Aided by the humour added periodically to my chuckle bucket, through idle hours and the magic of…
Columns
Early spring
Spring came early within the four thick stone walls that are part and parcel of the urban …
Iggily Spiggily
You might experience a double take and wonder why I have picked such a fickle unfitting title…
Early Easter facts
Just so you know why Easter was early this year. Easter is always the first Sunday after the first…
Mother’s Day
Seeing as I am suffering an attack of lazyitis, and a deadline is hovering over my head, I have…
Dickering around
Recently I have been a little more than just busy. I have found myself with what seems to be about…
Butterfly Gardens
They’re flitting back and forth across my back garden as though they own the place. And when…
Hijacking the great American dream
Back in the days of my childhood and youth we made a number of trips to and from the west. Back…
Stupid things businesses do
Companies act just like individuals. They all have personalties, no doubt a reflection of the…
Fergus’ Beecher Parkhouse a memorable character
Our local history is littered with people who had few if any redeeming virtues. I’m glad I…
A new focus
Few would dispute that Canada’s neglect of the North has been shameful. Aside from Prime…
Voting with ballots or with bullets
With the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States, a disturbing question has…
India: a world of contradiction
The recent terrorist attack on India took me back to my first visit to that country 15 years ago.…
Major drought of 1864 resulted in many major fires
Weather historians state that dry, hot summers have become more common in recent years, but the…
Deregulation nonsense
Widespread, financial turmoil dominated the recent presidential election in the United States.…