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WRITINGS AND TEACHINGS

KENNETH WESTHUES
Professor Emeritus
University of Waterloo, Canada

Updated with quotes for December 2024:

Classic:
Only connect.
— E. M. Forster, Howards End, 1910.

Direct:
Whoever is turned into an island, dies. Whoever prevents that, redeems the world.
— Eliminating Professors, 1998.

Garden moment for December 2024:

Christmas lights on outdoor pine and fir trees count as a garden moment, so why not Christmas lights on palm trees and historic buildings? Below is Avenida Menendez along Matanzas Bay in St. Augustine, Florida, during the annual "Nights of Lights."

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