When my dad found a smashed tomato in the bottom of his fishing boat, I knew my latest war with the red squirrel would go public. I was helping Dad winterize the boat and everything was just fine until he held up that oozing remnant of tomato and said, “How […]
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“Indian summer”: a period of unusually dry, warm weather occurring in late autumn in the northern hemisphere. Growing up in northern New York state, I don’t remember anyone talking about Indian summer. Maybe I was just unaware. Later, as a young pastor’s wife, I lived across the continent in Edmonton, […]
Although I treasure a patient, intentional path in my life’s journey, I’m reminded that sometimes I am an anomaly to that virtue. Sometimes I fly by the seat of my pants when it comes to my mood. Granted, I made the choice to ingest far more caffeine than I usually […]
The weather certainly has improved for many of the fall jobs district farmers are trying to complete. At the Emo Agricultural Research Station, we finally finished combining. Unfortunately, the soybeans were the lowest yields I’ve ever seen at EARS and the seed was small and varied in size. It also […]
An old friend explained to me that growing up in Fort Frances was the most fortunate thing that happened to him in his education. I hadn’t given much thought to growing up in a rural area of Ontario before. But in his telling of the things we learn in our […]
I used to be athletic, or reasonably so. I played volleyball in high school, though my time was spent more as a bench-warmer than an admired spiker. I’m tempted to blame it on the fact that I was vertically-challenged (and still am), but I’m not sure that would be completely […]
Last Saturday was a good day for me. In fact, the whole weekend was filled with good days, actually splendid days, as we celebrated a 40-year tradition of Fall Festivals at Bethel College, where my husband taught for 30 years. It all began with the “Taste of Newton” at 6 […]
This past week, I was proud to help release details of a campaign commitment by Canada’s New Democrats to work with the provinces to create one million new child-care spaces and to limit the cost of these new spaces to $15 per day per child for parents. I was happy […]
Since the bass tournament season ended a few weeks ago, I’ve had the chance to get out on the water on some of the nice days we’ve had of late. The fishing has been good, in general, especially for crappies. There have been a few good outings for walleye and […]
Lisa Kogan doesn’t know how to do algebra and neither do I. As soon as it was acceptable to drop math class in high school, I ran screaming with joy down the hallway to English class. Math remains one of my weakest skills—unless, of course, I’m figuring out how many […]
October is Women’s History Month in Canada. When you Google this topic and read about the women who have changed the lives for other women in Canada, the focus seems to be on business—those CEOs who are women and the measure of their success is in terms of their earnings. […]
I wanted to say I hoped everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend but I know that isn’t so. Tragedy struck Emo once again when a beautiful young girl died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday on the road I travel every day. I only had spoken with her a few times […]
