Price takes priority I’ll admit it. I have in the past purchased French’s ketchup…
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Trifecta
The Carpenter spent all weekend cleaning out the garage. It’s the happiest I’ve seen…
Kitchen party
By now you know I dislike cooking, but you also know that I love music. All kinds of music. …
Death by acceleration, alcohol and apathy
Almost every time I watch the evening news, I see pictures of smashed cars, burned out …
It’s party time
Decades ago, future stenographers practiced their touch typing by using the line: "Now is the…
In the winters of my discontent
Just before writing this, I made a serious blunder. I looked out the window. Normally, that…
Recipe for an hilarious year
During this new year, I have faith that each one of you will contribute 12 months of tumultuous…
When danger stalked a frozen land
When I was a kid on the prairie farm, adventure arrived on the ice-clad wings of every winter…
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…