“My lucky life.” That was Andy Rooney’s story title just over a month ago when, at the age of 92, he spoke in his final television essay on “60 Minutes.” And when he died late last week, this “Rooney wanna-be” was very sad, indeed. I guess I expected Andy Rooney […]
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For this week’s column, I would like to thank our men and women in uniform and their families lest we forget their sacrifices. I feel that I’ve always understood and appreciated the sacrifices the men and women of our armed forces have made on our behalf. But since becoming an […]
Recently, I’ve been thinking about happiness–the concept of happiness, what it means to be happy, and my own personal happiness. What does it take for me to be happy? Is happiness a choice or an accident of genes; or is it a mixture of both? What times in my life […]
By all rights, I’m not a very talented person athletically. There’s a reason, after all, that I’m writing about the four major sports instead of playing them, although I did play a year of soccer in high school and I am “somewhat passable” at swinging a golf club. And my […]
By Melanie Mathieson
The Gardening Guru
The Gardening Guru
Walnut is unquestionably one of the finest woods in the world as it finishes beautifully, is easy to work, shrinks and swells less than any other wood, and is durable, which is why our forefathers used it lavishly in homes, barns, and fences. The trees from the hickory and pecans […]
?When I was younger, during my last years of high school and my first few years of university, my friends and I always would fish open water until we couldn’t get a boat in anymore. We even broke ice on occasion to catch walleyes, crappies, pike, and bass. The reality […]
When I was young and out trick-or-treating, there were a dozen homes in the neighbourhood we would make sure to stop at. Mrs. Newman on Second Street always made the very best candy popcorn balls while Mrs. Skinner had the shiniest red candy-coated apples. And there were other mothers in […]
I think elected officials must look out for the interests for their constituents at all times, and that you don’t finish working until the job is done. I’d like to think these two beliefs have come together in a bill I tabled last week: Bill C-338, An Act to Amend […]
Imelda Marcos purportedly had more than 2,700 pairs of shoes during her husband’s leadership of the Philippines. That is, without a doubt, categorically excessive. But when she and her husband were exiled to Hawaii in 1986 and the sheer extreme of her extravagance was revealed, a very small part of […]
This is one of those weeks when I’ve had to apply “Rule 21.” It’s a directive I invented—and one I have to fall back on now and then when it appears I have nothing to write about. It is a flexible rule that varies in regulation and content, depending on […]
“It was an incredible week,” said my daughter last Sunday. “Everything flowed perfectly.” And she was right! For weeks in advance, I had been telling my friends about the impending visit of my husband’s four nieces and their husbands. Most responded positively. But some said, “A whole week!” Implying that […]
By Gary Sliworsky
Ag rep, Emo
Ag rep, Emo
Cow-calf producers have tough decisions to make in choosing which heifers to keep as replacements or for herd expansion. Is it the heaviest heifers at weaning, heifers out of favourite cows, or those out of a particular sire, etc.? Keep in mind getting heifers bred the first year, and re-bred […]
