Dear supporters of my 2023 Terry Fox Run campaign, Happy Terry Fox Run Day! I am so pleased to announce that, thanks to your generous gifts, I was able to once again exceed my fundraising goal for cancer research! As you will recall, I had set a target of $1,200. […]
Letters
Swimming Under a Super Blue Moon with Joan Murray Barton
My full moon swim in August was very special. Not only was it a full moon, it was a Super Blue Moon. And there won’t be another until 2037, so this was my last chance to experience it, I’m sure. The other reason it was special was, as I was […]
Thank You Caldwell First Nation for Your Beautiful Boardwalk
Dear Editor, Yesterday I had the enormous pleasure of visiting the Caldwell First Nations’ new boardwalk. It is a beautiful, accessible facility, complete with ample parking, shaded picnic facilities and a comfort station. It is a naturalist’s paradise — I spotted too many bird species to count, waterfowl, amphibians, reptiles, […]
Swimming Under a Buck Full Moon with Joan Murray Barton
Another full moon swim on the Bruce Peninsula at Colpoys Bay dock! July’s full moon is called the Buck Full Moon by First Nations because this is the month the antlers of the male deer are in full growth mode. This moon is also a Supermoon. What Tony and I […]
Letter to the Editor: Fear And Worry
Dear Editor, Fear and worry, something there is way too much of today, are two things that left unchecked can control our lives. First, we must understand we live in a universe of duality. Everything — absolutely everything — has a positive and negative charge. For every up there’s a […]
Swimming Under a Strawberry Full Moon with Joan Murray Barton
My journey continues with Cold Water Swimming and trying to swim under each full moon. I missed May because it was cloudy but the night of June 3rd was just great. Tony and I made our way over to Colpoy’s Bay dock on the Bruce Peninsula to wait for the […]
Canada Day 5KM Run/Walk In Amherstburg on July 1
Dear Editor, Canada Day has always been a magical day in the town of Amherstburg with the kick off event every year being the Canada Day Run/walk. This year my husband and I discovered that the organizer was no longer coordinating the race and we could not let this tradition […]
CBS Whole Blood Collection Change Needs Intervention, Review
My wife and I went to give blood last week in Harrow and were surprised — and shocked — to hear that Canadian Blood Services (CBS) would stop doing whole blood collection in all of Windsor/Essex. The last scheduled collection will take place in Kingsville in two months. With a […]
Electric Vehicles (EVs) — Good Idea or ? Part II
Click here to read Part I of this Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: Advantages of an electric vehicle include the capability to charge your vehicle at home and no more gas station visits, improvement of air quality and reduced maintenance costs. But there are restrictions that EVs bring as […]
Electric Vehicles (EVs) — Good Idea Or ?
Dear Editor: In 2008 Tesla Inc started production of its electric roadster ostensibly starting the movement to electric vehicles and changing forever the way we, the human race, move about our planet. Is this a good idea or not such a good idea? Let’s look at many of the pluses and […]