I love all kinds of pickles–sweet dill pickles, pickled beets, gherkins, capers, pickled eggs, pickled cauliflower, green tomato pickles, bread and butter pickles, “stackers,” and especially my mother’s homemade pickles. According to legend, pickles have been spicing up otherwise bland meals for more than 4,000 years, when the people of […]
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It seems as though our warm, wet days may be behind us! It was a frosty day on Monday but at least with this we see the sun! During the milder weather, the cattle tend to eat less, which is nice on your hay pile. But things will change now. […]
Since I was a little kid, there always has been one day that I look forward to fishing more than any other in the winter and that is Jan. 1—and most ice anglers probably would say the same thing. This is the annual opening day for lake trout season, which […]
I had the ’flu for more than a week leading up to Christmas, which left me flat out for days. I’m not looking for sympathy, though some chicken soup would have been nice. But I suppose you were busy with your Christmas preparations, such as last-minute shopping, trimming the tree, […]
It never crossed my mind how much I would treasure peace and quiet until I looked across the room just now and realized the kitten was fast asleep. Asleep instead of tearing around the house strafing curtains and racing up the back of my reading chair only to launch itself […]
It finally is the end of 2014—a year that most of us would like to forget. The snow piled high and everyone’s snowblower had a long seasonal workout last winter. In fact, the district had one of its highest snowfalls ever recorded. The cold winter began shortly after Remembrance Day […]
Somehow, this Christmas, giving gifts and receiving gifts was more fun than usual. Small gifts and large. Expensive gifts and trifling gifts, as well as gifts from my closet. The least expensive gift I gave was a small bag of sesame sticks. My husband loves them! On the other hand, […]
Last week at this time, I had a visiting dog (I didn’t mention it in my column last week because I was hoping it would find its way back to its owner). I was quite suspicious that it had been dropped off but I wasn’t certain. In the meantime, I […]
Last week, I wrote about my annual late-season moose hunt I take with my friends. Every year I take off for five-seven days and stay in a cabin with my friends. This year, my wife, August, decided she would take her own hunting trip at the same time and hit […]
Roy Avis
From the Mayor's Desk
From the Mayor's Desk
2014 was a year ripe with challenges for our town and citizens. It is encouraging that the year appears to be ending on a high note, with the decision to heat the kraft mill in the interests of asset protection and the production of a heart-warming video by the folks […]
As I sat down to write this column, I wondered to myself if all my electronic gadgets were dumbing me down or making me smarter. The more I have read, the more confused I’ve become. I remember Mrs. Benson, my Grade 1 teacher, having special books for us to practice […]
I’m reading a book about meditating for beginners. It’s an easy read, not causing me a brain cramp trying to decipher the language. The first point the book makes is how we must live with the understanding that everything is constantly changing. The continents are drifting, the winds are shifting, […]
