Do you have a suspicion that manufacturers of all sort of products are spying on you? You could be right. Every time you get on the net, almost immediately your inbox is flooded with the most inane information toting products you simply “could not live without.” Maybe it’s time we […]
Jack Elliott – Squirrel Pie
Ziggy was moving kind of slow the other morning as he limped up to the Debating Table at the Bakery in Rainy River. “Haven’t got that new hip scheduled yet?” I inquired as we all held out our cups for a refill. Ziggy obliged and the put on another pot […]
The parade of ice fishing shacks made their way off the river last week in a solemn procession. They were in various stages of deconstruction dependent on how badly they were frozen in prior to the trek. But this is not the end of the ice fishing season. With some […]
There is never a shortage of lies…er I mean fishing information at the Debating Table in the Bakery in Rainy River. Even the restricted attendance due to the pandemic cannot restrict the free flow of information on this vital topic. With ice-out nearly upon us a review of the winter […]
The dog days of winter are about gone and with the tang of spring in the early morning air the usual crowd at the Bakery down in Drizzle Creek had a visible spring in their step as they headed in for the morning debating session. Everyone was up early and […]
The only thing that has changed in Rainy in the last dozen years is the bakery on the weekend is currently only open Sunday mornings for breakfast. The characters and stories are pretty much the same The group crowded around the debating table Saturday morning at the Bakery in Rainy […]
With Cabin Fever pressing in on me and the deck completely covered in a four foot snow drift, depression is keeping me housebound. Besides the insanity scenes on the streets of Ottawa, at border crossings, and various provincial parliaments is making for entertainment on the tube I can’t rip myself […]
From the archives
Having a bit of coin is something I used to understand. Big Pie up in Rat portage explained it as having enough cash to make a down payment on another piece of equipment without sending his wife Sweet Charlotte into a frenzy about pending financial ruin. Hollerin’ Harold in Emu- […]
With the snow up to my ying yang and above zero temperature only a dim memory, cabin fever is pandemic… forget about Covid. I spent a week in front of the Tube O.D.ing on curling but then I turned on the news and the Convoy protestors sent be directly into […]
It’s just amazing what a surgeon can do. My old carcass was in need of some repair, so decided to invest some time and money in getting it overhauled. What? You say that’s like putting a new set of tires on a rusty old car before you take it to […]
From the archives… a true story The dog was old. Most of us have faced the dilemma, what to do with an old pet as it nears the end of its life. The owners were leaving on an extended vacation. The big old dog simply wasn’t up to the trip […]
After checking on my burgeoning crop of rhubarb forcing its way out of the pots in the basement, I rummaged through my computer hard drive for a suitable contribution to this week’s paper. Although both the Pearl and the Pontoon boat are now gone from my life and my garage, […]
