“It’s a mystery…..”
the old man in the hat The lazy days of summer are finally upon us. It’s all downhill from here! This my favourite reading season. It is simply too hot to consume anything serious so it is time for the book equivalent of Jersey Shore. Trash fiction. The “her...
The Web
From the editor…. Last night I was laying in bed with my face buried in a book when I gradually became aware of an insistent and annoying buzzing noise. Kind of like a tiny, far away chain saw, it was over-riding even the sound of the fan turning in...
Another Look at Canada Day
This is an outsider’s view of Canada Day celebrations and Indian people being part of such celebrations. Canada’s birthday. What does it mean to me as an Indian, as a Beothuk, as a Micmac, as a Maliseet, as a Mohawk, etc. I can say in all sincerity that it...
Snippets!
This is/will be an anthology of snippets! Little things – fragments! Like – there are no regular changes in the sky, the heavens, the zodiac, that occur in seven days and correspond to a week! Sardine – there’s no such actual fish. By age 15 the average teen, nowadays,...
“Trash Talk”
the old man in the hat The Province of New Brunswick must act. Failure to do so may result in serious bodily harm. How so? From time to time I travel with my partner who periodically shouts “Pigs”, which immediately and abruptly wakens me from my quiet...
Alliteration Allowances!
I, analogously, actually appreciate alliteration. I find it an actual aid. So, allowing allegedly allegorical alliteration is appealing. Like – Pursuing potential philosophy possibilities! Like too – making a modern media modicum of modest materialism. Or – The “graduated” grammarian graciously granted that grand-scale graphic graffiti generally grandiloquently graces...
“Fiddle Dee Dee….. the political issue***”
the old man in the hat As the political machines cranks to life, there are important questions that must be addressed. Issues so vital to us that our future well being is at stake. Here on the Tobique one event is at the forefront of my concerns. Where...
I Got the Bi-Location Blues…
From the editor….. Last week Stacey and I travelled to Fredericton where we attended the fascinating Modern Knowledge Tour at the Fredericton Delta Inn. I’d planned to include an article about this exciting and informative presentation in this issue, but I ran out the space to do it justice....
As I walk…
This week in bible study the minister posed the following question: What would your response be if the authorities suddenly made an arbitrary decision to limit a freedom you enjoyed? For example, if suddenly the government announced the closure of your hospital and changed its status to a health...
“Spring Fever”
the old man in the hat A Saint John businessman recently ran afoul of the authorities while committing a public crime so horrendous that I shudder to repeat it here. He took his own gravel, his own equipment and his own time to perpetuate this monstrous affront to civil...