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Here come the deer . . . again

Well, the deer are at it againand don't anyone try to convince me of how cute those critters are! I noticed the tops of all my snowdrops had disappeared and this afternoon the neighbour pointed in disgust to all her headless tulip stalks.

UC Chimes: Why Good Friday is so good for us

Sometimes an English word has many different meanings. English is my second language. For me that is another reason why English is so hard to learn. Still I wonder why the day of Jesus' crucifixion has been called Good Friday.

Seeing God and walking on holy ground

There is an e-mail story about a little boy who goes for a walk with root beer and Twinkies. He stops at a park and sits on a bench alongside an older man who is feeding pigeons. The boy starts to eat a Twinkie and offers the old man one.

Christ will wash our feet

at in the New York hospitaltears streaming down her cheeks. She had just lost her only child and she was gazing blindly into space while the head nurse talked to her, simply because it was the duty of the head nurse to talk in such circumstances.

Watching sparrows fall

I saw them first; explosions of purple and yellow and white.

UC Chimes: It's legal but not always good!

In our country, people who are over a certain age, regardless of who and what they are, they can drink, smoke, and gamble. It is legal. A group of people are trying to legalize marijuana.

UC Chimes: One for many

Canada is no longer a Christian country. The Christian population is not a majority any more in Canada. There are more Muslim people in Toronto than the entire membership of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.

If I cain't do nothin' else I'll pray

As the storm raged, the captain realized his ship was sinking fast. He called out, "Anyone here know how to pray?" One man stepped forward. "Aye, Captain, I know how to pray.

Inflections of home

If there is one thing I love about my personal and business friends it is the diversity of culture, personality and language that they bring to my life. In particular, I love their accents.

Under the dead stuff

Before I incur your disgust at supposed West Coast bragging, let me say that not all the green in our yard is good.
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