Opinion

Years ago, composting was a word that was relatively unknown. Today, as we make our salads or clean and prepare garden vegetables, we know that throwing out what is not edible is unacceptable. Composting behaviours by Canadians have been increasing.

Heritage Day was always spent with my dad. He’d put on his best cowboy hat and we’d drive to Weaver Park in Lloydminster, where we’d spend the afternoon looking at exhibits from a bygone era.

This morning I did not see myself in the mirror, but I knew no matter how I appeared to others I was wrestling with an unfair attitude towards another person.

The moon and Uranus are just 1.8 degrees apart Aug. 1. Look in the northeast before dawn, near the Pleiades, which are just to the east of the pair. New moon is Aug. 8 (Lunation 1220). Aug. 10, the thin crescent of a 2.

During these weeks of oppressive heat, one of my favourite places to sit and relax is on a lawn chair situated under our back deck.

Back in the 1700s a man named Samuel Johnson said: “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.

Integrated pest management or IPM is an approach to managing pest problems while at the same time minimizing risk and effect on the environment.

Phaedrus, a Roman poet born in 15 BC, once said, “Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.”It’s a true statement on many levels.

Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan, smirked when he said, “I want a liquid diet if it’s whiskey.” I had told Ed I was on a liquid diet for a medical test.

As I continue my daily Bible reading, I’ve just finished reading the book of Esther. Honestly, I found it a welcome change from the huge lists of people, their names and details of their responsibilities.