Thursday, March 19, 2009
Malodorous or Sh*tty?
It isn’t as if Ell’s vocabulary isn’t extensive, so I was surprised when she came in from collecting the mail and stated. “I smell sh*t.” “What do you mean, ‘you smell sh*t’? You’d better not be looking at me. Samantha – did you fart?” “Not in here,” Ell wrinkled hr nose, “Although it does stink of...
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Monday, March 16, 2009
The Invasion Began Yesterday
From horizon to horizon they swept in from the south, calling to each other as they saw the St. Lawrence. V after V drifted down and landed on the ice-locked bays. The noise was incessant – and still is, because northbound squadrons are still arriving. At the moment, the edges of the anchored ice...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Fake Spring
On Sunday on the way to church, Ell and I counted 12 ice fishermen in the bay. The river was still frozen all the way across to the States. The fishermen were only out about 100/150 yards out from the shore, but nothing would have induced me to walk even that far out onto the ice. The previous day...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
A Canadian Caribbean Province?
I’ve just read an exciting article by Donna Jacobs. In it she talks about a new Canadian Province in the Caribbean. Personally, I would be prepared to pronounce Caribb ean the North American way of Car ibb ean if such a thing came to pass; and it should have come to pass in the 1970’s when the Turks...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
“So I’m not dying?”
“Curb your enthusiasm, why don’t you?” The Doc stated. “Your blood is dead on; your thyroid is perfect; your liver is great and the PSA test was in the mid range.” I’d been so busy bracing myself for bad news that I was at a loss for words – p.s. this is going to be cliché time if you don’t mind....
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Boring Canada????
It wasn’t until last Friday, the day after President Obama’s visit to Ottawa that I realised how much America and its media disliked Canada. Friday’s US papers were full of snide and sneering comments about The President’s visit and how it had been the biggest thing in the history of histories as...
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Sore Teats and Caked Bags will be a thing of the past
“Catch,” Ell called as she tossed a small tin to me. It was square, green, and with the picture of a cow on the lid. “What’s this?” The tin proclaimed itself to be Bag Balm, and was for veterinary use only. “It’s to stop your fingers cracking and bleeding. Trust me; Shania Twain uses it and it...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Following on from the eHow post
I am now a member, but after reading another member’s letter, I won’t be attending any seminars. The post was from a delighted member who had made their first 25 cents on the site. She had written 13 articles in the previous week and a half, which had 599 views – and she made 25 cents?? Personally I...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
eHow? How Come?
After reading majroj’s post about registering with eHow, I logged in today for some information at the site. Why, I hear you ask? Because it is time I started making money at my hobby, in fact it will soon be imperative for me to make some money from my hobby. The information on the site was sparse...
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
A Wee Scottish Tale A man is cupping his hand to scoop water from a burn in the Scottish Highlands in order to have a drink. An approaching gamekeeper shouts at him, warning him in broad Scots, “Dinnae drink yon waater! It’s fu’ o’ sheep sh*t an’ coo’s pi*h.” The man turns and takes in the waving...
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