Sunday morning with rain, as predicted. Tomorrow, heavy rain. Most of the leaves are down and all we need now is a few dry days. Enough to f...

Wed. and raining, the second in five predicted rainy days. An assistance the trees need to rid themselves from leaves. Have you heard leaves...

The chesterfield was faded, old, dumpy and now discarded. After faitfully serving for years, it now sat on the curb waiting for garbage pick...

Dearly departed, we have gathered here to say farewell to our dear brother John, who has passed on through the light. As a human, he had wea...

When you awake in the morning, you have no idea where this day may take you. You assume it will start with a coffee, breakfast and the newsp...

Here it is Tuesdaay and the temp. is 10C/50F. There is no wind so it is fairly nice out. Had to do some chores this morning. Go to the bank,...

Conversation this morning: Jack: "I'm cooking bacon." Betty: "Not too much." Jack : "I'm cooking the...

Yesterday was 'Thanksgiving' and today is a holiday. Like our American neighbours, we have the Thanksgiving Turkey tradition. But in...

Over crowded prisons. We usually associate this problem with the U.S. So it comes as bit of a smackdown that we are prone to the same proble...

At one time hospitals were places you went when you got sick. It was filled with patients and medical staff. But now a hospital is not worth...

Street hockey. Every summer you can expect this subject to be in the pages of our newspaper. And judging from the articles, it certainly app...

Sometimes with a political system, you have to grab it by the tail and give it a little shake. Just like a mat, it may be full of dustballs....

While I was doing my walk yesterday, I noticed a caterpillar rushing down the sidewalk. I knew he was rushing because he kept tripping over ...

♫ Yipee aye ki ya ♫ Git along little dogie ♫ I want to get back for that big plate of beans. ♫ As often as not, beans remind me of cowboys,...

I suppose that you are with me thinking that this generation is the most tech savvy so far. That's what I thought until I read this arti...

Saw this headline last week. "Latest hurricane to touch down in Halifax." OMG I thought. Well I didn't really think OMG, I tho...

The Afghan election. Counting takes awhile and the possibility that results will be in this year are good. If you have paid any attention at...

There'a a story in every bottle, a conversation in every glass. This is a sentence that makes you go warm and fuzzy all over. Or is it a...

Went for my two mile walk this morning. In and around sub-divisions, you make mental notes about what you see. We have a school at one end o...

Do you have a financial adviser? Those scallywags. I have heard they are people who tell you how to spend your own money. Now my experience ...