Opinion

Children are transparent. When they smile, it lights up a room. When they laugh, it is from their heart. When they cry, it is like the world is ending. When they love, they love with their whole heart. They live and breathe what they see.

As I write, the global community, at least much of it, is celebrating Mother's Day. My mom is gone now, but time has no power to erase the memories I have of her. She was everything a kid, or a teen, a new mother or a proud grandmother could want.

"You can't get higher than number one, so something has to be done." Those are the wise words of Councillor Ryan Bater.

The weather this last week has been up and down with one day a beautiful spring day and the next a cold wind off an iceberg somewhere. Even Mother Nature is confused. The leaves on the trees want to come out but only small buds have appeared.

Dear Editor The Paynton History Book Committee is still looking for family stories, pictures and articles from anyone who has lived or owned land in the village or RM of Paynton No. 470 from the early 1900s to now.

Not satisfied with the winter that didn't want to stop giving us snow right into April, one of the key points on our little spring family holiday was seeing more snow - a whole glacier's worth.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has decided he is going to take a trip to British Columbia one of these summers. He is sure that if an old goat like me can get through the mountains and back home, anyone can do it. He is right.

We live in an incredible era of instant information and communication, but that doesn't mean our minds have become instantly intelligent. In fact, email can make some people downright idiotic and rude.

For some of you who don't know, this is my final editorial for the Humboldt Journal, as I'll be moving back to Halifax next week to get married in August, settle down and make a life along the East coast.

Avid vegetable gardeners go through a series of rituals every spring, the most important of which is selecting and purchasing new vegetable seeds. Asparagus, a long-lived perennial vegetable, is an exception to that ritual.