As I was writing my “Moos” column last week, my favorite cow (“Daisee”) was calving. I actually didn’t even know, but I had her in the barn since I did think she would be my next one. So in the hour-and-a-half between morning chores and my next check, she had […]
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First of all, let me begin with the most important lesson I’ve learned in the last week—courtesy of my first session in grief recovery at Riverside Counselling Services. My brain isn’t broken; my heart is broken. This means I cannot fix my heart with my head. This means my grief […]
I was thinking about making cookies the other night. Oh no, not for me. Certainly not. These cookies would be for my daughters away at school—a treat, a reminder that they are loved, while they are buried in the tests and assignments and uncertainty that life flings at them as […]
American showman P.T. Barnum is credited with saying “there’s a sucker born every minute.” Although it’s never been proven that he actually uttered those famous words, to me it widely describes the annual hype job that is the NHL trade deadline, especially in recent years. Each February, it seems television […]
We finally are getting closer to that part of the winter that we all look forward to: the end. Don’t get me wrong, I love to ice fish. I just like to fish out of a boat even more. With the arrival of March, the end is in sight–the days […]
Lorraine Norris (Mattson), 85, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 with family by her side after a brief illness. Lorraine was born May 24, 1926 in Shaunavon, Sask. to Esther (Ottavainen) and Hugo Mattson. Lorraine married Jimmy Keith Norris on Sept. 14, 1947 in […]
Whether or not you agreed with local MP John Rafferty’s decision last week to again vote with the Conservative government to abolish the long-gun registry, his move exposed the thorny dilemma when a political party’s platform clashes with the wishes of the majority of constituents. To Mr. Rafferty’s credit, he […]
I had homework to do this week that included reading three chapters of a book on grief and how to move beyond loss. I’m not supposed to go further in the book until I’m instructed to do so, nor am I supposed to use it to teach anyone else—and I […]
