China Day 4- Xi’an The morning of another day. It was a short night. Brekkie down and we are ready to roll. A new bus driver and a new guide for the local sites. Her name is Ruth and she looks about eight, but is 35. She doesn’t have the […]
Jack Elliott – Squirrel Pie
The frogs started singing on Friday so I guess it’s time to start on this year’s crop. I went over to Lenard’s and dragged my little rototiller out of his shed because my own is too cluttered up with my trike collection to store anything else. Besides Lenard likes using […]
On the street, social distancing is keeping me from getting up close and personal. All I see are folks across the road and as a matter of course; I always wave and shout a generic no-name “Hello.” It’s not that I’m particularly friendly… even though I am; it’s that my […]
Jack Elliott “Wally, you simply have to do something about your hearing,” ordered Sweetie after repeated requests for help with a chore received no response. Wally rose to comply explaining. . . to himself, wisely. . . his “hearing” was okay, it was his listening that was finely tuned. But […]
“Wally, you simply have to do something about your hearing,” ordered Sweetie after repeated requests for help with a chore received no response. Wally rose to comply explaining. . . to himself, wisely. . . his “hearing” was okay, it was his listening that was finely tuned. But like many […]
Survived the 2nd or was it the 3rd Day in Beijing. The food and the company remained great, but the volume of things to absorb was enough to overwhelm the senses. Simply too much to see and do. The weather was cooler and a bit overcast. It threatened to rain […]
So how is that social isolation going with all? I sure miss the Debating Table at the Bakery in Rainy River but still make it in once a week to pick up supplies and a couple of fritters. Added a package of Cinnamon Buns to the larder the other day […]
One Well we have completed our first day of touring and our second night of trying to sleep. The jet lag is subsiding and we can just about think clearly now. We arrived in Beijing in mid-afternoon Sunday the 13 after a long but decent flight on Air Canada and […]
What would life be without a few surprises? Pretty boring, that’s what. Take for instance, the startled expression of horror appearing on the editor’s face as he scans the latest submission from his local humour columnist. “Oh migawd he’s gone and used the ‘t’ word,” blurts the exasperated copy cop. […]
Beating this COVID19 thing should be a snap for the Rainy River District. Personally I have very limited social contact as most folk in town will cross the street to avoid talking to me. When they have a juicy bit of gossip they want released to the press, they phone […]
It was qualifying week at The Bay. That’s where officers, from the great NorthWest come to prove they are still proficient with their side arms. Desk bound Sergeants and Corporals, and lowly constables driving cruisers with butt-sprung seats arrive en masse at The Bay to burn a little cordite and […]
Things were sombre around the debating table at the bakery in Rainy River the other morning. It started out when Cookie stormed out of the kitchen waving a handful of bills. “Look at this crap! They’ve raised the price of coffee another two bucks a can and reduced the size […]
