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Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Recipe It’s that time of year again; when you go out to your vegetable garden and there lays three large zucchinis. You swear they weren’t there yesterday, but there they are! I have a collection of recipes I’ve saved over … Continue reading

Oh, The Irony Of It All!

You had to know that when a helicopter crashed near Brantford after clipping a power line and then landed on… Powerline Road, we were in for a wild ride of ironic shenanigans over these past few weeks. The 35-year-old female … Continue reading

Election Referendum Question: “Should Litterers Be Put To Death?”

Let’s say you’re a litterer and you’re reading this column. Let me re-phrase that. Let’s say you’re a litterer and somebody is reading this column to you while you sit with a pail at your feet to catch the drool … Continue reading

Espanola Council Delving Into Splash Pad Project

I have been fighting off the publisher of the book 1,000 Places To See Before You Die who wants to list my garden in their upcoming edition at Number Three!!! They must have photographed my 200-square foot vegetable plot with … Continue reading

Broccoli and Rice Casserole

Recipe I often have a hard time trying to come up with a side dish for supper and I was happy to find this one. Broccoli is a favourite vegetable in our house and so is rice; therefore this is … Continue reading

Canada Did Us Proud At “The Never Should Have Been” Olympics

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games which should never have been held, were, and you know what — they turned out to be pretty good. The games could have been dubbed “The Survival of The Luckiest Olympics” because despite unprecedented heat … Continue reading

Curry Vegetable Dip

Recipe Another treasure I’ve found in my mom’s recipe box. A friend of my mom’s gave her this recipe years ago. A sweet, curry dip with a bit of a kick. I remember really liking it because I love curry … Continue reading

Chocolate Fudge Upside Down Cake

Recipe This week I went through one of my mom’s many recipe boxes and hit the jackpot! So many great, old recipes that she has collected. The following is one from an old friend of hers that I remember my … Continue reading

Ron Popeil — Last Of The “As Seen On TV” Hucksters

It slices! It Dices! But unfortunately, it dies in the end. Ron Popeil, TV’s consummate informercial pitchman, a persuasive hands-on salesman who could sell exercise bikes to dead people, passed away last week. “The Pocket Fisherman”! Ron Popeil invented, manufactured … Continue reading

Terry Fox And The Desecration of Iconic Statues

This Monday, CBC TV will air “Terry Fox: The Power Of One”, a one-hour special commemorating a true Canadian hero on the 40th anniversary of his death. This brave kid was just 22 when he died on June 28, 1981 … Continue reading