearded man with his right arm on the tiller of a sailboat. A doodle dog is in his lap. Another doodle dog is standing next where they are sitting. They are on a sailboat at sea. There are ripples in the ocean. The sky is clear.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2025

“A freshly leveled keyboard,” MS Harker. Between tuning pianos for the jazz & classical greats who pass through Vancouver, my good friend is writing a book about the “secret life of pianos.” I’ve read the draft. It’s good. It’s fun! If you like pianos, music, good […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph of the inner workings of a Steinway grand piano.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2025

It’s still summer. But it’s almost… (Kim Chong Hak, Fall, 1980. Watercolor on hanji paper. Courtesy of the artist and the Kim Chong Hak Foundation. Photo by Kim Tang- Sae. © Kim Chong Hak ) #fall #autumn #painting #art #kimchonghak flip.it/02WEm0

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2025

UNPLANNED ADVENTURERS, WITH BOOKS… Four books. - One complete and published at bit.ly/cominghome_emeyer - One almost complete, with a free first chapter available for “early readers” at dontshootthepianotuner.com - One drafted and being reviewed for […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A screenshot with text that reads: Rev.Hans @hanspetermeyer
BOOKS (please boost if you're a reader &/or you like to support writers) I didn't plan this, but here I am, "involved" in 4 book projects: - my mother's memoir (1930s Mennonite girl on Vancouver Island lives through interesting times): bit.ly/cominghome_emeyer - a very good friend's upcoming book on the "secret life of pianos" (from Hornby Island tinkering to becoming the premiere piano tuner to all the great jazz and classical pianists to pass through Vancouver in the 1990s-present. Get a free first chapter at dontshootthepianotuner.com - a coach and mentor, and now good friend's upcoming book on leadership and community, "from East Van to Mesopotamia" (and much more over a span of years starting in the late 1960s & continuing today). Email me at rev.hans@sacredbodies.ca for updates on that. - my own Apprenticeship to Love, a book as small chapters 2-3x/ week at apprenticeshiptolove.com

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2025

“Hey! Hey!” he said again. “Can I help you? Hey! Can I help you?” He was shouting from up by the barn. “No,” I said. “I’m trying to get a picture of your dandelions. They caught my eye as I was driving by.” He was quiet for a moment. “Oh.” Then, “I thought you were […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph of a farm field covered in dandelions gone to seed. At the top of the field is a tractor and a barn. The left part of the picture is cut off by a fence post. The strands of fence wire are in the foreground. The photograph is taken at an angle.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2025

I’m looking south, sitting on the grassy shoulder of a gas line right of way. A rough industrial road runs parallel to a maturing, 100-year forest. The road services the gas line and three hydro lines that, here, cut across hay fields. The standing forest is […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2025

Men, beware the red pill. There are "bros" who see your insecurity (btw, it's normal to feel insecure in a f*cked up world) as an opportunity to exploit you and take your money. Resist. #men #menshealth #bewaretheredpill #redpill #manosphere #fascism

A black rectangle with white text that reads: Men, beware the red pill. There are "bros" who see your insecurity (btw, it's normal to feel insecure in a f*cked up world) as an opportunity to exploit you and take your money. Resist.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2025

About 100 years ago the ancient forest in this part of Vancouver Island was a mixed stand of conifers and deciduous trees that had grown up after a massive fire in the late 1600s. Most trees were Douglas Firs, 200+ years old. It was an even-aged stand on the […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph of a straight trail through the forest.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2025

The latest chapter, published this afternoon! "I can trust her to be the source of love and beauty flowering in my life. I can trust her to be the fountain of endless mystery, endless tests that reveal the man I am, the man I love. She is always looking to trust me […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph of pears on a branch in an orchard.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2025

Pears, descending. 🌀Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit-of-action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction. (Bhagavad Gita, 2:47) #fruit #pears #bxw #photography #foto . . #foto #photography #gardenphotography #Garden […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A black and white photograph of several pears on a branch in an orchard

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