Tailing the last days of October, the weather showed up unbelievably warm. It was reminiscent of…
Bits and Pieces
Tales out of school
It was late in the evening, about 9:30, on a Thursday, when my cell phone rang. I answered with my…
May 24th
The 24th of May is the Queen’s birthday; if we don’t get a holiday, we’ll all run…
Pine Siskin
Pine siskins (Spinus pinus) don’t often appear in urban gardens, so I was a little bit…
Country music
I’m back to listening to country music again. In my younger days, eons and eons ago, it was…
Bat house workshop
This past Saturday, as you all will now know, I was away almost all of the day. I was dragged…
Fall is here
I like the fall weather. The only season I like better than the fall is spring, followed closely by…
Hiding
Lately, folks, I’ve been getting quite a number of e-mails, and phone calls; some from folks…
Orica I
I’ve never met a man that I didn’t try to learn to like, but there are times when pity,…
Equality
Nowhere but in Canada has the word equality been more used, more abused, more misunderstood and…
Still missing her
The third year is now slowly passing, Since pallbearers carried her to the grave. But her memory…
Mad house
My house is a mad house. There is no getting around the fact that it looks like someone has gone…
Aberfoyle
Aberfoyle is a place that I have done gone went and not even been through for so many years that I…
Candy
It is Christmas time, I know, and many of your homes will be flowing with the sweets we all…
New arrivals
From cold, cold to warm, warm, the weather switched almost overnight. It was from heavy jackets and…