Comments for absent.canadian http://www.mikehelms.org/blog Eating poutine in the South since 2004, eh? Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:02:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Death. by Angel http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/1345/comment-page-1#comment-53824 Angel Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:02:49 +0000 http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/?p=1345#comment-53824 I stopped blogging last May and just now returned after a long time off. I didn't know what to do with my blog either but I certainly couldn't kill it. I had put too much time and effort into writing most of it. Recently I felt an urge to get back to it... it may or may not last, who knows. All I can say to you is just find another way in which to blog, if you find you can't stay away. The bloggers I am regaining touch with all seem to have progressed with their websites and created a great niche for themselves and many branched out into showcasing their talents like cooking and photography. You are a motorcycle enthusiast so maybe you could find a niche in that realm:) Good luck to you! I still have you listed in my blogroll so I will try to keep up with you to see what your plans are. I stopped blogging last May and just now returned after a long time off. I didn’t know what to do with my blog either but I certainly couldn’t kill it. I had put too much time and effort into writing most of it. Recently I felt an urge to get back to it… it may or may not last, who knows.

All I can say to you is just find another way in which to blog, if you find you can’t stay away. The bloggers I am regaining touch with all seem to have progressed with their websites and created a great niche for themselves and many branched out into showcasing their talents like cooking and photography.

You are a motorcycle enthusiast so maybe you could find a niche in that realm:) Good luck to you! I still have you listed in my blogroll so I will try to keep up with you to see what your plans are.

]]> Comment on Not a dry eye in the house by Ren http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/195/comment-page-1#comment-53575 Ren Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:51:31 +0000 http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/195#comment-53575 Hey your video link is not working anymore. I have been looking for a video of Barbara Tarbox's message for quite a while now. Would you have any access or other links to a video? Hey your video link is not working anymore. I have been looking for a video of Barbara Tarbox’s message for quite a while now. Would you have any access or other links to a video?

]]> Comment on It’s Safe To Say … by Bug http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/1339/comment-page-1#comment-53554 Bug Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:15:28 +0000 http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/?p=1339#comment-53554 Happy new year long and lost bloggin' buddy! :) Happy new year long and lost bloggin’ buddy! :)

]]> Comment on Jinxed, and a new camera by absent.canadian » Blog Archive » Pick Me Up, Pickup Truck! http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/1150/comment-page-1#comment-52932 absent.canadian » Blog Archive » Pick Me Up, Pickup Truck! Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:59:52 +0000 http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/?p=1150#comment-52932 [...] rationale was a bit curious: my current car is not entirely conducive to some of my hobbies (and with over 100,000 miles on the clock, it has [...] [...] rationale was a bit curious: my current car is not entirely conducive to some of my hobbies (and with over 100,000 miles on the clock, it has [...]

]]> Comment on Galavanting around Eastern North Carolina by Jennifer http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/1318/comment-page-1#comment-52560 Jennifer Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:52:43 +0000 http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/?p=1318#comment-52560 Never been to Tarboro. Thanks for sharing. If you ever want to check out western NC/eastern TN, you should go to the Boone area. Very pretty, lots of antiquing. Never been to Tarboro. Thanks for sharing. If you ever want to check out western NC/eastern TN, you should go to the Boone area. Very pretty, lots of antiquing.

]]> Comment on North Carolina Litterbugs, beware by Ginny http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/1314/comment-page-1#comment-52480 Ginny Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:19:08 +0000 http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/?p=1314#comment-52480 Good thing you had a helmet on (I know it's the law, but not everyone obeys). Glad to see you back at the blog. You were missed. Good thing you had a helmet on (I know it’s the law, but not everyone obeys). Glad to see you back at the blog. You were missed.

]]> Comment on North Carolina Litterbugs, beware by Jason K http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/1314/comment-page-1#comment-52476 Jason K Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:01:50 +0000 http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/?p=1314#comment-52476 Good to see you back in the swing of blogging. The idea of you running an Altima off the road with your scooter is hilarious. I didn't know about this reporting of litterbugs though, I'm gonna try that one out. Good to see you back in the swing of blogging. The idea of you running an Altima off the road with your scooter is hilarious. I didn’t know about this reporting of litterbugs though, I’m gonna try that one out.

]]> Comment on North Carolina Litterbugs, beware by Mike http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/1314/comment-page-1#comment-52475 Mike Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:37:32 +0000 http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/?p=1314#comment-52475 Yes, I'm re-emerging. Yes, I’m re-emerging.

]]> Comment on North Carolina Litterbugs, beware by Suzanne http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/1314/comment-page-1#comment-52474 Suzanne Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:26:02 +0000 http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/?p=1314#comment-52474 Are you back from your blogging break? Are you back from your blogging break?

]]> Comment on Toronto by Joseph Daunt Johnston http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/archives/1162/comment-page-1#comment-52337 Joseph Daunt Johnston Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:30:50 +0000 http://www.mikehelms.org/blog/?p=1162#comment-52337 I was quite surprised to find in your blog a photograph of the burial crypt of one of my ancestors in the Cedar Vale Cemetery near Cannington. Thanks for sharing the photo and your comments. This is the first time I have seen a picture of this crypt. Irvine Johnston (1795-1885) and his father, Charles Johnston (1752-1845) both acquired land in Brock Township in 1825, and they were completely settled in by 1831. Charles left Co. Fermanagh, Ireland in 1822 at the age of 70 for Upper Canada with his second wife and large family. In 1835 Charles Johnston became the first Wesleyan Methodist Bible Class Leader in Brock Township. He died at his farm in Brock at the age of 92. Charles' son, Irvine Johnston, and Irvine's step-brother, Robert Sproule were both very active in the Cannington Methodist Church. Irvine designed his own burial crypt, and I think that he adapted the lines from the Isaac Watt hymn to be inscriibed on his monument because according to tradition Charles Wesley, the founder of Methodism, died singing this verse with his dying lips. The references to the casket and its jewel as representing the body and the soul are part of an ancient literary tradition going back to the Old Testament Book of Leviticus. You will even find such references in Shakespeare. Best Regards, Joseph Daunt Johnston I was quite surprised to find in your blog a photograph of the burial crypt of one of my ancestors in the Cedar Vale Cemetery near Cannington. Thanks for sharing the photo and your comments. This is the first time I have seen a picture of this crypt. Irvine Johnston (1795-1885) and his father, Charles Johnston (1752-1845) both acquired land in Brock Township in 1825, and they were completely settled in by 1831. Charles left Co. Fermanagh, Ireland in 1822 at the age of 70 for Upper Canada with his second wife and large family. In 1835 Charles Johnston became the first Wesleyan Methodist Bible Class Leader in Brock Township. He died at his farm in Brock at the age of 92. Charles’ son, Irvine Johnston, and Irvine’s step-brother, Robert Sproule were both very active in the Cannington Methodist Church. Irvine designed his own burial crypt, and I think that he adapted the lines from the Isaac Watt hymn to be inscriibed on his monument because according to tradition Charles Wesley, the founder of Methodism, died singing this verse with his dying lips. The references to the casket and its jewel as representing the body and the soul are part of an ancient literary tradition going back to the Old Testament Book of Leviticus. You will even find such references in Shakespeare.

Best Regards,
Joseph Daunt Johnston

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