Category: Issue 41

Holistic Health Support with Massage

Melinda Millard RMT Prevention is Better than a Cure! Stephanie Kelley Everyone loves a nice back rub, but therapeutic massage is also one of the greatest gifts you can give your body and your health.   Melinda Millard is a Registered Massage Therapist who offers a variety of therapies...

Freestyle Fitness Inc.

The Power of Positive Thinking Stephanie Kelley Freestyle Fitness is celebrating its one year anniversary on December 10 this year! Owner Carol McLaughlin took a mighty plunge when she built this co-ed fitness facility last year. Carol is an incredibly positive person, and even though she encountered negativity and...

The Gift

“Who’ll give me a dollar And who will make it five? See how the sunlight hits it Why, it almost appears alive!” But – he couldn’t get an offer No matter how hard he tried The painting came from an ‘Estate Sale’ The last of a line had died,...

Christmas Love

One more sweater To go in a drawer That I’ll end up saying I hardly ever wore, One more ‘thing’ That I don’t really need But I’ll surely exclaim “Very nice indeed!” Gloves and socks Another four pair Pastel ‘put-ons’ And ‘fashion’ underwear, It’s not what they gave me...

Merry Christmas

From that very first Christmas Peace On Earth was the plan Now look at the troubles That are coming to man, So sad situations Climate cul-de-sac Revolution and ruin Life under attack, We find all around us Everything seems a mess Greed grabbing monsters Who couldn’t care less, Old...

A Shelter Cat’s Best Christmas Gift….

SPCA News Stephanie Kelley Give the best gift of all to a deserving shelter animal this year… A new home! Our local shelters are all overwhelmed with cats who have become abandoned and homeless through no fault of their own.   Our domestic pets depend upon humans for homes,...

Tiggy & The Siren…

Big Tig Here.   I was hanging out at Dunroamin’ when this cat darted by and bounced off the couch and ran back out.  Omen told me her name is Siren and to watch out for her; she’s not so friendly to other cats.  I gotta say, that made...

ABOUT SIMPLE-MINDEDNESS…..

In a facebook comment last week, I was described as being simple-minded. I never read the posting, but I was told that the comment was not meant to be flattering. Which is too bad. This author obviously doesn’t know me…because… I am quite proud of the fact that I...

“Fracking Dave”

the old man in the hat Sitting in the bleachers, it is always easy to criticize. Fun too!   It will soon be election time again. Fracking Dave will soon meet the test. Shale gas and pension reform, I am sure, will be big issues. Since the beginning of...

Don’t Live in the Past!

From the editor… I’ve now read “13 Ways to Kill Your Community” cover to cover, and I’ve got to say, it has really hit me in the gut. The author could have been talking about our village in pretty much any one of the chapters!   This little book...