Month: March 2013
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A Tale of Two Meetings
I would like to talk about two meetings with some obvious differences and some profound similarities. The first is a series of meetings that took place across Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba in the early 1920s. Members of various conservative, traditional Mennonite churches were gathering to discus how to respond to recent government policies put in…
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I forgot
I forgot how tired I felt when at two in the morning I was woken up by a crying baby and a frustrated wife. I forgot how keenly aware I was of the sleep I was losing, the productivity I would be sacrificing and how much my forthcoming decrease in mental alertness would cost me.…
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The Cat and the Mouse
I had hoped to post a new revised fairy tale each week as a new writing project this year, but that won’t be happening. This will be my final fairy tale related post for a number of reasons: It’s a lot of work. I could simply record myself as I reword the stories on the…