Of rings, middle fingers and hamsters
They wanted their championship rings to make a statement—and in that, the Toronto Raptors succeeded. At their home opener on October 22, the Raptors handed out to their 2018-2019 team the “most valuable” rings ever made for a basketball champion. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the company that owns the team, did not specify what […]
Freedom to celebrate
A young friend, living on the Prairies, put one of her family’s Christmas Trees up on October 30. I say it’s a long haul until the 25th of December but she’s a Christmas-loving kinda gal. And she’s the only person she has to answer to about when Christmas starts in her life. I seriously doubt […]
Making the west happy
Justin Trudeau has got his work cut out for him on many fronts, but the consensus seems to be that his overriding concern should be to make the West happy. The Liberals got no seats in Alberta, lost the one they had in Saskatchewan, reduced their seats to 11 out of 42 in B.C., and […]
Mad hippie challenges
In a year full of challenges, I’ve decided to do those fun and wonderful things I keep putting on hold because I’m not exactly ready. From now on, I’m going to make time for stuff. To start, this fall, after years of saying we were going to do it, LOML and I went to Pumpkinferno […]
County Road 23 and Sir Isaac Newton
We seem to often make use of the word ‘glorious’ around this time of year when the forest comes alive with colour. I thought about that on a recent late afternoon as I was heading south on County Road 23 that runs between Rednersville and Ameliasburg. I only describe the road location in more detail […]
The space closet
I’ll have to put this to print as carefully as I possibly can. Yes, I am impressed by the two women who recently made a spacewalk. It’s about time women were afforded the same opportunities as men. The thing is, basic astronaut training is exactly the same for everyone. No one gets a “pass” on […]
Handcuffing our grandchildren
I’d like to say it was a pleasure to watch the noble lesson in civics that the October 8 English language leaders’ debate offered. I’d like to say it, but I can’t. The debate was disgraceful. Andrew Scheer called Justin Trudeau a criminal mastermind at every chance he got; Justin Trudeau tried to drown out […]
It’s not your parents’ election
We are one week closer to marking a ballot to decide who will be the person to head up the next government. I’ve never been more conflicted about casting my ballot. I know what I want to see happen with this country, but my “laundry list” is huge. I am reminded, “meme by meme” that […]
Todd St. Louis
Todd St. Louis is one of the most unforgettable, and yet likable, characters ever to lace up the blades for the Wellington Dukes. For the record, he played one season for the Dukes, and ten games the following season when he was sent to the team from the Belleville Bulls. In a telephone interview the […]
Gardenville Bridge
It’s a Saturday morning. Big sky pours over the wetlands that surround me. The former railway bridge that crosses this bay mouth sanctuary offers a stage from which to take in nature’s peace giving moments. The timbers and floorboards of the overpass expose the wear marks of decades of traffic; leaning on the weathered barrier […]