Opinion

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Every family has a story: discover yours with the Yorkton branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogy Society. The Yorkton Genealogy Society meets once a month and new members are always welcome.

Welcome to Week XXXII of 'Fishing Parkland Shorelines'. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

Cancer in the family has swerved me to realize afresh the sweetness of certain old and familiar ways. Like Christmas cards - particularly the snail mail variety.

At the risk of giving the impression that this is a drunk driving column, I feel like I need to do some housekeeping this week.

As we settle down to our seasonal feasts, celebrations and gaiety, we should take pause and consider the things we are celebrating.

Happy holidays, gardeners! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, full of special times with family and friends.

It was recently suggested by a reader that I should be less suspicious and nicer. Well, I generally try to be a nice person - notwithstanding what you might hear from my co-workers or in-laws.

A good friend of mine said to me last week, "You know my grandfather died about fifty years ago and if we were able to bring him back to life today, he would likely request to be put back to sleep within a week.