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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here I am swimming under another full moon! April’s Full Moon is called the Pink Full Moon after the spring wildflower Phlox subulta. It was a beautiful evening. The sky was clear , the water cold (4.5C) — just how I like it! And Tony was my photographer. I am […]
I finally have been able to continue my swimming under full moons. My goal is to swim under every one this year as long as the sky is clear. The last couple of months it’s been cloudy so the moon was hidden but not last night! Last night’s moon is called […]
“It’s not safe to ride my bike or walk. The cars going by are too fast and scary. They are too close to our house. It’s not a safe place for pets or kids. It’s not safe to wait for the bus by myself. Or get the mail across the […]
We live on Heritage Road. We lost a number of trees in the tornado that hit in 2010, but there are still millions of leaves. I still mourn the loss of those trees. You can rebuild a house in 90 days, but it takes 40 years for a tree to start […]