Random Notes About Life
From the editor… As I write this Easter Monday Morning, Fright Week has finally ended for the Village of Perth-Andover and we can at long last disengage the pause button and get on with our lives. While we were all living through the nail biting suspense of wondering if...
Dear Community of Perth-Andover,
You have a special place in my heart. My father, Guilmond Beaulieu, grew up in your town. I have heard countless stories of many of you who were living in the community at the same time as him, and I loved hearing him re-tell these stories, as well as...
Perth-Andover: Cause to Pause
In my letter to the editor which appeared in the Victoria Star on March 19, I gave a breakdown of the three public events which had been held by the Glenn Group thus far since February 2013. These three public events were held to invite the public to be...
Vampires and Other Random Thoughts…
From the editor…. Have you noticed how popular vampires have gotten lately? It’s like we’re living in a vampire obsessed culture, they figure in all kinds of popular literature and films, where they are portrayed as both blood thirsty killers and irresistible sex objects. For instance, the “Twilight”...
In A Perfect World!
Rogue Row As I was recently looking back on the winter of my 68th (Sigh!) year I was feeling a tad down when my old buddy Jack O’Lantern came by. Lights up a room the minute he steps in. Kinda reminds me of the days with Bill and Old...
As I Walk………..
A Laypersons Journey to Understanding Our winter this year has been challenging to many, not least those looking out for the best interests of our school aged children. Recently concern has been expressed over the number of “snow days” that have been declared this year, with the resultant loss...
“Saint Francis of Bay Street”
the old man in the hat So you thought you were all grown up. Thought you could dress yourself with matching colours and go off to school. Thought that 12 years of community school, 4 years of university, 4 years of grad school and a couple of years of...
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY FOLKS!!!
EXACTLY 2 years ago, the tortured currents of the River Saint John last raised its majestic waters in protest of human intervention and progress! With her watershed now “robbed” of forested woodland and her flow to the sea “tamed” by concrete dams, she has raised her wrath in the...
From the editor… The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect describes the condition in which a small change in one place can result in large differences in a later state . The flapping wings of the butterfly represent small changes in the initial condition of the system which then goes on to create a chain of...
Jammed!
Jammed – positioned tightly between bodies or surfaces so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible. Jammed – caught between a rock and a hard place. I’ve written columns like that …! Taberduker! But, you won’t get “jammed” if’n you know that “in it’s class” means basically...