by Pat Asling It is mid-August, and more than half of 2025 has slipped away, and we have had a real diversity of weather. This heat...

by Pat Asling August! Is it possible? Half of 2025 is gone already. There has been a great diversity of weather over the last few...

by Pat Asling First, I would like to thank all the people, friends, and family who helped in any way to make my 85th birthday a success....

by Pat Asling Here we go on the rollercoaster again, weather-wise that is. So hot, and then suddenly drops 10 degrees in an hour, staying...

by Pat Asling Well, half of July melted away, just like your ice cream cone did on any of those continuously hot days. Thank heavens for...

by Pat Asling Wow, what a SUN day. As I write this, the thermometer is reading at 37C, maybe another record. I hope no one is lying in...

by Pat Asling Wasn’t that a party! I am talking about the 100th birthday party for Corinne Croxall, held at the Seniors Centre on Sunday....

by Pat Asling We wanted summer, we got summer, with a vengeance! No time to acclimatize. A couple of rains which evaporated immediately...

by Pat Asling A strawberry moon in the sky and strawberries in the field! This lowest moon will not be seen again until 2034, but...

By Barbara Pratt UXBRIDGE:  What could be better than a summer day spent in beautiful gardens! Tickets are on sale for the 29th Annual...

by Pat Aslling Great ball of fire! That’s what you would have seen watching the sunset most evenings this past week, as the gray of...

by Pat Asling On Sunday, June 1st, when I am writing this, the sun is shining, but the wind is blowing mightily, as it has for the last...

by Pat Asling This week's full moon is called the strawberry moon. A wild guess would be because some strawberries are ripe. I have...

by Pat Asling Uxbridge artist Robyn Ottolini is leading the charge of Durham talent at the Country Music Association of Ontario awards,...

by Pat Asling "O what a beautiful morning, O what a beautiful day! I have a beautiful feeling Everything's going my way!" That was Sunday...

by Pat Asling Rosana Eleanor Leprohon once wrote this poem Oh gladly do we welcome thee, Fair pleasant month of May. Month which we've...

by Pat Asling This is last week's news, which I am commenting on. Some things have passed, and a few are still to come! It was Easter...

by Pat Asling It is Easter Sunday as I write this. The world is in turmoil with a number of natural catastrophes here at home and on the...

by Pat Asling Spring drew on... and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope...

by Pat Asling Well, what a week! I had just finished writing last week's news when my hydro went off, so I couldn't even make corrections...