I am always seeking unusual plant species and varieties. Even with the many two plant species already in my garden, I never stop searching for the rare and unusual to add. Unfortunately, some of those plants always don’t survive my conditions (soil and/or growing zone) but I at least I […]
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Now that it has warmed up, we are getting a bit of snow, but I guess that is usually how it works. Though the thermometer appeared more pleasant on Sunday, the wind ruined the day. I toughed it out and convinced my cows to follow me home and I sorted […]
Canada is grappling with a housing crisis and both senior levels of government are looking for targets to blame and trying to produce instant solutions. On Monday Immigration Minister Mark Miller announced a decision to reduce the number of foreign student work visas for the students attending colleges and universities […]
My Brother-in-law Ralph is a blue eyed arab from the oil patch aka Alberta, and his byline, Crankcase Sludge. He provided the story for this week’s column. Ralph was in the commercial insulation business for a few decades. Hank was the foreman of his insulation crew. His job was to […]
“To sleep, perchance to dream,” so said Hamlet in his “to be or not to be” soliloquy, Act 3 Scene 1, as he pondered on the subject of death. “What dreams may come,” Hamlet asked. I was a child who regularly wrestled with nightmares, as many of us did, long […]
The annual general election meeting for the Emo Legion Branch #99, takes place January 30th. All executive positions are open and members are encouraged to attend. The meeting is at 7 a.m. in the Legion Hall. The Beer and Burger held last Friday night (January 12th.) saw Dale Stamarski and […]
Even I’m not old enough to be able to tell you what a great athlete Red Storey was, even if we were once fellow “inmates” at a Quebec penitentiary (relax, it was for an awards dinner). I am old enough to know that an athlete of his stature, a referee […]
Since I was a teenager, I have had the luxury of always using a flasher on the ice. It’s the most basic form of sonar technology that anglers can get and it’s fantastic for ice fishing. The returns are fast, meaning that you see your bait in real time. They […]
Winter has found us! The crisp air feels good, but the wind isn’t so enjoyable. I was nervous about checking water bowls this morning as I heard the house cracking all night from the cold. I was relieved to find water and not ice. It is more difficult to keep […]
We seldom wonder about electrical power in our homes. We walk into a darkened room and reach for a light switch and the lights go on. We put toast into a toaster in the morning and lower the bread and the heat turns on. But in this cold weather, Canadians […]
A retreat from September 19, 2020. Still haven’t got this iPhone completely figured out. Lose it at least once a week, Broke the screen twice and completely destroyed it after running over it a couple of times. I still answer video calls by placing the phone to my ear…several friends and my kids […]
I recently watched John Bishop, a British comedian of whom I am a fan, in a documentary film entitled Gorilla Adventure recorded in 2015, of his trip to Rwanda to visit the rare and endangered mountain gorillas. Bishop and his hosts, Gorilla Doctors, travelled up the Visoke Volcano, to a […]
