Sometime after 4 in the morning on Monday, I became aware of a grader rumbling by my house. Sometime later, the sound of the sidewalk plow made an impression on me. When I finally was ready to go out shortly after 6:30 a.m., I was not wrong. Both had been […]
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Although I’m thankful that the minus-50 temperatures have left us (for now), I’m not overly happy about the snow and wind. Now that I’m making multiple trips out to the barn, trudging through the snow isn’t that fun. My dad will come over with his trusty snowplow and fix that […]
There are those who dedicate their lives to the study of one thing: stars, insects, migration paths of the Monarch butterfly, the fatality rate of those who insist on texting while driving, or whether the toilet paper be fed from the top or the bottom. I think you probably know […]
It’s the start of a new chapter in my fishing career down in Florida this week with the first Bassmaster Elite Series event of 2019 taking place at the St. John’s River. After six seasons fishing the FLW Tour, I have changed things up this year and will fish the […]
Early Sunday morning, the street light at the corner of our yard had a halo around it. And as the sun was rising in the east, it seemed like a fog had descended across the community as I looked out from a second-floor bedroom window. In reality, it was just […]
Last Friday was my mom and dad’s 50th wedding anniversary! I’d say a big accomplishment. For Christmas and their anniversary, we bought them a trip to Nashville as it was something we thought they both would enjoy. While there they attended a game between the Winnipeg Jets and Nashville Predators. […]
I’m not sure poetry can be taught. We can be taught to arrange words together that rhyme, just the same as we can be taught to play the notes we see on a sheet of music, but that is not the same as creating magic. I think writing poetry is […]
In preparation for the upcoming start of the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament season next week at the St. Johns River in Florida, my fiancée, Shelby, and I decided we had experienced enough of the cold weather in Northwestern Ontario and so we hit the road last week and got down […]
By now I’m sure you have heard of the keto diet–or at least have heard the term “keto.” But what is it and, more importantly, does it live up to all the attention it is getting? I am not one for diets, as I prefer to eat a healthy and […]
The Arctic deep freeze that has camped out over much of Canada over the past week is pretty standard for January, especially here in Northwestern Ontario. Enjoying outdoor activities when it’s blistering cold like it has been recently is tough. But if you dress properly, you still can have some […]
My hands are sore today (Monday) as I spent the weekend in my wood shop beginning a new project which is made almost entirely of red oak. Beginning Saturday, on the coldest day of the year, I began planing the four oak boards and two ash boards to thickness. My […]
I regularly bemoan January’s negative qualities and whine about January to anyone who will listen. How January pulls my shoulders to my ears, my chin to my chest, and hunches my shoulders as I hurry in with wood and hurry “Gracie” as we walk–not to mention how difficult the struggle […]
