When I was a kid on the prairie farm, adventure arrived on the ice-clad wings of every winter…
Columns
Changing for the sake of change
As a normal result of getting older, almost any comment about change in society sends me spinning…
Great adventures never cease
Michael J. McManus, newspaper columnist and radio commentator, claims that adventure is a key…
Of time travel – and carrots
When spring arrives and I begin thinking of outdoor activities, my mind usually races outside ahead…
Life is great when my computer works
When my computer works, I get email letters from around the world, often exchanging messages within…
Beware: here comes the Kindle
I clearly remember the first time I saw television. I stood at the window of a radio shop watching…
A culture of mistrust
Few would deny that weak and opportunistic politicians have become a dominant feature of our…
Giant trees
A couple of months and perhaps two more Wednesdays ago, I received a call from a Mennonite chap who…
Spider time
Just outside our kitchen window, in the upper right hand corner, a giant creepy crawly spider has…
Fall trees
Though fall is the time of year that most think of trees for their changing colour, and…
Empty talk
There has been a great deal of empty talk and wishful thinking about the “huge”…
A changing profile
This is the make or break season for retailers. The final quarter of the year usually accounts for…
Seeds
About a month previous to Christmas we received our first seed catalogue, but it is only recently…
Misleading 1894 personal ad was costly to Elora man
“Personal – Widower, over 60, without family, with moderate means and education,…
Brother of railway mogul from area lived quietly in Fergus
The career of James J. Hill, the noted railway mogul who was born in Eramosa Township, has…