With borders starting to open up, many Canadian residents will be heading south to the US. Since it has been almost two years, I wanted...

I love to read about nature, but every now and then, words jump out at me that make me stop in my tracks. As sometimes, I don’t know what...

Sometimes I think the brains of writers are wired differently than others. Writing notes and keeping myself organized with lists seems to...

Ever since that memorable day in July 1969, when I sat glued to the black and white television, watching Neil Armstrong step onto the...

As a long-time Toronto Maple Leaf’s fan, one of my dreams growing up was to work in or around hockey. Not being the most athletic kid, my...

Two weeks ago, while cutting the grass, I noticed a few caterpillars on my crab apple tree. Upon closer inspection, I realized there were...

I think most people are aware, 2021 marks the 150th birthday of Port Perry. I am amazed at the fantastic line-up of things which have...

As a Canadian, I’ve never felt embarrassed to be a fan of hockey. Over the years, I’ve been proud to talk about witnessing moments like...

Technology and I are good friends. I try to embrace any new tools whenever they surface, but none has been as useful to me as my iPad, of...

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“Movement for Life” by Lauren Walker All Fit/All Ages Gym What do we classify as an essential service? I get into these conversations at...

As spring awakens and we venture outside, one of the first signs of spring we notice is a tiny yellow flower along the roadsides and...

We spend most of our adult life searching for monetary things, and it seems we never get enough. In most cases, as we age, we accumulate...

I don’t often use this column for political conversation, but recently I have been dumbfounded by the amount of misinformation I’ve been...

Throughout my schooling, be it in elementary school, high school, and especially in college, I’ve heard the importance of constructive...

I read last week, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla cars, Space-X and Starlink, has just purchased a billion dollars worth of Bitcoins. So I...

I raised three wonderful children and two of them are now raising children of their own. I know how tough it is to amuse kids when times...

It seems every time I turn around we’re losing or giving something up. The latest is cursive writing, something which is being...

The way we receive our news and information has drastically changed in the last decade, or so. The top sources for receiving the latest...

Welcome to 2021 everyone. Recently, I went through another milestone in my life. Around Mid-December, I had four wisdom teeth removed and...