How did we get to this point?
I received an email just recently from a lady who wrote “My house survived this flood with just 7 feet in the basement… a couple more inches and it would have been on my main floor.” My first reaction was boy, did you dodge a bullet and you were...
The Village of Plaster Rock is hosting their 2nd Annual Soap Box Derby on September 15, 2012. These races, which use the force of gravity only to power the vehicles, have been around almost as long as auto racing. In the wake of the very first car...
Falls Brook Gives Kids Hands On Experience
To promote environmental sustainability Paper Mate is sponsoring Tree Canada and Andover Elementary School in a project to plant 26 Maple, Willow and Linden trees on the grounds of the school. Last week 24 of these beautiful saplings were planted by the staff of Falls Brook Centre, Dave Dunlop...
Scamsters & Con Artists
From the editor… Conning innocent and naïve folks out of their hard earned bucks has been a perennially popular method to rob people while avoiding all that drama that a stick-up entails. The con artist gets the money, the victim gets robbed and frequently also gets a little moral...
In The Kitchen… Corn Tortillas & Beans
How many kitchen tools and gadgets are lurking in your cupboards and drawers? Do you use them all on a regular basis? Or do many of them take up space just because you might need them some day? Do you have some kitchen clutter that you got as a...
Facebook, Fascists & Fools
Last week in the state of Virginia Marine veteran Brandon Raub was arrested and detained for psychiatric evaluation because of things he had said on his Facebook page. Apparently he had made some rather incendiary comments that reflected his utter disgust with the crooks in government who have been...
New Brunswick…The Drive Through Province? We Need Some Roadside Personality!!!
Okay, seriously, what is up with New Brunswick and its pathological roadside sign phobia anyway? The province would dearly appreciate, and could seriously use, more tourism dollars…or so it says… but it sure as heck doesn’t want to tell anyone how to get to where they want to go…Or...
I’m Not Strange
I’m Not Strange If there’s no such thing as ocelots Okapi stripes or zebra stops Garlic breath is oh so sweet Onion pie just can’t be beat, Kiss a frog won’t make a Prince Dirty diapers make men winch Chocolate ain’t a maker-upper Nuisance calls don’t come at supper,...
Big Tig’s Shelter Story
Hi! Big Tig again….I wanted to tell you guys about a cat that lives with us. Her name is Marble. She makes us kittens call her ‘Miss Marble’, and she is always telling us to stop bothering her. Angie says it is because she is an older cat, and...
Pet Tails
have always wondered why people get pets just to leave them outside. Even those that are properly fed and housed miss so much by not getting attention from the humans that have taken on the responsibility of caring for them. Not only do the poor animals miss out but...