Saturday, 31 December 2016

A Review of 2016


        Friends and Readers,

        As I reflect upon the 366 days(yes, it was a leap year) of this past year now gone, I am reminded of the many blessings bestowed upon me by the Lord, and the many ways he has brought me, a wayward sinner, back to himself.  I do not have time to write much about them all, nor do I feel I could rightly put what is on my heart appropriately down on a blog.  Despite my failings as a son, brother, and Christian, I know that God abundantly pardons those who repent of their sin and place their whole hope of salvation in his Son, Jesus Christ.

        And rather than writing about some of my favourite recollections of this past year, here is some of my year in picture form.  Happy New Year!

Early January Sunrise over Lake Ontario

In March I traveled to England
with this great bunch of folks.

We floated down the river Thames -
far north of London, in Cambridge.

In June I took a flight in a very small aircraft.
See the movie I made about it HERE.

In the summer my sister(third from left) and
I visited some good friends in Connecticut.

And I set foot in the eastern edge of the
Atlantic Ocean while in New England.



My family and I moved house for the first time in over 15 years.


We also remembered the courage and
sacrifice, heroism and daring of the many
men of past wars who fought for freedom.


D-Day, June 6, 1944.  Normandy, France.
(Read more by clicking here.)

I kept up my photography - but I only post my good pictures!

And we finish with the moon setting in conjunction with 
Venus over a lake in the Algonquins taken when on vacation.

Photographed, Written, and Posted by William A Moore


Saturday, 24 December 2016

Merry Christmas & "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"


        Merry Christmas!

        It has been a season of somewhat infrequent blog posts on here, but I wanted to make sure that I wished everyone a Merry Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.   In past Christmases I have done a series of Advent posts looking at different Christmas carols and hymns. This year I could not put the time into something like that, so if you want to read previous years posts click HERE.

        Instead, this year I have spent time composing an arrangement of one of my dearly loved Advent hymns for piano.  Thus, below is a recording of my arrangement of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel".  It is one of my favourite Christmas hymns. I hope you enjoy it!


        Merry Christmas and may you all have a Happy New Year!

                                             ~ William A. Moore