The Bassmaster Elite Series season resumed this past weekend at Lake Murray, South Carolina. It is a body of water that I had not been to in the past but it had a good reputation as a great place to fish. I usually enjoy getting to fish new bodies of […]
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Wow, the last week of April and it really don’t seem like it. The 4 or 5 inches of snow last week certainly didn’t help me think spring! I was in Guelph Monday for the day and the grass is green and lawn mowers were venturing out. Around the Quetico […]
Earth Day occurred last Saturday. Folks in Fort Frances and the district were probably more concerned about digging out from the huge late April Snowstorm than taking steps to make our world a greener and more sustainable place to live. I was in Calgary on Earth Day and enjoyed a […]
With spring weather teasing us, we are anxious to get out into the yard and start our yard and gardening chores, but be cautious when starting spring yard work. Spring lawn care at the right time is important if you want to have a healthy lawn this summer. The most […]
Friday morning! The start of a perennial event, Spring Fever Days, over in Emu, home of some really strange birds. I was excited. The WRRD Lions Club was unveiling its Pontoon Boat Raffle Prize and Telford and I were in charge of the kickoff of ticket sales. We were set […]
Paul Barton was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1961, studied at the London Royal Academy of Arts, was an extraordinary portrait painter, and became a concert pianist. You wouldn’t think so, but something was missing from his chosen career, and he didn’t know what. He travelled to Thailand in 1996 […]
The spring melt is full of surprises. As the snow recedes, six months of dust, sand and debris gradually sinks to the boulevards and lawns of the community. Our streets and sidewalks that have harboured ice throughout the winter suddenly return with all their imperfections erasing the packed snow that […]
I was reading Maria Popova, my favourite blogger, who recently quoted Kahlil Gibran from his poem Youth and Age in which he writes – “The unfolding of life does more than fray our bodies with entropy, it softens our spirit, blunting the edge of vanity and broadening the aperture of […]
”Your car is filthy!” was the first thing Pickle said as we left the Bakery in Rainy River the other morning post caffeine and toast. The occasion was my eye exam that included pupil dilation which required I have a driver for the post exam trip unless I wanted to […]
Well somehow, I mis-placed a week and had a small panic attack when I realized how much I have going on this week. I think it was the weather – when it was nice, I wanted to enjoy it and while it still seems like winter, I think I have […]
There will be a Public Planning Meeting on May 11 at the Devlin Hall from 6:30-9:30 p.m. All LaVallee Municipality residents are urged to attend. This is a meeting in connection with the Couchiching remediation project. Geoff Gillion of Rainy River Future Development will facilitate the meeting. It is important […]
This time of year has always been exciting for me. The cold weather has finally given up (mostly) and it’s just nice to be outside. There are some fishing options still available and if you’re like most of us, you can probably find a bunch of jobs to do around […]
