I finished my gift shopping two days before Christmas and on the evening of Dec. 23, I wrapped presents like the dickens. At 9 a.m. on Christmas Eve, I started my holiday baking. But despite my best efforts, only my world-famous butter tarts and homemade chocolate truffles rolled off the […]
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Most times I can sit down at my computer and have no problem writing you a story about life here north of Emo or the current events of the Emo Agricultural Research Station. But I’m still struggling with what I should be doing, saying, or writing. With the sudden loss […]
The holidays are something I look forward to every year for a number of reasons. We get to spend some time with friends and family that we might not get to see a lot of throughout the rest of the year, we generally eat pretty good, and most folks take […]
My mother, who likes to read, was reminiscing Saturday evening about coming to Fort Frances to attend high school. Up until then, her family had lived in Hudson, Ont., where her father was the stationmaster. The library in that community back in the early 1940s was a small bookshelf, and […]
As a result of higher cattle prices, the Beef Farmers of Ontario membership expressed concerns about the compensation fund of the Beef Cattle Financial Protection Program and its ability to protect farmers in a default payment situation. The purpose of the program, established in 1984, is to reduce the risk […]
I admire Willie Nelson. I have loved him from a distance since I was a teenager. I don’t know Willie Nelson; he doesn’t call me at home (an expression my daughters will get). But I love him for the parts of him I have imagined. He shares my birthday so […]
Obviously, everyone has goals. Things they want to accomplish in their lifetime and things they want to accomplish today or next week. But as we live, sometimes our goals become more refined—or even change completely. Take me, for instance. I had my whole life planned at age four. I was […]
I debated heavily on writing a “Moos” this week, but then remembered how much Nanny waited for Thursday as it was delivery day of “The Big Paper!” It wasn’t that she longed to read the “Moos” but the “big paper” was her source of current local news and events that […]
In two days’ time, we will be into a new year. Having browsed “Facebook,” the thread line of messages being put out by friends is one of hope and well-being for the coming year. The district is prospering with construction of a new gold mine. Meanwhile, new MP Don Rusnak […]
The closing of the year is when many of us look back and take stock of what happened in 2015. The media make lists of the best movies of the year, best songs, most interesting people, and so on. Maybe we should make our own lists for 2015: happiest moment, […]
As we embark on the new year, we all make resolutions or set new goals that will make the upcoming year better than the last. If you’re reading my column, you likely enjoy the outdoors in some form or another, so this week I’m going to give you some ideas […]
“What if I choose not to believe?” It’s a line from one of my favourite movies of the holiday season, “The Santa Clause.” I’ve always believed in the power of mystery and magic, and the older I get, the more I understand that my attitude towards everything really is everything. […]
