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Five fat raspberries

While preparing for Sunday's Thanksgiving feast Hubbie brought me an unexpected treat: five huge vine-ripened raspberries. In October and well past the time when plucking fruit from the branches is usual.

Thanksgiving friends

Now Ed and I have been married forty four years and our love continues to deepen but having said that, I've got this thing for Daniel. Before you begin to suspect me of infidelity, let me explain.

Pause for Reflection

After the service a parishioner thanked the minister for the wonderful sermon. "I found it so helpful," she said. The minister replied, "I hope it will notprove as helpful as the last sermon you heard.

UC Chimes - It's prifilege, not right!

Hello everyone! I am a new minister of Carlyle United Church. I am so glad to connect with you through UC (United Church) Chimes. I also thank you to the Observer to allow me to contribute the weekly columns.

Puppets to the silver strings of change

Somebody asks the grandmother whose two grandchildren are in carriages, "Well, how old are they?" And she says, "The doctor is five, and the lawyer is six months old.

And that's just the cover

As kids, my siblings and I had this thing about giving gifts. Be it birthday or Christmas we'd pack and wrap our presents to each other in the most outlandish way possible.

Pause for Reflection

According to legend, a young man roaming the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so sweet he filled his leather canteen so he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher.

Power in the sanctuary

In August 2004 I had the privilege of addressing a national conference held in Newfoundland. I had been invited by a global pharmaceutical company to speak to the lessons I had learned through my battle with cancer.

Forever young or the secret to eternal youth

The police arrested a man selling "Secret Formula" tablets he claimed gave eternal youth.

Your card is declined

After just a few months shy of thirty years as a holder of a major credit card and, in their words, "an absolutely perfect record", both Hubbie and I had our cards declined this week.
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