Dearly beloved
Life is an adventure, or so I’ve heard. This weekend we were in the GTA to attend our youngest son’s wedding. Imagine, Thanksgiving Weekend at a wedding. Most of my life I thought Thanksgiving Weekend was all about turkey with all the trimmings, eating too much, drinking too much, a sink full of dishes to […]
The whim of genealogy
Slate heavy skies, the centre white line, an even greyer Scoharie Road rises before me. It’s late morning. Sunday. The car radio and Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. Volume cranked. There’s a silhouette ahead and I veer to avoid shaggy-headed turkey buzzards, two of them actually, unbothered, standing firm against threat of traffic. The vultures will not […]
Adult entertainment?
I saw the ad the other day: “Sharon and Bram – 40th anniversary farewell concert.” Hard to believe the children’s entertainers have been at it together for 40 years; equally hard to believe they’ve lasted 40 years. (Well, they haven’t lasted intact for 40 years. They were originally Sharon, Lois and Bram until, sadly, Lois […]
That’s not what I asked for!
It’s been one of those weeks. A week when the column just about writes itself. Actually, it’s been a week when there has been no doubt in my mind that I would write about “why women don’t tell”. The problem is I know lots of men who didn’t tell, but I’m not writing about them. […]
You’ve got – personality!
Which one of the four basic personality types are you: average, reserved, self-centred or role model? I’d like to say I’m ‘role model’, if only because the other labels sound either bland or downright negative. But having learned what it takes to be a role model, I doubt that I’ve got the chops for it. […]
You know
So, summer disappeared in a hurry. How the heck did that happen? Didn’t we just put the lawn chairs out about a week ago? I know. I know. We’ve got oodles of good weather ahead, before we have to find the shovels and scrapers and antifreeze. Is this what getting old is all about? Time […]
Being picky
You’ve checked ripeness. The grapes are nearly ready. Almost there. You check the weather for the fifth time today. 28 degrees. Rain on Thursday. Quick math. Three days of hot weather will add 0.75 Brix. Pick in two days; that’s all the notice you get. You send the text: “PG – 19.2/3.26/7.4”. Three phones chime. […]
Notwithstanding Doug Ford
My goodness, Premier Doug Ford has certainly made himself a meal of his determination to cut down the size of Toronto city council immediately. It makes the fight over the size of council in the County seem like a church tea. As I write this, Mr. Ford’s forces have just finished second reading of the […]
Who put the bull in my backyard?
We, the collective “we”, voted for Doug Ford. Yes, we did. We let a bully become the Premier of Ontario. Yup, Prince Edward County went to the polls on June 7th and we put an X beside Todd Smith’s name. We went to bed that evening thinking Todd Smith was one of us and woke […]
Choosing the man for Wellington
Last week’s edition (September 5), contained articles about each of the three candidates running for councillor in Wellington (Ward Three), based upon asking them identical questions about their “priorities, aspirations and reasons for running.” After reading and rereading the articles, I’m left with the impression that all three candidates are gripping similar parts of the […]