Opinion

Last weekend. Thirty-seven degrees below zero, sunny and no wind. Chickadees chirping, woodpeckers pecking, snow making crisp gasps under my boots. And me, moseying along the row of spruce trees in our side yard, loppers in hand. Humming Christmas.

I don’t normally go in for click bait on Facebook, but occasionally something catches my fancy and I succumb. The headline was something like “27 shockingly disgusting things people used to eat.” Of course, none of them were truly shocking.

Christmas is just a few days away, and as gardeners we associate many plants with this beautiful season. Poinsettias, holly, evergreens, amaryllis, all so special for the color they bring to our homes.

Tis the season of giving … and, for this political columnist, a little atonement for all the nasty things we’ve written. What better excuse than Christmas to give our Saskatchewan politicians overdue credit for what might have been overlooked.

Each year, like clockwork, someone will mention that Die Hard is their favorite Christmas movie. The logic is sound, it’s a movie, set at Christmas.

I have always been a big fan of murder mysteries. I get this from my mom with whom I used to watch Columbo when I was but a wee lad. One of the great shows of all time is Murdoch Mysteries.

‘Tis the season of giving… and, for this political columnist, a little atonement for all the nasty things we’ve written. What better excuse than Christmas to give our Saskatchewan politicians overdue credit for what might have been overlooked.

Having heard much controversial concern about the carbon in the atmosphere, it seems quite clear that, during my experience in the flying business, the concern over carbon capture is explained in the flying manual From the Ground Up in the section co

It is a pity that good news doesn't sell. As a result, so few people know that we have made huge strides in eradicating extreme poverty worldwide.

Several elderly nuns were in their second floor convent one night when a fire broke out. They took their old habits, tied them together and lowered themselves safely on the ground.