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The secret of a lasting marriage

From Red Skelton's "The Perfect Marriage" I share these heart-warming thoughts: I take my wife everywhere..... but she keeps finding her way back.We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.

All around it's changing

Sometimes the things we take most for granted are nothing short of awe-inspiring. Like flying, for example. I recently experienced that on flights from our coastal home to the interior of British Columbia.

Making it happen

American poet John Greenleaf Whittier once wrote, "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'" He wrote it but I've sure been thinking about it a lot.

Thoughts about hell and our tired efforts at virtue

Eddie Murphy said after the Pope John Paul II was shot, "Why would you shoot the Pope, he's such a nice man. You must want to go to the head of the line to hell. 'Excuse, me, I don't want to wait. I'm on the Hell Express.

Sorting it all out

We humans are quite the categorizers and it's a good thing, this business of slotting both the concrete and the abstract into categories.

God gives us mulligans

An American went to Scotland and played golf with a newly acquainted Scottish golfer. After a bad tee shot, he played a "Mulligan" which was an extremely good shot. He then asked the Scot, "What do you call a Mulligan in Scotland?" "We call it 3.

THANKS FOR WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENE

This week we celebrated Sea Fair, the longest running annual event in our city's calendar. There were the usual floats, carnival rides, local musicians on stage and, of course, the parade.

Wheatland Senior Centre tournament results

The Wheatland Senior Centre holds weekly activities.

How God plays peek-a-boo with us

"Dad, Can you write in the dark?" "I think so. What is it you want me to write?" "Your name on this report card." That is just about how we sometimes would like to trick God. Temptation and sin can mire us in temporary despair.

God is a Poet who whispers of love

God is a poet who whispers words in our ears and puts thoughts in our hearts. Recently my wife and I went on a family visit. Our two year old granddaughter said, "Grandpa Ken is coming. He loves me.
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