For almost five years now, a newspaper clipping has clung, scotch-taped, to the dusty wall that…
Bits and Pieces
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…
Food for thought
Though long late by the time this is published, and too late coming to me for encouraging…