Opinion

The George Dulmage home “The Acres” on the Dulmage Farmstead within the boundaries of the Ravine Ecological Preserve in the western part of the city limits.

It’s going to be some interesting and very busy times when it comes to politics in Saskatchewan this fall. Essentially, we’re all headed to the polls twice on back-to-back Mondays; that is, if the reported election dates are absolutely set in stone.

In Alberta last week, residents saw the re-opening of movie theatres, community centres, team sports, swimming pools, VLTs, casinos and bingo halls.

I don’t see my uncles, aunts and cousins enough, and I feel bad about it.

If anyone was expecting something startlingly dramatic to come out of Saskatchewan’s provincial budget that was unveiled Monday they were disappointed.

One of my easy top-10 games to play is cribbage. I love its quirky counting rules, and that it plays two, three, or four players equally well.

Last weekend we parted with our camping trailer, after having given up our seasonal site at Good Spirit Lake. We enjoyed two good summers there, and the memories will linger long, spurred by our photos.

So I am beginning to think COVID-19 has spread to local fishing holes, leading them to self-isolate well away from us fisher folk. At least that appears to be the case in locales I’ve thrown a line this spring.

By now, we can really see how most of our shrubs and perennials fared over the winter and marched into spring. Some plants are doing fine, others are still very slow.

Perhaps a lot of fans have missed it, especially given the domino effect of sports shutting down in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there was some exciting news a few months ago that at least had me smiling ear-to-ear.