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In Memoriam: In honour of our Phoenix hen Grayneck. On Dec. 23, 2016, Grayneck died of natural causes, aged 4 1/2 years. She is survived by her four sisters. The…
In Memoriam: In honour of our Phoenix hen Grayneck. On Dec. 23, 2016, Grayneck died of natural causes, aged 4 1/2 years. She is survived by her four sisters. The…
Mary's son Jude St. Jude, patron saint of lost causes. And of hope. Mary has a son named Jude. "A nurse called Maureen Nuttall found him on the steps of…
Their stalls are decorated, the horses snugged in. Wintertime at the stable, and Christmas approaching. Stockings soon will be hung on stall doors. The riding students who decorated the stalls…
Pot Shards I didn't see it coming, although I should have. It has passed through my Facebook newsfeed enough times. How to get the police to dig a garden for…
Dan Patch was a harness racing horse, a pacer. He was crazy good, they said. 110 years ago, he was the best pacer ever seen. He was a huge celebrity…
Tombola I had to look it up. A tombola is "a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum." In the case of Mary's mother at the Scout…
I've been thinking about Ian Tyson lately. With the recent death of Leonard Cohen, the songs and the songwriters of Canada - and an era - have been heard a…
Recycling Czar or Tsar Brian Packham is back. A question he has for Roy: is it Czar or Tsar? Roy is flummoxed, and that's a rare sight. He's rarely had…
Leo was filthy. His hair was long and matted. He smelled. But cold weather and his arthritis made me reluctant to take him to his groomer. “What about we try…
Barlow Reunion Friday we got the explanation. I wondered all week why Ken and his storyline seemed to have disappeared behind a hospital curtain. Would one day the curtain be…