Often I’ve been asked for a copy of a long-ago article that was written about something or…
Bits and Pieces
Resident rooster
I‘m quite sure that, in the four score years that I have been hanging around, I could count…
Winter is coming
I was sitting comfortably on my butt a couple of days ago, in a comfy lean-back chair, out back of…
One day closer
Even though Wiarton Willy, the white woolly ground hog weather predictor’s sleepy eyes, did…
Three strikes, out!
This winter’s white stuff came down in unlimited drifts, and this spring’s clouds of…
Barbecues
Well folks! We done gone went and done did it. Yes we did. I’ve wanted to do this ever since…
Frankly, my dear
The last four days of December were pleasant days for me. Each day was greeted by an early morning…
The osprey are back
It used to be the return of the robin that signified spring to me, but now it’s the return of…
Widowmakers
This past week, we had a strong wind that brought with it heavy thundershowers. I like…
Living and learning
What I knew about llamas when I entered the barn, after a three-day holiday away from the farm, I…
Leap year
“Thirty days have September, April, June and November; all the rest have 31 except February…
Bonnie and Bell
Never before have I been so pleased with any animal than I have been with Bonnie and Bell, our two…
Birthdays
Recently I had a birthday. It was brought to my attention by a Happy-Birthday phone call from a…
Good news
Not often do we get exceptionally good news from the bird world. But times are changing and…
Dawg
I don’t think there is a reader, within the hinterlands of the Wellington Advertiser’s…