We are halfway through January, already at the same point as before, although many more people are sick, in hospital and ICU. Our Carol...

By the time you read this, almost half of January will have passed. Many will be very happy to see that, but others will wonder, just...

As this is the final column of 2021, let me wish all of you a Christmas filled with the true meaning of Christmas. Never mind, we keep...

You know when you are advised to dress in layers if you are going on a hike or being out all day? That’s the way you needed to dress this...

Is it winter, is it spring? You never know from hour to hour, it seems. The forecaster predicts this is the way winter 2021-2022 will be,...

Well, that’s over with, that, referring to the first big snowfall which fell all day Sunday. Sure is pretty and fortunately there was not...

Lots of farmers are still harvesting, trying to beat winter, and I think they will win this year. Although we have had a few small...

Well, we are now past the middle of November and possibly set for winter now, at least a taste. My lawn is cut for the last time, the...

Just when my garden was getting dry enough to work in, it rains again. The water table should be well up this fall in preparation for...

Thanksgiving! Is it just a day, or should it be a lifestyle? At present, many people feel they have nothing to be thankful for and...

Autumn days are upon us! Over the last few days, many of the trees have been noticeably changing colour. I am tempted to say “autumn...

A beautiful week and weekend, the last one of summer so someone reminded us. And this week brings loads of rain according to the forecast...

Does anyone else feel that time is passing too rapidly? Here it is, by the time you read this, already past the middle of September. A...

The morning temperatures certainly have fallen; autumn is on its way. Still, I can’t believe that summer is over. Hot as it was for so...

Here we are in September and another holiday coming up. For most young people school started this week, and I am sure it is both an...

Another hot week, in so many ways! The Federal election kicked off; the COVID numbers have doubled, fires are still burning, hurricanes...

It has been an exciting week in various parts of the world and for different reasons. The forest fires are still raging in BC, destroying...

Another busy week as we get so close to the end of another month. Where does the time go? I know I have been busy most of the time,...

While the pandemic in Ontario is being brought under control by the many lockdowns and now available vaccines, and Ontarians welcomed the...

A very different week again! Two hundred fires still burn in British Columbia. The prairies are baking after an already hot and dry...