REMEMBERING WHEN: Saturday morning roller derby
When I was a kid, Saturday morning television was specifically ‘kid time,’ with a lineup of cartoons from very early Saturday morning until early in the afternoon…
Growing Through Grief: Acceptance
Accepting grief as a process that can help you heal is a key to healing from the loss of a loved one. It’s not the easiest thing to do, that is for sure.
Pop 89: The Spirit’s Next Move
I’ve been glued to the screen, watching commentators and anchors report on the life and legacy of Pope Francis. I love the fact that, in order to speak of his papacy…
Check It Out: ’Never again’ is more than a slogan
“Never again” was a slogan derived after the Holocaust. This year marks the 80th anniversary of that tragic event, and April 23 marked Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Dear editor at The Oyen Echo: Affordable Home
Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged against us all.
Pop 89: Slow-breaking News from The Subtle World
Today is one of those “That’s enough, shut ‘er down” days. And by that, I mean enough with the doom-scrolling, the gawking at the latest “fast-breaking,” hard-hitting” news!
Check It Out: One of the most consequential elections in Canadian history
A golfer hits a ball, and it misses the green by inches. His partner says, “That’s called a son-in-law shot. It is not what you expected, but you will take it.”
REMEMBERING WHEN: The dogs and the sugar bush
Our late Father owned a piece of bush property several miles away from where we had our home in the country. It is still in our family today.
Pop 89: The “Real” Apprentices of Washington DC
I was introduced to the so-called “reality” show “The Apprentice” in 2004 in a Chicago train station. It was late at night. I had a fever and wondered if maybe I was hallucinating.
Check It Out: Life is like a roll of toilet paper
The one thing we all have in common is we’re all getting older every day … some of us more so than others. Radio broadcaster Andy Rooney said…
Pop 89: “Just” Listening
Calls for justice are everywhere these days. At least once a week, I hear abolitionist preacher Theodore Parker’s quote, made popular by and often attributed to Martin Luther King Jr…
Check It Out: What’s at stake?
This week, I was not planning on writing about politics, but after listening to a ‘4 My Canada’ broadcast, I was reminded how much is at stake in this election.