Some second cousin eight times removed with a different name, on my father’s side married his sweetheart while stationed in Britain during the war. Later...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(Loch)
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
International Whisky Day
A very special day has just slipped by on the calendar. No, gentle reader, it’s not my two-week anniversary with that young lady with Pinot-soluble...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
You Don’t Have The Stones
Readers in the audience with an archeological bent may wonder how beer was made before the availability of metal brewing vessels. Students of history will...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
Is Perception Everything?
Twenty years ago, when my husband and I first approached a bank about getting a loan to build our greenhouses, the banker we were meeting bemusedly listened to...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(hose)
Alas, hail the mighty hose! The genius who invented it (Jan Van der Heiden, Dutch, 1652) was without doubt a practical man, and thinker on shortcuts to hard...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(Love)
It is more entertaining to hate than to love. This may at first appear to be incongruous to claimed purposes of this column – that of providing occasional...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
How Merlot Can You Go?
When wandering the aisles of a well-stocked wine merchant, the vast diversity of choices can leave even the most seasoned of wine drinkers in a state of...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
The Noble Bee
Have you noticed how much press bees have been receiving in the past couple of years? Ever wonder why there is so much hulabaloo going on about these buzzing...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
Attracting Hummingbirds to your Garden
Hummingbirds are beautiful, fascinating little creatures and it is easy to attract them to your garden! Alberta is home to four species of hummingbird- the...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
Standing Up to Terrorism
Our prayers continue for the Boston Marathon victims, survivors, their families and loved ones. On the heels of this tragic event, we learn of an alleged...
