I was off to Dryden on Saturday to spend the night celebrating Linda Zimmerman’s surprise 40th birthday! Of course, after a lot of good weather it changed on us, and some had troubles getting to Dryden. For those who made it, a great time was had! We celebrated in the […]
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I wake up in darkness. For the third consecutive day the sky is clouded over and in late afternoon, we all will return to darkness. December leading to the winter solstice is a dismal time of year. After the invasion by Hamas and the slaughter of 1400 Jewish children, women […]
Seems it happens every year. This year I decided to solve the issue. I’ve been putting it off for too long but moving into a Senior’s apartment necessitated the move… and it was all the fault of the Pearl of the Orient, my late wife, Norma. I spent a week […]
I partook (an entry on my list of favourite whimsical words) in a community turkey dinner last Sunday, not far from my home. The dinner event has become a holiday tradition for the “Forties” community that is well-supported by local residents and beyond. This small community pulls together, most of […]
Tiger Woods has been a “distant replay” for quite a while now and that’s not really expected to change. He turns 48 this month. To escape being the Distant Replay he now is on these pages, Tiger would have to win his 16th major. His 15th was almost five years […]
In last week’s column I wrote about the first week of the fishing adventure that Bryan Gustafson and I took over to Australia to compete some barramundi tournaments. Barramundi are one of Australia’s most popular fish species and the ABT tournament series were having a run of four events over […]
The Christmas cactus makes a great holiday plant gift and are starting to see it available at local nurseries and floral shops. The Schlumbergera spp. family is not a desert cactus but a species that is found attached to trees in moist woodlands and jungles. The typical forest cacti have […]
Well, I am close to finishing my outside light display! I have something in mind that I would like to make for the barn, but it might be an all-winter project. I didn’t work on it full time this weekend as I wanted to check out Emo Holly Days and […]
I will admit right off the bat that I am a diabetic. I will also admit that I began controlling my diabetes by watching and controlling what I ate. However, as time went by, I became dependent on oral medicine and then was transferred to insulin and trying to control […]
The annual LaVallee Community Christmas Party and Fun Day takes place Dec. 17 at the Devlin Hall. The event starts at 3:30 p.m. with a supper being served at 5 p.m. Ham and turkey will be provided and those attending are asked to bring a hot dish, salad or dessert. […]
A Squirrel Pie throwback from 2009
As we head into another winter, I am reminiscing on the many winters that my late wife Norma, The Pearl of the Orient and I spent in the sunny South. Around the Debating Table at the Bakery in Rainy River a collection of long faces is bemoaning the lack of […]
It’s safe to say the first time I went to Winter Meetings — yes, it’s capitalized — as baseball’s newsmaker that bridges the World Series and spring training, it was a far cry from next week’s annual gathering in Nashville. There was no mystery then about whether the Toronto Blue […]
