Daytripping Sept-Oct 2020 Issue

Lake Huron
The
Daytripper
FOREST, KETTLE & STONY POINT FN, PORT FRANKS, THEDFORD & GRAND BEND
MI
SHOP
NY
LOCAL
ONTARIO
TAX FREE ZONE
Open 7 Days A Week
10 to 6!
PINE
DALE
Motor Inn
A Place For All Seasons
STAY & EARN UP TO $100
- SEE PAGE 1 for DETAILS -
• Pet friendly • Free WiFi
• Fridges, microwaves, charcoal BBQs
• Courtyard rooms w/outside entrance
• Close to beach, Pinery & amenities
Indoor Pool/Whirlpool/Sauna/
Games Room may be open, call to inquire
ROOMS SANITIZED AFTER EACH VISIT
107 Ontario St. S., GRAND BEND
1-888-838-PINE (7463)
www.pinedale.on.ca
The new math
The
“Old Fashion”
Way
32
- 12
20
answer
The “New” Way
32-12=______
12 + 3 = 15
15 + 5 = 20
20 + 10 = 30
30 + 2 = 32
20
answer
We hear that the old math is coming back!
Beads, Findings
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& Jewelery e
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Supplies
plie
Bottles
Water
Purses
Od Ordering in person or available online at:
Moccasins & Mukluks
s
WW . COM
6312 Indian Lane, Kettle & Stony Point FN
519-786-4775
My Generation
Standing in my kitchen the other day,
my 28 year old grandson remarked that
my generation would be the last to live
so long and so healthy for many years
to come. I am the reverse of his age and
I had to ponder that. True, I have many
friends well into their tenth decade, most
of them still living independently and in
relatively good health as my husband
and I are. Why is that, I wondered?
We were born in the middle of the
Great Depression followed by World
War II and all its subsequent rationing
and yet we survived and survived well.
Our supper table was by no means a
banquet but we had fresh vegetables
grown in our Victory garden, in-season
carrots and potatoes kept in sand in the
cold room in the cellar in the winter,
fresh fruit much of which we picked
ourselves at the sides of the country
lanes and preserved in quart jars when
summer was past, cheap cuts of meat,
lots of stew, ox tails, pickled tongue, liver,
tripe, boiling chickens and soups galore.
On very rare occasions a pie plate of
freshly made maple cream fudge was
put on the back porch to
cool—a Saturday night
treat! Candies, pop, and
chocolates were rare.
Potato chips hadn’t been
invented yet. So slim and
lithe we stayed.
Our outdoor games
contributed to our svelte
bodies. As soon as the
dishes were done on a
summer evening, it was
down to the vacant lot
• Handmade de Crafts
by Local Artisans
• Huge Selection
ec of Craft Supplies
• Native Pattern tern Blankets,
s
,
Towels & Baby Blankets
s
• Quilting Fabric b
& Patterns
• Sterling Silver Jewelry
elry
y
• Books oks
• Winterwear
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r
• Gift Baskets
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By Marion Urquhart Charkow, Flesherton
for a game of baseball, skipping double
dutch, hopscotch, bicycling, and roller
skating. We were never still. In winter it
was a two mile walk to the tobogganing
hill on a cold, Saturday afternoon,
or a mile walk to the outdoor rink on
a Friday evening at Earlscourt Park.
If we were very, very lucky, we would
stop in at the Ice Cream Company on
St. Clair Avenue for a hot chocolate on
the way home. Of course, none of these
activities took place on a Sunday. That
was truly a day of rest and a quiet family
day. I loved Sundays, the long walk to
Sunday School, the delicious, special
dinner Mom always had ready and the
quiet evening listening to Fibber McGee
and Molly on the radio.
Although the indulgences of the last
half of the century, with hours spent
vegging out in front of Logie Baird’s
invention, those early days of growing
up and very healthy, active living has
paid off for me and my friends. We are
healthier and living longer than our
counterparts in the early part of the
twentieth century. There is no doubt
with this digital world our
descendents now live in,
seated on their derrieres,
with their only activity
being the movement
of their digits over a
miniscule screen, and
regardless of medical
improvements, I have to
agree with my grandson:
my generation has been
truly blessed by the very
timing of our birth.
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“Time is the longest distance between two places.” - Tennessee Williams
Sept-Oct 2020