I love fall fair season. It’s impossible to be cranky, unless you are the Carpenter, because…
News
Worthwhile?
A multitude of youngsters will attend a post-secondary institution this autumn to pursue a course…
Nature’s harvesters
Outside our ground floor bathroom window, about three or four feet from the glass, grows a…
Arguments
My husband, the Carpenter, is the great love of my life. I adore him. But sometimes, I don’t…
Lower oil prices
According to Greek mythology, the one characteristic the gods resented was hubris, self-pride.…
Fronch porch thoughs
The query that surfaces frequent, I don’t question why who…
The consensus view
The widespread, conventional view about the course of short-term comfort is that all is well…
How chip dip saved my life
I had my credit card in my hand and the cursor hovered over the words “checkout.” All I…
Canada 2015
From a far-western reader come comments quite frequently, and with the federal election cresting…
The biggest worry
It is difficult to determine the biggest threat to our economy at this time. There are so…
Gratitude
So, I have been giving this whole gratitude thing a lot of thought as we head into another…
Never too old
Hey! Hey! Hey! You’re not going to believe this, but you are never too old to learn. I got…
Payback
It should be obvious that a company’s relationship with its employees must be a vital…
Vote
For years, I have stood alone on my soapbox and insisted that Canadian politics is not boring. It…
Generation gap
This past summer, I had some long-time friends drop in to see me. Their intention was to pick up a…