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Oscar Wild's story "The Happy Prince", describes a prince who lived a very secluded life. When he died, the people erected a statue of him covered with gold leaves, with two sapphires for eyes and a red ruby on the handle of the sword.

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Van Gogh had interesting siblings. There was his obnoxious brother, Please Gogh; his dizzy aunt, Verti Gogh; his Mexican cousins, Amee Gogh and Grin Gogh; and the little bouncy nephew, Poe Gogh.

I'm dreaming of Christmas

Christmas dreams, the stuff of childhood excitement and adult stress.

Pause for Reflection

There's a Buddhist parable that runs something like this: One day as the Buddha was sitting under a tree, a young, trim soldier walked by, looked at the Buddha, noticed his weight and his fat, and said: "You look like a pig!" The Buddha looked up cal

Watch out for Dunkel Gruen

While visiting in the big city last week I was reminded of a long ago and almost forgotten experience. At the time of that particular incident, friends were visiting us from Switzerland.

Wheatland Senior Centre news

The results of the Wheatland Senior Centre's activities from November 6 to November 12: Bridge: (Monday) 1st Mildred Sandiford, 2nd Jim Brown, 3rd Joyce Hemphill. Bridge: (Friday) 1st Lucie Nickel, 2nd George Gillies, 3rd John Whitell.

Pause for Reflection

There's a Buddhist parable that runs something like this: One day as the Buddha was sitting under a tree, a young, trim soldier walked by, looked at the Buddha, noticed his weight and his fat, and said: "You look like a pig!" The Buddha looked up cal

Watch the birds

Did you know that 462 species of birds are found across Canada? Or of that number, 362 can be found in British Columbia. In Ontario 318 species are regular visitors. Now that's a lot of feathers and, um, droppings.

Wheatland Senior Centre news

The results of the Wheatland Senior Centre's activities from October 30 to November 5: Bridge: (Monday) 1st Erskine Sandiford, 2nd Stan Sampson, 3rd Chris Diemert. Bridge: (Friday) 1st Andy Dumba, 2nd JoAnne Hennie, 3rd Bette Leach.

Pause for Reflection

Father Murphy walks into a pub says to the first man he meets, "Do you want to go to heaven?" The man says, "I do Father." The priest says, "Then stand over there against the wall.
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