More often than not the most accurate forecasts for the weather are “more of the same.”…
Opinion
Hoar frost
Hoar frost greeted me when I first looked out of my window this past morning. What a beautiful…
Show me the love
In the days leading up to Feb. 14, I heard a retail expert on a talk show pushing the gifts we all…
Fuel sources, illegal alcohol, train tragedy: A few tales from the 1920s
A few weeks ago this column featured several short pieces, none of which was long enough for a full…
Failure
I must admit that I have become a complete failure. With all the ice and snow and long dragged-out…
Union problem
Over the past few years unions in Canada have had little success in organizing non-union companies,…
White-crowned
Each morning as I wander out to check and feed my birds, I am usually greeted by someone or other…
Boys team
Sometimes, I wish I were a man. Today was one of those times. It’s days like this, where the…
Hoarding cash
A perplexing problem is the huge hoard of cash that corporations are sitting on and why. The…
Braggin’ time again
Believe it, yes! Or believe it, no! It’s a fact! The article on which your eyes now ponder is…
Stigma is passé
As the end of the first week of school comes to a close, I congratulate students, parents and…
Irrelevant
Ratings seem to be attached to so many items these days. Movies are rated as “Adults…
Busy-ness
Many of us question just what executives actually do to warrant their huge financial rewards. Once…
Snow, snow
Snow, snow, go away – come again some other day! That was a chant that was directed to the…
Christmas time
Christmas time is upon us – the season of faith, family and friends; good wishes,…