Something hit me as I was catching up on my calving book today – I still haven’t written my Christmas letter! I never get to it until at least mid-January, but this is bad. Calves are just starting to come, and you can bet this will be a busy week […]
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The second of back to back Bassmaster Elite Series events took place this past weekend at the Harris Chain of Lakes in central Florida. It was a fun week at my favourite lake in Florida but it was another mediocre finish to start the season. Fortunately I landed on the […]
Fresh from two weeks of OD-ing on the Olympic Games that I once again wasn’t going to watch, I may have come full circle on their legitimacy. Decades ago, I was a young reporter so interested in the Olympics that I paid my way and took my vacation to cover […]
Do you remember the moment you knew for certain you were an adult? I don’t think age has much to do with it. I was reading Ann Patchett’s recent book of essays where she details the exact moment she felt like a full-fledged adult – the day she cooked a […]
I am trying to understand what the protesters who say they want freedom are really asking for. My on-line dictionary defines “Freedom” as the power to act, think or speak without hindrance or restraint. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “Freedom” as follows: The power to do what you want to do;the […]
From the archives
Having a bit of coin is something I used to understand. Big Pie up in Rat portage explained it as having enough cash to make a down payment on another piece of equipment without sending his wife Sweet Charlotte into a frenzy about pending financial ruin. Hollerin’ Harold in Emu- […]
Katy Trimble a former resident of our district, hit it big on New Year’s Day, by winning the Princess Margaret Home Lottery on their cash calendar draw. Katy won $500,000. She first got a phone call around 6 p.m. Initially, she thought it was a wrong number as there was […]
Well, I have started calving! My first one arrived last Thursday and now we will see a lot more action this week. I was hoping the -40 weather would be behind us, but it looks like a cold end of the week as well. If it isn’t cold, then it […]
By Henry Miller
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists (RRVFN) reluctantly cancelled planned activities in 2020 – 2021 because of COVID-19, but all commitments had to be met. There was the Christmas Bird Count, the Nocturnal Owl Survey, repairs and upkeep of the Cranberry Peatmoss Interpretive trail (the Bog Walk), removal of interpretive signs […]
The Bassmaster Elite Series season started this past weekend at the St. John’s River in Florida but it was not the best start to the season for me. It was the fourth year in a row that the season opened at this venue and I kind of rode the struggle […]
Tuesday March 1st this year is the Fat Tuesday celebration of Mardi Gras. It is the last day of the carnival season in New Orleans and always falls on the day before Ash Wednesday every year. The term Fat Tuesday represents the last day of eating richer fattier foods before […]
This month, Martin St. Louis was named coach of the Montreal Canadiens. As a Hall of Fame player and an unproven coach, his selection immediately raised the question about whether great players make great coaches, the conventional theory being that they don’t, because their players are often incapable of meeting […]
