In a past week, from below the 49th parallel, came an e-mail stating, “Major congratulations…
Bits and Pieces
2011
The year 2011 is already here and we have now gestated half of the first month. Which leads to the…
The Farm Front
Things have been rather exciting on the farm front. The beautiful new barn that replaced the huge…
Groundhog Day
I just can’t quite believe it. Even though the huge tractor-size snowblowers have cleared the…
Inflation
Time flies, leaving me doubting the fact that spring is getting closer only one day at a time. In…
Natural disasters
With the winter weather slacking my outdoor activities, I get a chance to catch up on some of my…
Changing times
The following letter, originally submitted by a concerned citizen, has been forwarded to me from…
Education
Has higher education joined the ranks of the rip-off artists? Are high-cost college and university…
Up, up, up
I have been toying with the 26 letters of the word-forming alphabet for more years than I care to…
Factory farms
Knowing all too well the indirect horrors and brutality attributed to factory farming and its…
Food for thought
Though long late by the time this is published, and too late coming to me for encouraging…
Day by day
Day by day the long, cold winter has parted. I don’t remember a winter that in my mind has…
Blackberries
The schizophrenic sub-zero weather that we were blessed with up here in the hinterlands of Markdale…
Genetically modified foods
Genetically modified foods of any kind, whether they be plant or animal, scare the life right out…
New arrivals
From cold, cold to warm, warm, the weather switched almost overnight. It was from heavy jackets and…