It came, through the magic of email, from someone who has reason to be deeply concerned. It stems…
Bits and Pieces
Kitchen gardens I
If your seed catalogue has not already arrived, now is the time that you get on the phone and ask…
Harassment
I was back up to my son’s family farm this past week for several days, and being an early…
Birthdays
Believe it or not, by the time this column reaches you I will be fast approaching another birthday.…
Changing times
The following letter, originally submitted by a concerned citizen, has been forwarded to me from…
Painting
Lately I have been busy painting. I’m staining the exterior of the so-called chicken house,…
Fall colours
Yesterday, to the day of this writing, I had the pleasure of a visit from my sister Shirley. She…
Bitchy
I don’t know whether it’s the creeping up of age that is making me a little…
Green green
Green, green, beautiful green – I love the many colours of green in the spring. It seems that…
Gold laced cochins I
It sounded to me like some person choking. I had just walked up to open the door to enter the…
Winter wonderland
With the longer hours of daylight, springtime no longer seems so far away. In a younger year, I…
Common sense
The full-faced moon was coming up and the red ball of sun was going down as I rose from watching…
Wayside thoughts
Not often do I steal words from a country and western song, but fact is fact: “I have nothing…
Rethinking thoughts
After 80 summers, one sees life in hindsight, often sauntering through the sub-cellars of the mind,…
Rich man, poor man
Because of the length of time that I have scribbled my thoughts for the Advertiser, I now get ample…