Movement
It makes you pause, doesn’t it, when you see swastikas and pointed hoods on the news— today’s news—showing masses of people, fueled by hate and emboldened by a powerful world leader who is sympathetic or, at the very least, fails to properly condemn violent speech and action that is in response, ostensibly, to nothing more […]
Take the radish
I hope you don’t mind if I munch while I jot down these thoughts. You see, I’ve recently discovered all of the health benefits of radishes and now I have taken to keeping a plate of sliced ones next to my desk as they offer an amazing combination of fibre and potassium and vitamin C […]
Dr. Max returns
A few years ago, we introduced readers of this column to the work of Dr. Max Horscheit, the self-help guru who rose to prominence with his Five Things My Mother Could Tell Me About… series of books. At the time, he was plugging his latest book Five Things My Mother Could Tell Me About A […]
Residential road campers
So many topics. Only so many words. Columns in community newspapers shouldn’t take up too much space. Here it goes for this week, though. Last week I mentioned how fast The County is growing its tourism industry and, perhaps, we aren’t keeping up with the growth. I could be wrong about this but I don’t […]
Food wars
When I was in my teens, I visited relatives in Israel. My cousin, five years my junior, went on a drive with us, exploring the tiny country’s core.As with most Mediterranean countries, there is a lot of grime, especially in the more impoverished areas, and in the heat, the smell of garbage and animal refuse, […]
Here comes the Judge
When the 2017 Major League baseball season got under way, the New York Yankees were thrilled to have Gary Sanchez behind the plate. A native of the Domincan Republic, Sanchez had been signed as a non-drafted free agent in 2009. He had worked his way through the system, and got into 53 games in 2016. […]
The Statuesque Cow
When I was a young ne’erdo- well, I courted and subsequently married a girl from Woodstock, Ontario. And the hightlight of any visit to Woodstock (apart from the courting itself) was a walk to the statue of the world’s champion butterfat producer, the cow known as the Springbank Snow Countess. The Countess lived in Woodstock […]
Teeming with tourists
Prince Edward County, we have a problem. I know, I know. That should be “Houston, we have a problem”. I saw the movie, too. But, we aren’t in Houston, and Prince Edward County has got a problem. Oh, it does. It’s suffering from growing pains. It’s got tourists all over the place. It’s painful to […]
Name game
By the time this paper is picked up to be distributed around the County, I will be on my way to New York City, taking a weeklong break from the stresses of everyday life and ensuring the paper gets to press so it can be picked up and distributed around the County. This should be […]
Breaking up is hard to do
Justin Bieber may have cut short his world tour, but even bigger news (for the County) hit late last week. The Casseroles are throwing in the towel and cancelling the balance of their ambitious 2017 Burnt Offering world tour. The beloved ensemble—who all hail from the County’s Bowerman’s Corners area—hastily called a press conference at […]