Author Archives: fromareportersnotebook

Unknown's avatar

About fromareportersnotebook

Former reporter and city editor at The Tribune, Welland, On. Active in various community groups and initiatives, married with two grown children, interested in roses specifically and gardening in general. A collection of previously-written columns was published in book form in the fall of 2013 and is available by contacting the writer at: fromareportersnotebook@gmail.com. It sells for $20.

Morning Offering: 12. 15. 23

Today’s Reflection:  Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it.  — St. John of the Cross   

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 12. 14. 23

Today’s Reflection:  Aspire not to have more, but to be more. — St. Oscar Romero 

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 12. 13. 23

Today’s Reflection:  Morning Prayer

I arise and share this day with you.

I praise you for the light of dawn.

I carry your hope of life within me,

My Saviour and beloved Lord. — Author unknown

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 12. 12. 23

Today’s Reflection:  Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand the fact that sometime things must unfold in their own time.  — Jon Kabat Zinn

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 12. 11. 23

Today’s Reflection: Lord, as we navigate the journey of aging, ease the small aches and pains that accompany the passage of time. Let us find the grace and joy in each new day.  — Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 12. 10. 23

Today’s Reflection: Second Sunday of Advent – Advent. I wait. I watch. I hope. – Unattributed

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 12. 09. 23

Today’s Reflection: The most deadly poison of our time is indifference. — St. Maximilian Kolbe

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 12. 08. 23

Today’s Reflection: Silence is not the absence of sound but the beginning of listening.  —  Bodmin Hermit

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 12. 07. 23

Today’s Reflection:  Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. — Author unknown 

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 12. 06. 23

Today’s Reflection:  Learn character from trees, values from roots and change from leaves. —Tanseem Hameed 

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.