Ms. Donna’s Delights
Those of us who live out here in the hinterlands don’t have access to the variety of retail stores available in cities….like stores that carry personal pleasure products! Donna Miller of Tobique Narrows has opened her home based business, Ms. Donna’s Delights, to fill this gap in our...
Digger Fever
Have you ever wished you could find buried treasure? Greg Wallace finds lost treasure all the time with his metal detector. He became interested in the hobby of metal detecting about five years ago. He attempted to buy a metal detector in New Brunswick, but discovered that none was...
Agenda 21 and Rural NB
Rural New Brunswick is under siege these days. Rural hospitals , along with other services, have been closed or downsized all over the province. During my recent stay at the much reviled Waterville Hospital, which was supposedly built to consolidate regional health care so as to be “sustainable”...
Stupidity Rules
I first saw this bumper sticker on a car 40 years ago when I lived in Florida. It was plastered on a pickup truck that had all the earmarks of being a redneck ride… complete with a gun rack in the rear window and coon dogs in the back....
Kill the Messenger
From the editor… I’ve been reading a fascinating book titled “The Pirate Hunter…The True Story of Captain Kidd.” The author, Richard Zacks, spent many hours combing historical records to put together this biography and history. It shines a spotlight on people, society and life on the high seas 300...
Another Perspective on Canada Day
In a printed editorial it was stated that we all have reasons to get involved in the St.Croix anniversary and by extension Canada Day celebrations, that there have been winners and losers, and that this anniversary is a time of celebration, for others an occasion for somber commemoration, and...
The Irony of LONELINESS in Our Super-Connected World
At the risk of committing social suicide, I am broaching the taboo topic of LONELINESS. It’s taboo because to admit to feeling lonely is like being outed as a total loser in high school. It’s far more socially acceptable (these days) to say you’re depressed that to use the...
Voice
Voice Camouflaged concerns Cover-ups and spurns Closed considerations Challenged situations, A surmountable solution A healing resolution It’s “more than you can bear” You say you “can’t go there”, You attenuate anxiety When you motivate society Verbalize, articulate Vocalize, accentuate! ***OR*** Put your feelings on a shelf And feel sorry...
Peaches…A Pet Tale
Throughout the years we have had many cats. They have all been different in size, colour and personality. Some were social, some not so much. Some were cuddly, some were not. By far our cat with the most challenging temperament was Peaches. Peaches came to us when her...
People are rejecting GMO…
People and whole countries all around the world are rejecting genetically modified foods but Monsanto and other chemical corporations are still frantically scrambling to pollute the planet with their pesticides, herbicides and GMO seeds. The latest story to come out is their deranged plan to create a variety...