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WRITINGS AND TEACHINGS

KENNETH WESTHUES
Professor Emeritus
University of Waterloo, Canada

Updated with quotes for December 2025:

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 2025:

For the centrepiece of its Christmas 2025 display at the Floral Showhouse, Niagara Parks has used various shades of poinsetta along with cyclamen.

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