| Thur Mar 17 2022 1. On St. Patrick’s Day, some notes full of the blarney on why there are no snakes in Ireland: 2. There were never any snakes in Ireland to begin with. 3. There are no signs of snakes in Ireland’s fossil record. In fact, it’s likely that for millennia there weren’t any snakes in either Ireland or Britain, though Britain eventually gained three species of snakes: the Grass Snake, the Adder Snake, and the Smooth Snake. 4. So, how did that happen? 5. During the Ice Age, Ireland and England were too frigid to be suitable habitats for cold-blooded reptiles such as snakes. But then, 10,000 years ago, when the glaciers shifted and land emerges connecting Europe, England, and Ireland, allowing for migration. Animals that did make it to Ireland during this time period included brown bears, lynx, and wild boars. 6. As Popular Science noted, when the glaciers began melting, the land between Ireland and England was covered over 8,500 years ago, but the land between Britain and Europe went underwater 6,500 years ago, allowing more time for snakes to slither over. 7. Of course, we all know that St. Patrick banished snakes from the Emerald Isle in the 5th Century. 8. Don’t we? 9. And here’s the blarney stone. 10. Pandemic capacity limits have been lifted in Ontario. Please come join in on Sunday mornings at 24 Main W! 11. Each organization in the Province must have a safety plan. New Vision will continue to require masks and screening on entrance to our in-person worship gatherings, and those present will maintain 2 metre distance between each person/household to permit in-person singing among those present. This means our capacity limit for the time being continues to be 25 persons. 12. New Vision Virtual Worship is experiential, participatory, image-rich and collective, just like worship in person at New Vision! Join us on Sunday mornings 10:30 am week to week during the Covid-19 emergency by clicking here. If you want to put the link someplace easy to find each week, here it is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/782292511. Please share it with others and invite them to a “different” kind of time on Zoom from the usual. 13. You can also call in to the gathering on the telephone. Call 1 647 374 4685, then, when prompted, input the Meeting ID 782 292 511 followed by the # sign. Ignore the prompts for Participant ID and Password. You are in when the recorded voice says, “You are in the meeting.” If you can only connect by video on your computer with no audio, you can use the phone connection for audio and the computer connection for visual. 14. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Hope to see you Sunday again, or for the first time – Rev Ian |
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