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The Beatitudes
5 minutesA New Kingdom Moving to the UK two years ago, I needed to know how to live in this kingdom and what’s expected of me: what I should do, what I should not do. In a way, I had to go back to school to learn the rules of the United Kingdom. Author James Joyce […]
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Walk on Water
9 minutesIntroduction: Superstitions Never say “pig” on a ship. So advises seasoned seafarer Bruce Macdonald in his book of sailor superstitions[1]: The word “pig” is unlucky and so is never said aboard and is substituted with “curly-tail,” “Mr. Dennis,” “little fella” or “gruff”. . . If the word “pig” is uttered, it will cause a storm since it is […]