I now believe what the weather forecasters have been nattering about when reporting the weather,…
Bits and Pieces
British Home Children
For almost five years now, a newspaper clipping has clung, scotch-taped, to the dusty wall that…
Never too old
Hey! Hey! Hey! You’re not going to believe this, but you are never too old to learn. I got…
Frosty Friday
I slept in the other morning. When I awoke, the sun was shining at about nine o’clock high.…
Is 80 old?
Prior to a weekend just past, a phone call came from a neighbour who lives a couple of country…
Discrimination
I finally got around to cleaning up my living room coffee table the other day. It was piled high…
Smile pile
Periodically, when I’m a little busy, when time runs out, and a deadline lurks, my thinker…
Early fall
Fall has come early this year. The not so warm days of mid August, and the sharp drop in…
Shopping
I do very little shopping; I don’t need to. I have very few wants or needs. But I do eat; it…
Environment
Have you hugged a tree today? Well maybe you should. The thought struck me the other day as I sat…
Water and air
In a younger year, preteen and beyond, I was exceptionally fortunate in having a chance extended…
Magic moments
Recently I have been scooting here and there, all over the countryside, doing many little things…
The barn dance
It was a brand new, Mennonite-constructed two storey barn with second floor dormers and an…
Betwixt and between
Because I am in the middle of moving from urban to rural, with the distance consuming a great part…
Old farmer’s advice
Ever since I moved to the corner farm with the rural route address in the hilly outback of…