I originally wrote this in 2007. It is worth a reprint. Some of our most vivid memories are of childhood events. We old codgers may not be able to remember what we had for breakfast, but can recall every detail of our first Christmas concert. At my first, I was […]
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In this edition of the Fort Frances Times, we will publish the “Message of Glad Tidings” taken from the New Testament Book of Luke, Chapter 2 verses 8-11. Published for the 80th time with this Christmas edition, it is a tradition that was begun by my grandfather and his partner […]
What do you want for Christmas? We all have asked that question, and have been asked it. I always come up with a blank. Socks, underwear, fresh tea towels. I just shake my head—coming up with nothing much. I remember wanting a Wonderful Wendy doll, from the Eaton’s catalogue, when […]
When August and I got married back in September, we felt like we wanted to wait until winter set in to take our honeymoon. We wanted to go somewhere warm, and get a little break from the deep freeze we get for four months, rather than travel during the short […]
What does Christmas mean to me? It means joyfully witnessing the tornado that is the unwrapping of gifts by my grandchildren, who annually justify my belief that spending 10 minutes to wrap a gift in picture-perfect style is pointless when it takes children what seems like one-10th of a second […]
I’ve never been one to wake up on a Monday morning and lament that it is, indeed, Monday. I never figured there was much point in that. I suppose it’s my “glass half-full” mentality. I also would rather be caught eating a whole chocolate cake by myself than actually look […]
I finally have copies of the Emo Agricultural Research Station reports available! I did leave multiple copies at Emo Feed, so you can pick one up there or let me know and I can be sure to get you one. Keep in mind that we already are planning next season, […]
I can hardly believe how quickly 2013 has come full circle and we are once again bustling around to finish our shopping in preparation for Christmas festivities. Like most people, I feel particularly grateful for the love and support of my family and friends at this time of year, and […]
For several years now, my friends and I have travelled north to Red Lake to moose hunt for the last week of the season, which always wraps up on Dec. 15 across Northwestern Ontario. We went again last week despite the very cold temperatures that swept across the region. The […]
Sometimes success creates failure. Here in Fort Frances, as more people have turned to filling blue boxes, the volume of garbage at the landfill site declined. Revenue, in turn, declined. In order to maintain the site, Fort Frances has had to increase tipping fees. The success of the blue box […]
Since this is one of my two final columns for 2013, I would like offer a bit of a recap of the last year. I say this despite the fact that several important issues developed this past week. So before getting into the year in review, I want you to […]
They said she had “no talent.” And the attractive 15-year-old must have been crushed. Since a young child, she had been star-struck. But growing up poor, she had little opportunity to try out her chosen career. Then, when she was in her early teens, her widowed mother scraped together enough […]
