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More than I expected, not greater than I prepared for

A famous tight-rope walker stood before a huge crowd; "Do you believe that I can walk across Niagara Falls on this tightrope?" he asked. "Yes!" they shouted. So he did. "Now, do you believe that I can cross pushing a wheelbarrow?" he asked.

Chocolate and the vine

There are some things about which it is best to be ignorant. Take bittersweet chocolate, for example. Of all my culinary sins, overindulgence in chocolate is not one of them but a friend recently introduced me to some mighty powerful temptation.

The mob is here

This past Saturday I was part of a mob that invaded a local store - no violence, though, just lots of smiles and busy staff.

Money, money, money, always sunny, in a rich man's world

In the 1970's Simon and Garfunkel popularized E.A. Robinson's "Richard Cory", a poem about a rich young man whom everyone admired and envied. The parties on his yacht "made us wish that we were in his place".

Wheatland Senior Centre news

The results of the Wheatland Senior Centre's activities from June 10 to June 16: Bridge: (Monday) 1st Marion Brown, 2nd George Gillies, 3rd Berty Lou Dreis. Bridge: (Friday) 1st Marion Brown, 2nd Lucie Nickel, 3rd Jim Brown.

Country roads, lead me home?

It's confession time. Although this took place nearly twenty years ago, this is the first time I have ever revealed this deep dark secret. The other person involved promised she'd never squeal on me and I believe she kept her word.

How to climb the mountain of the Lord

In a homily "One step at a time" Father Brendan McGuire relates the story of a group of settlers who came to a new land and found a beautiful valley between two magnificent mountains. On either side of the valley were very steep mountains.

Six down. How many more to come?

One of my treasured childhood mementos is a letter from Her Majesty. Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting. I'd sent Her Majesty a birthday card, never thinking that I'd get any kind of a response.

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - hold your horses

A frog approaches Patricia Whack, a bank teller: "I'd like to get a loan for 30,000 pounds to buy a boat and go on holiday". Patricia looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. "Kermit Jagger, Mick Jagger's my father.

Sometimes it's just all good

Sometimes life holds such lovely surprises; take this past Friday afternoon, for example. My eyes glued to the computer monitor and the larger part of my anatomy glued to my computer chair, I raced against the clock to meet several writing deadlines.
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