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The Apple Slice: August 2013
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Monday, August 12, 2013. Located not too far away from the spot where Jumbo the circus elephant was tragically hit by a train is Pierce Williams Camp, the annual home of the Free Reformed camp. After traversing the mind-numbing south-western stretch of the 401, the soon to be campers began arriving from all over the world (actually just Ontario, New Jersey and Holland). Just beyond the car park was the registration table which was manned by a smiling Kim and Jan, the fearless camp leaders. This was the 49.
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The Apple Slice: April 2012
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Monday, April 30, 2012. I was dreading my first April Fool’s Day as a teacher. What would these students try to pull on their rookie teacher? As I lay in bed that night, terrible premonitions danced through my head of books on fire, water guns, fire extinguishers, paintballs and me screaming hysterically as I ran out of the school parking lot never to be seen again. The dreaded doomsday dawned. 8220;Goodmorning Mr. S! 8221; the students said cheerfully. Too cheerfully, I thought. 8221; I said suspiciously.
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The Apple Slice: Paul Schneider: The Pastor of Buchenwald
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Monday, November 11, 2013. Paul Schneider: The Pastor of Buchenwald. On a January morning in 1939 in the concentration camp of Buchenwald, two beleaguered prisoners who had attempted to escape were brought into the parade grounds of the camp. There they were mercilessly executed. As the bodies of the two prisoners went limp, a voice rang out across the camp from the window of the punishment cell. 8220;In the name of Jesus Christ, I witness against the murder of these prisoners! It should be no surprise t...
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The Apple Slice: This Tastes Like Soup
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Friday, December 20, 2013. This Tastes Like Soup. Last week, I posted Scott's speech. From Dad's 60th birthday party and this week, I have posted my own speech from the evening. It's not your typical speech/roast but rather the speech is in the form of a "book" that Dad wrote on the subject of soup. I picked my way through the book and picked a few 'selections' and read them to the birthday crowd. Here is the speech:. 8220;This Tastes Like Soup – A Guide to the Perfect Bowl of Soup”. It’s not pretty.
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The Apple Slice: December 2013
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Friday, December 20, 2013. This Tastes Like Soup. Last week, I posted Scott's speech. From Dad's 60th birthday party and this week, I have posted my own speech from the evening. It's not your typical speech/roast but rather the speech is in the form of a "book" that Dad wrote on the subject of soup. I picked my way through the book and picked a few 'selections' and read them to the birthday crowd. Here is the speech:. 8220;This Tastes Like Soup – A Guide to the Perfect Bowl of Soup”. It’s not pretty.
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The Apple Slice: June 2012
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Thursday, June 14, 2012. And people came out. The loon squinted his beady little black eyes. The people were kids and were wildly streaming out of this great yellow beast. This startled the loon all the more and he did what any loon would do in a scary situation: he dove under water and hoped that when he came back up, everything would be peaceful and pristine once again. Fair Glen – The Story. The class was nicely seated in their clean shiny desks. The whole year stretched before us! 8220;Oh. Not un...
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The Apple Slice: June 2013
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013. I was thinking this week of a vivid memory I had when I was four years old. I was in the back of the big black Econline van with Mom at the wheel. Becky, who was a couple of weeks old, was strapped in beside me. We had to stop at the one-lane Bailey bridge to let another car go by. As we waited to let the car over the wooden planked bridge, I looked over at Becky and wondered “Will she ever grow up? In the next moment we were over the bridge and time seemed to accelerate. This was...
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The Apple Slice: March 2013
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Thursday, March 28, 2013. The Trip Out East - Part One. The path down memory lane is well trodden in this blog. It’s not that I am living in the past but the past always seems to be lingering. It could be a smell that takes me back to Oma’s house, a picture that sparks a forgotten funny story, or a taste of something that transports you back to your childhood. We were loaded up in the family station wagon. Becky and Ally were in the back of the station wagon and were setting up Barbie land. It was at thi...
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The Apple Slice: November 2012
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Sunday, November 25, 2012. Baby S on the Way! My wife Courtney and I are happy to announce that Courtney is due at the end of June! Thursday, November 22, 2012. Teachers usually begin the school day by putting out fires. Students come off the bus and realize that something has been left at home. This can be caused by forgetfulness or, more commonly, because the student had to rush out of the door because the bus was honking the horn and in their haste they forgot their homework or worse yet, their lunch.
