A Little Trip Down Memory Lane….
A couple of issues back we did a story on the old Stewart farmhouse, “Hillhurst” in Perth-Andover, and how the enterprising Stewart Sisters ran it as a tourist home back in the good old days. We got a lot of comments on that piece, and in particular, lots...
My Own Food Allergy Story
Back in 1996, when I first moved up here to New Brunswick from Denver, Colorado, I had just recently begun having allergy symptoms. All my life I’d been blessedly free of hay fever, never got anything like hives, and ate what I liked without any ill effects. ...
Staff of life…or death?
Some months back, while I was at the Dental Office waiting to get my fangs polished , I read a fascinating article in MacLean’s Magazine about the effects of wheat on our bodies. Dr. William Davis, a preventive cardiologist, spoke to the magazine about his work and his...
Decoded! The Four Way Stop
I just had yet another near death experience at the end of the bridge in Perth-Andover the other day. Proper Four –Way and Three-Way Stop Sign Etiquette seems to be completely absent at those dastardly intersections upon many occasions, so we thought we’d present the following guidelines: A...
Schadenfreude
Have you ever felt a wicked little shiver of pleasure at someone else’s misfortune? That sensation is called “schadenfreude”, a quite useful German term to describe a not very nice attitude. But we see it all the time as people take advantage of and enjoy the misfortunes that...
A Canadian Light Bulb Joke….
And how true all this bureaucracy is! How many Canadians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Twelve. Four to form a parliamentary committee to study how to solve the problem, one to complain that this joke was not in French, one to protest that the interests...
Community Gardens
This is from Wayne Sabine. Wayne and his wife Dilys operate Circle S Farms, a Certified Organic Farm in Tilley, NB For the lion’s share of my adult life, the dream of self-sufficiency has been a goal toward which my meandering life path has headed. It has been like...
Community Orchards
Communities all over the world are reclaiming unused public space and planting them with Community Orchards & Gardens. This idea has really taken off in recent years as folks have faced tough financial times, and also as more people want to eat fresh local produce. Here in our own...
Banksters Take All ….The Slave Game
Abraham Lincoln needed money to finance the Union Cause at the beginning of the American Civil War. When he approached the privately held banks for loans, they did not want Lincoln and the Union to succeed, so they offered him loans at utterly usurious interest rates of up to...
And Furthermore…More About Plastic Pollution
Another major source of plastic waste is, of course, bottles for stuff like shampoo and dish soap. I have another beef against most shampoos, besides the bottles, which will be the focus of this particular little rant. Our skin is our largest organ. It is, on average,...