After spending a few weeks in south Florida, it was back to reality (and winter) for me this past week. Other than the foot of snow that had piled up in my driveway, it was nice to be home. Although this winter has been long, with no end in sight, […]
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There wasn’t a dry eye in our household when we watched the Dufour-Lapointe sisters receive their gold and silver medals as the Canadian flags rose above their heads. On Saturday, we watched how excited 19-year-old Justine was when she nudged out her sister, Chloe, to capture the gold. And when […]
“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.” The late great Duke Ellington had the right idea. Sadly, I can pout with the best of them, but I cannot read, write, nor play a lick of music. When I pout, all my energy goes into […]
Last week, my time away from the riding was spent working on two very different issues: the proposed new undemocratic elections law that was hastily introduced by the Conservative government and the future development of the “Ring of Fire.” At the start of the week, the Conservative government of Stephen […]
I was a farm kid, content with my own company and the company of my siblings. But play often was solitary—building secret hideouts in the haymow, or finding the perfect tree for a fort and then lugging lumber to build something in the tree using more nails than I could […]
Here at “The Beach,” we are preparing for the invasion of the Spring Breakers. The first to arrive will be those hearty souls from Canada that get their “reading week” in mid-February. A mid-term break to allow the brain to expand and condition itself for the heavy load ahead on […]
The 2014 FLW Tour kicked off last weekend down at Lake Okeechobee in Florida. After spending the past few weeks in Florida, essentially preparing for this event, my results in the tournament ended up being quite disappointing. My three-day practice for this tournament went okay but not great. I did […]
Last Tuesday, my calendar saying was “Life is so good!” Yes! Life is good! Very good . . . and beautiful . . . and wonderful—and I love it! I also believe in the importance of positive affirmations, such as “Life is so good!” But then, a very important friend […]
Today (Monday) was the official due date for my cows to start calving but I’m hoping they hold off for a couple more days since it looks like the temperatures might be a bit more tolerable. I’ve been getting up every few hours in the night since Feb. 1—just in […]
Growth is important. My son was 19-and-a-half inches long when he was born—a very appropriate size for a newborn. But he had to grow! He grew to be six feet tall. Then he stopped growing and that was good! What if he had gone on–seven feet, eight feet, nine feet. […]
Funny how minus-20 and minus-25 feels warm compared to minus-40 and minus-50! No complaints but I will take some warmer days and nights! I notice the cows mostly sleep on warmer nights. But when it was cold, they seemed to be up eating—trying to stay warm and likely keep their […]
The Stupor Bowl—that pretty well wraps it up. There were some entertaining commercials, enthusiastic fans, and even a decent half-time show—sans a costume malfunction. The colour commentary, as usual, was pretty inane. Too bad there wasn’t a football game to go with it all. Like most, I was mystified at […]
