’Tis the season, isn’t it? The season of joy, no matter our stand on faith and religion. It is the season of hoping and smiling, and the season of imagining. It is the season of lights and parades and cookies and bad eating habits (especially if we happen to be […]
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“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. I have, of course, mailed letters to Santa for my children when they were small and I’ve […]
Talk about crazy weather. It was Dec. 15 on Monday yet it looked like April. It is very wet, slippery, and messy, and personally I’d prefer it a bit cooler and less damp. I know it seems like we are never happy but this is crazy. My almost step-kid is […]
Dear Santa: I am writing this letter on behalf of many important people who probably would like to believe in you but somehow feel it below their dignity to write. Our premier, Kathleen Wynne, has had a lot of grief since taking over leadership of the Liberal Party of Ontario. […]
The big game hunting season in Northwestern Ontario wrapped up Monday (Dec. 15). As has been a tradition for a group of my friends and I for the past several years, we headed north to the Red Lake area to spend the last week of the season moose hunting. Typically, […]
As a child, I believed in Santa Claus. How could I not believe! Every Christmas, Santa gave me wonderful gifts–gifts any little girl would love. Dolls with real hair, baby dolls, a Flossy Flirt doll, a wicker doll carriage, and paper dolls (a three-foot Shirley Temple and the Dionne quintuplets […]
This week’s column will be my last one for 2014, so it seems only fitting to provide a recap of the some of the main stories and issues of the year. •Veterans’ office closure On Friday, Jan. 31, the Veterans’ Affairs office in Thunder Bay fell victim to the Harper […]
In the summer when I fly to Toronto or Calgary, on a clear day I can look out the airplane window and marvel at the patchwork quilt of crops below me. I have flown to Calgary and, looking down, have marveled at the brilliant yellow canola plants right up next […]
Breaking points. We all have them. And sometimes these breaking points come at times that seem slightly strange, hardly warranted, but it is the accumulated affect usually—the last straw so to speak. I witnessed someone hit that wall during my Christmas shopping (not on my top 10 list of favourite […]
As I watched the thing jettison across my kitchen floor and catapult into the spare room, it reminded me of the “Tasmanian Devil” of the “Looney Tunes” cartoon series I used to watch on television when I was 12 years old. Then the fur ball ricocheted back into the kitchen, […]
“Practice makes perfect.” That’s what your mother said when it was time to sit down at the piano. And what your father said when you first learned to bat a ball. Although they probably didn’t know it, your parents were quoting an old proverb dating back more than 2,000 years. […]
The Emo Agricultural Research Station will be closing for the season this week. I finally finished all my data and took it off to be copied. The reports will be available from me or Emo Feed this week. I encourage everyone to ask questions about the trials since time always […]
