Category: Fly Bites

Stephanie Kelley It’s my own personal conviction that that there’s way too much energy invested in being all serious and gloomy, and not nearly enough in actually enjoying this ride we call life! So it’s always a delight to run across someone’s life work that celebrates art and humour...

Most folks have heard the phrase “there’s a sucker born every minute” but most people also never think that this would apply to them personally.   I’ve just had a bit of fun learning about the so-called “Nigerian Scams”, you know, where you get a polite email in your...

There’s nothing like a good metaphor to jazz up a story or conversation. Our minds love to make connections, and when a creative author or speaker comes up with a compelling metaphor or analogy it makes the description come alive for us.   Author Raymond Chandler was a true...

Sent to us by one of our readers… Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.   The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this ‘green...

Stephanie Kelley Don’t you just hate it when you lose stuff, especially favourite glove in the middle of winter? And, this time of year gloves seem to want to jump out of our pockets, fall out of our cars…or maybe there are inter-dimensional glove pixies playing with our minds...

Stephanie Kelley Jennifer and Jason thought they had a cat named Petey, but as it turned out, Petey had much bigger ideas….   Petey came to live with the couple in their apartment at Victoria Villa when he was a wee kitten during the summer of 2012. He quickly...

Love Our Village Any relationship counsellor will tell you that if you want your marriage or relationship to thrive you must actively love your partner. This doesn’t mean just saying the words, it means following through with actions and paying attention, and treating your partner as the special person...

As part of our Blackfly Think Positive for 2014 Campaign we asked people around the village about their New Year’s plans and resolutions for 2014 and what they’d like to see for our community. Carol McLaughlin sent this in to us…. providing some wonderful thoughts to ponder as we...