It was a great weekend to get outside and enjoy some sunshine. Although I spent a lot of Saturday filling up hay feeders, it was still enjoyable to be outside. Sunday was great. I went for a snowmobile ride and for the first time in my 50 years, I made […]
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I was reading about a play performed in Toronto at the moment of my writing this, a play written by Ahmad Meree, a Syrian refugee who found his way to Canada in 2016. The play is performed in Ahmad’s native language of Arabic with English subtitles screened along the top […]
Robin McCormick
The Emo Legion Branch 99 is hosting a Daytona 500 event this Sunday, Feb. 16 at the Legion. Come out and enjoy the famous Daytona race on a big screen TV. Doors open at 2 p.m. with the race starting at 2:30 p.m. The bar and kitchen will both be […]
After a couple weeks of having fun down here in Florida, it’s time to get serious this week as the 2020 Bassmaster Elite Series kicks off on the St. John’s River. It feels pretty good to be back in a boat, I can tell you that. Fishing in Florida is […]
I love oatmeal. It speaks to childhood and grandparents and all manner of remembering. I had oatmeal this very morning for breakfast. It’s a happy start to my day. This wasn’t so much a bowl of oatmeal; the method of cooking differed slightly. Instead of boiling it on the stove, […]
My cows are moved home and into the calving yard. We are 10 days from the official due date. My biggest worry right now is the fact the wet fall didn’t allow for the work to be completed to level off the yard. There are some humps and bumps and […]
Have you noticed? It snowed. . . lots! Space around the debating table at the Bakery in Rainy River was at a premium. The last ones in were the various snow removal enthusiasts. Spiker had taken a day off from his semi-permanent task of tow truck rescues to insure his […]
According to the American Heritage Dictionary the phrase “waste not, want not” was first recorded in 1772, but was derived from an earlier version: “wilful waste makes woeful want” recorded in 1576. In today’s world of credit cards, debit cards, and lines of credit, these terms take on a whole […]
I listened quietly in the background on Saturday afternoon as two different parents debated the value of flu vaccines. Apparently one woman’s husband had come down with the flu and had become quite sick. Fearing the worst, she took herself and two children to a pharmacy, hoping that the flu […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
The Emo Legion Branch 99 will be hosting “Country Rewind.” It’s an evening of performed singing and playing instruments. This Karaoke style event has several performers from the district and also some travelling from Atikokan to perform. This enjoyable evening takes place Saturday, Feb. 8 beginning at 7 p.m. The […]
I was reading, the other day, about Mary Wollstonecraft, a British novelist. She was considered radical in her time, leading the way in what we would later call feminism, but her views at that time had no title other than madness. “I do not wish [women] to have power over […]
As anglers we all have bucket list places where we would love to go fishing. Heck, I have several. Salmon fishing in Alaska, lake trout on Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, maybe peacock bass fishing in Brazil. This past weekend my wife Shelby and I had the opportunity […]
