“Why can’t we see our kids on our cell phone like Donny and Lou can?” asked my wife Norma, the Pearl of the Orient. It wasn’t really a question. It was a direction. I was too wise to object, as after all my lusting after a new trike to add […]
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What! The middle of September has arrived. It certainly seems like time is moving quickly and maybe more so as the days get shorter and we all try to pack as much possible into our days. The sunshine really helps with everyone’s mood and as well the long to-do lists! […]
Finnegan is my cat. He used to be part of a furniture-scratching duo, Olympic level. I’m sure you can guess the name of his partner if you put some thought to it. Casey. Casey and Finnegan were brothers, two tiny malnourished abandoned orange kittens who found sanctuary in my house. […]
I planted a garden this year just like many others in this pandemic year. It was not a large garden measuring a scant three feet by eight feet. It was a raised garden so that I didn’t have to bend over to weed or pick vegetables. The rows of radishes, […]
It was warm today, the sun persistent, but trying not to be hot, surpassing that threshold without intention. August is ending, as I write this, the calendar waiting for lift-off, for the checkered flag that says August is over. I have noticed that conversations have shifted from planning backyard picnics […]
By Robin McCormick
Emo long-term residents returned home last week, on Sept 1. They had been moved to Rainycrest after an air conditioner problem in June forced the the Emo Long-Term Care to close. Along with a new air conditioning unit being installed, updates were done. Residents will return to a freshly cleaned, […]
Bassin’ For Bucks will take place this coming weekend in Sioux Narrows. I had forgotten about the tournament until I was remined in a blog by Bryan Gustafson who was presenting several ideas on lures on his Facebook page. It is one of the few tournaments that will have run […]
It was a decent long weekend for us, provided you survived the crazy winds on Sunday night. We ended up with no power, so it seemed like a dark, long evening. I had some office jobs planned for that evening, so they had to wait. We were entertained by Black […]
What a difference a week makes in this part of the World with regards to the weather. We went from beautiful summer temperatures to wrap up the month of August and a week later we are getting frost warnings, the winds have been blowing hard every day and you can […]
Today’s marketplace is saturated with almost every type of bottled, enveloped or canned sauce imaginable. Homemade sauces, in many households, have taken a “back-seat” to the readymade and quick varieties that seem to fit into our hectic lifestyles. When we think of making sauces from scratch, many people conjure up […]
I have heard from other writers in the last several months, each expressing a sense of stifled imagination, despite having more time to dedicate to their craft, time they would have spent commuting and/or at work outside the home. Worry and changes in their creative patterns have, at times, choked […]
So far I haven’t tested positive for COVID-19 but I am obviously infected. Not with lung or nasal symptoms. But I do have the headache and I have become the grumpiest and most crotchety old goat in the Rainy River District. It seems to me that too many bureaucrats, government […]
