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June 18, 2026

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You don’t belong here

Have you ever felt that you didn’t belong here, or just been told by a very bold, uneducated person that you don’t belong here? Have

Education

Ever since a bar graph showing the difference in the pay that unilingual English, bilingual English, unilingual French, and bilingual French speaking people in Quebec

A crossroad

As old farmers are, we are used to being at a crossroad decision every day. Do we plant corn or beans? Do we plow or

What about Mom?

Since time began, and Eve was blamed for feeding Adam the apple, the man has been looked at as the leader. The stronger, smarter of

Addiction or convenience?

It’s been many years since Canada decided to replace capital punishment with some degree of imprisonment ranging from a few years to life. These sentences

Oh Yes, food is expensive

Every couple of days, we hear that food is very expensive, but seldom are we told why. Not only is food expensive but it will

Don’t cut my tree

According to Mr. Google, trees have been on earth for 360 million years. They grow from a few inches to a couple of feet in

Still snow

Remember the film Groundhog Day when you woke up, everything was like the day before? Yesterday we went for a little drive and there were

A slap on the face

Several hundred years ago, a slap on the face was a message to an opponent. Usually, it was delivered by one man to another over

Political interference

When I was in about grade seven, I remember there was a cartoon in an old textbook about Canadian history, of a man behind a

You don’t belong here

Have you ever felt that you didn’t belong here, or just been told by a very bold, uneducated person that you don’t belong here? Have you ever had weeds grow in your field, garden or lawn that you thought didn’t

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Education

Ever since a bar graph showing the difference in the pay that unilingual English, bilingual English, unilingual French, and bilingual French speaking people in Quebec earn was published, to show that the French population was not underpaid compared to the

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A crossroad

As old farmers are, we are used to being at a crossroad decision every day. Do we plant corn or beans? Do we plow or no-till the field? A farmer can read all the crop price predictions that he can

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What about Mom?

Since time began, and Eve was blamed for feeding Adam the apple, the man has been looked at as the leader. The stronger, smarter of the sexes. Stronger, maybe. Smarter, that can very easily be debated. The leader, quite often

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Addiction or convenience?

It’s been many years since Canada decided to replace capital punishment with some degree of imprisonment ranging from a few years to life. These sentences could be appealed and reduced for a variety of reasons. Several life sentences have been

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Oh Yes, food is expensive

Every couple of days, we hear that food is very expensive, but seldom are we told why. Not only is food expensive but it will be a few years before it drops in price, if ever. Some so called food

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Don’t cut my tree

According to Mr. Google, trees have been on earth for 360 million years. They grow from a few inches to a couple of feet in height each year. Some live for centuries, but most have a healthy life span of

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Still snow

Remember the film Groundhog Day when you woke up, everything was like the day before? Yesterday we went for a little drive and there were a few bare spots with some green grass showing through. This morning, it is just

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A slap on the face

Several hundred years ago, a slap on the face was a message to an opponent. Usually, it was delivered by one man to another over the right to dance with, or talk to some very pretty young woman who one

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Political interference

When I was in about grade seven, I remember there was a cartoon in an old textbook about Canadian history, of a man behind a tree close to a voting poll giving out a free drink of liquor to anyone

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