Day by day the long, cold winter has parted. I don’t remember a winter that in my mind has…
Opinion
Chocolate thrills
Talk about the Easter Bunny and the temptation of chocolate treats everywhere I go has given me a…
Superior facts
Here are some little-known, amazing facts that most of us never realize, sent to me through the…
Sensitive consumers resist changes to corporate logos
For a surprising number of people, worrying about company logos is on the consumers’ agenda.…
Short lessons
I apologize to all the people in the grocery store last Tuesday night who witnessed the…
Canadas 4Fs help to keep us economically safe
In the Unites States at armed forces’ induction stations, those deemed medically unfit to…
Barn owls
This past week has been a rather interesting one for me. Apart from the interrupting interaction of…
Garlic
It’s not apple blossom time in Annapolis Valley, that is for sure, but it is garlic planting…
Great answers
With the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month fast approaching, having had two older…
Peacocks
“Once I went a pickin’ peas, I thought I heard a peacock sneeze. He sneezed so hard…
January 2012
Christmas comes and Christmas goes and the New Year is now upon us. It happens each and every year…
Group of Guelph youths involved in 1920s crime spree
Many people bemoan that crimes perpetrated by young people seem to be increasing. In truth,…
My roadkill hat
Not too many of my readers will know the history of my ever-present signature visor. The story is…
Original owner of Pike Lake faced many challenges
Pike Lake, in the upper part of Minto Township, is not known to many of the residents of Wellington…
A room with a view
Ladies and gentlemen, let the record show that there is nothing, absolutely nothing sexier than a…