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My Mum
When I was wearing baby clothes My Mum would smile and wipe my nose But if I tried to suck my thumb She’d come by and scite my bum, And later when I went to school She made me use the Golden Rule Learn to know what’s right or...
Saying Goodbye-Saying Hello
Lorna Demeria Sometimes it seems that we are always having to say goodbye. So far 2014 has been a year of goodbyes for us. Some of them have been happy, some bitter-sweet and some of them seriously hard. We lost a very special dog early on in the...
Pet Page & SPCA Update
As we all kept an anxious eye on the ice jams this year, the banks of the Tobique ran over and the saturated ground flooded the basement at the SPCA Shelter in Arthurette. None of the resident cats were hurt, but it made quite a mess and the shelter...
Things we learned from the flood…
Al McPhail The 2014 spring freshet (that word sounds so innocuous) taught us much about ourselves, our community and its future. Here’s my summary of lessons learned (or more accurately, lessons taught…unfortunately it appears some among us learned absolutely nothing). 1. We learned that the much-maligned relocation program,...
It’s Time Again! Gathering of the Scots
Rod MacIntosh 2014 will mark the 13th consecutive year of the Gathering of the Scots Festival in Perth-Andover, NB. Born from a single concept in 2002, “The Gathering” has grown every year to become Perth-Andover’s largest festival of the summer and one of the fastest growing cultural celebrations in...
Women’s Day Was For Everyone!
Stephanie Kelley The Second Annual Women’s Day took place at the River Valley Civic Centre on April 26, a glorious spring day. Over 40 booths were set up to display an array of a wide spectrum of goods and services available in the River Valley. It was also a...
It’s Spring…Time to Plan Your Garden!
Stephanie Kelley Falls Brook Centre had a booth set up at the Women’s Day event where Emily Shapiro was demonstrating a really nifty method to recycle old newspaper into totally biodegradable seedling pots to start your garden seeds in. She was using a wine bottle with a “punt”,...
No Notable Nuggets!
There are/will be times when one is simply faced with a shortage along the lines of “facetious nonce words” or “face-saving nonsense words”! Such was the situation when she of the lardaceous rear, which shape reminded me of lautenclavicymbals and/or something right off of the Pribilof Islands, suggested shrilly...
Momma always said to wear clean underwear
the old man in the hat Mother’s Day in our part of the woods always seems so appropriate with our surroundings springing to new life and new sounds. The budding of the trees, tulips pushing up through dark earth and the cacophony of returning songbirds announcing spring’s arrival. New...