Perspectives

W. O. Mitchell, when he titled one of his books, ‘Who Has Seen the Wind’, may not have been the first to pose this question, but his prairie stories evoked many chuckles as the people of Crocus, Saskatchewan pondered the vagaries of life.

I used to chuckle at my mother-in-law whenever I looked into her cupboard that contained row upon row of canned goods. Her explanation for carrying a stock that would shame some convenience stores was that the creek might rise.

Damned gnat There You're not!

If a tree is felled on the escarpment and no one is around to hear it, did it really exist? If two trees are felled on the escarpment and no one but the developer hears it, did they really exist? Three, four, twenty, a hundred trees? After years of n

The recent media attention given to the hockey player who complained about referees several years ago is a good indication of how far we have slipped down the path of Political Correctness.

As some of the anecdotal stories emerge surrounding the Joint Laundry closing, I began to wonder where the oversight was during the whole process.

The news that we are going to have to send our dirty laundry to Sudbury is a low blow for North Bay. Losing government jobs to the Big Nickle in the west is nothing new, and indeed no doubt a few private sector jobs have slid to Sudbury as well.

I recently saw a billboard with the offer ‘We Buy Ugly Houses’ and thought this had to be a popular company.

I shook hands the other day with a fellow I know and he caught me by surprise. I guess he must think he is the alpha male, and perhaps in his circle of friends, he is, but I am not of that group.

This mystery of the odd numbers may not affect women as I have no knowledge and only a little experience in buying women’s clothes. I never shop for women’s clothes and only take a short-cut through lingerie to the fishing tackle once in a while.