Musical ride
Dear Handsome Young Man. Yeah, you. Nice shirt, tight jeans, coiffed hair, a bit of five o’clock shadow, riding your trendy trail bike along the sidewalk on Main Street in Picton on Friday morning. Oh yeah, you dashing devil, you. When I saw you coming, I offered, “Seriously? This is a sidewalk.” Perhaps I offended […]
The faithful companion
My wife and I have a dilemma. Not a serious one, mind you, but a dilemma all the same. We are considering whether to part company with our faithful automotive companion of 11 years. Our dilemma is: we can’t keep its potential replacements straight. Out in autoland, the descriptors all sound pretty much the same. […]
Ready for RedBlacks football
The Ottawa RedBlacks did not trail in the Canadian Football League game last Friday night for 59 minutes. As you well know, these games last one hour. With about five minutes remaining in the game, the Eskimos’ long snapper Ryan King practiced firing several balls back to one of the personnel from the team. He […]
The eyes have it
Although some might disagree, I employ all of my senses when tasting a bottle of wine. The prism of colours created by both red and white wines displays clues to the varietal and whether the wine is filtered. In whites, a light shade of butterscotch shows an influence of oak on the wine, while a […]
Remnants of our lives
The silky Marysburgh breeze has slight effect on the rivalry as a swallow gives chase to a crow. You know the kind of kafuffle I refer to when a crow, a raven, sparrow hawk or any of the other larger kind has invaded a tiny bird’s nest? Best part is when big bird tries for […]
The Royal Oath
One of my late mother’s mandatory Christmas rituals was to park herself three feet in front of the television and lap up the Queen’s Christmas message. She did so against a barrage of derision. She took her standing as one of Her Majesty’s loyal subjects very seriously. So she would have been horrified to contemplate […]
CWC and a ukelele
Ever wonder what some people, who live in Prince Edward County, do to “get away from it all”? Well, LOML and I went to the cottage in Haliburton for the weekend, because it was neither rainy nor cold enough here. And because we are seasoned travellers, LOML and I are able to anticipate all manner […]
Rogers Cup highlights
Most tennis observers were not completely surprised when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga emerged as the singles champion at the Rogers Cup tennis championships in Toronto last Sunday. Many factors contributed to his success. From his opening match against a fellow Frenchman, he clawed his way through the competition. He eliminated Edouard Roger- Vasselin in straight sets: a […]
Subtelties and nuances
Over the last few years, I have discussed varied topics on the subject of wine. But it recently struck me that I have never addressed the art of detecting subtleties and nuances while wine tasting. Using this art, some dedicated aficionados can identify wines down to the region and vineyard— a devoted few can even […]
A vineyard with a difference
You’ve probably seen that new building going up off County Road 33 just north of Carrying Place and just south of Hillier. I’ve wondered what it is myself, so I stopped and asked. I should have guessed. It’s a vineyard. The tall building right at the centre of it will be the Chateau. The estate […]