By now, I expect to talk to machines on the telephone, and I’m pretty good at making little speeches at them. Sprightly voices answer, “We’re unavailable right now but leave a message and we’ll get back with you as soon as possible. Have a good day!” Other no-nonsense voices begin […]
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Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
We have a new old government for our province. What does it mean for the Northwest? First, Premier Mike Harris will take his victory as a mandate to stay the course he’s been on. Before the election, I heard any number of people say they think what he is doing […]
On the surface, at least, that shouldn’t be a big surprise. In last Thursday’s provincial election, the Ontario NDP under Howie’s leadership took just 14 percent of the popular vote while winning only nine seats–three short of official party status–in the 103-seat legislature (8.7 percent) Four years ago, even as […]
Thank goodness it’s over–the election, that is. Now we can get back to more serious and honest items, like cutting the grass. But, of course, no election is complete with out some post-election analysis. At the Café in Hooterville, the morning after the election, more political experts were gathered around […]
Hendon, Pa. (1998)–11 young people in their early teens and early 20s, all friends, headed to a cabin in the mountains. By daybreak Sunday, all of them were dead, caught in their beds by a swift fire. Toronto, Ont. (Fall of 1998)–an elderly man died from burns after he fell […]
There are many beautiful flowers in the spring. Some are brilliant and flamboyant, some are soft and delicate, and some have special meanings in our lives. We all love to see flowers blooming in the spring. In this part of the world, it means we can put away the snow […]
By Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
Gerald Celente doesn’t think much of the future our media paint for us. He says they “suffer from millennium myopia.” Celente is director of the Trends Research Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He warns that most predictions rehash the recent past and extend present events and patterns. The resulting “future scenario” […]
By Sam Anderson
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Outdoors Pro-Mo
During the spring, Lindy rigs are one of my preferred methods of presentation. Sure, you can still take old marble eyes on jigs–and crankbaits will produce big results in some conditions–but much of the time, Lindy rigs will fool fish when nothing else will. Lindy rigs are effective for several […]
This month, I’m planning to make a bundle of money! Money that has nothing to do with my regular sources of livelihood. I just learned about the possibility last week in an article in Bottom Line Tomorrow. Julie Morgenstern is the latest guru of organization, and I’m always a pushover […]
Ahh summer! The sun pokes its head up so early and stays so late in the evening one has no trouble at all putting in a full day without the benefit of electric lights. Down in Emu–home of some really strange birds–Smitty was taking advantage of the free light to […]
Summer is one of the best times to consistently catch walleyes. Distinct patterns are much easier to set because the lake has settled, and the fish are schooled and making predictable movements. The water temperatures of summer increase the walleye’s metabolism and those fish are feeding more often and more […]
By Norb Wallock
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Outdoors Pro-Mo
How many walleye anglers out there have sat through countless seminars and watched TV programs where others have told us that when we fish for walleyes we have to fish them very slowly? Sometimes it is necessary to fish very slowly for walleyes, especially when they’re inactive. But there are […]
