This past week was our summer vacation. Marnie and I had a “staycation” at our cottage on Rainy Lake. My eldest son, Brendan, arrived from Calgary on the Friday prior to Labour Day and joined us at the cottage with his cousin and new bride and aunt and uncle. Jeff […]
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Bring on the sunshine! There is nothing better than hot, dry fall weather. At this time of the year, there are fewer bugs, the dry heat feels amazing, and you are certain that you will cool off in the evenings–the best season we have (when it is dry!) The soybeans […]
The 19-annual “Bassin’ For Bucks” tournament took place over the weekend in Sioux Narrows. Started way back in 1996 by local bass anglers Chris Bell and Mel Geisbrecht, this event has stood the test of time and is sold-out with a full field of 120 boats year after year. Early […]
For years I’ve lived my life with the help of Louise Hay’s “I Can Do It” calendar. Reading the saying of the day early in the morning gives me courage to go on living well. And one recent saying really has stuck with me. “At the end of each day, […]
Well, here at home we had more than three inches of rain over the holiday weekend. I know it varied throughout the district but the only thing it seems to be good for at home is keeping the lawn growing! Truthfully, it was just starting to get nice again in […]
What has happened to Stephen Harper’s commitment to build seven Arctic icebreakers back in 2007? Why, in 2015, are we still waiting for just one Polar-class icebreaker to be ready for work in 2021? The whole plan keeps being deferred as the need for more study in Ottawa continues to […]
I had a conversation with my neighbour the other day. Colton Banks. He lives next door. Colton is four. He is starting school so he has a lot of things on his mind. He used to be too shy to talk to me so instead he hovered, playing some sort […]
After the great weather we’ve had over the past week here in Sunset Country, it’s tough to even begin thinking about the upcoming hunting season. However, we all know that a change in the weather is coming soon and before long, some of us will be hanging up the fishing […]
The dictionary defines “dummy” as an unintelligent or naive person. In spite of that definition, I don’t mind being called “dummy” when my partner takes the bid at a bridge party. Otherwise, calling me a dummy would be a huge insult. But apparently, judging by their reading tastes, there are […]
Step right up and place your bets. A fitting opening to my almost annual column predicting the outcome of this year’s NFL season, which begins tomorrow night when the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots host the Pittsburgh Steelers. Billions upon billions of dollars are bet every year on professional […]
The 11th-annual International Falls Bass Championship took place this past weekend and it was the father-son team of Travis and Jace Peterson who bested the full 60-team field after two days of fishing on the Rainy River and the U.S. side of Rainy Lake. Since the second year of this […]
The last sunset of August hovers on the horizon as I write this. If you really want to know how fast time flies, watch the sun set. In the time it takes to realize how beautiful the purple-hued light is, reach for the camera, and turn back to the beauty, […]
