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...we can all be thankful for during the coming season and every day.
This FREE magazine is distributed in Sarnia-Lambton. (See Page 7)
I’m of the belief that it never hurts to
ask and that very few people do.
Most people are reticent to ask for
something, when the worst that can
possibly happen is that they’ll be told
no. Maybe 40 years in the advertising
sales business has thickened my skin a
wee bit – people say no to me all the
time and that’s what I expect from
many of them, but it’s my job to ask.
In fact, my favourite line when speaking
to someone about advertising and
introducing myself is “feel free to say
yes or no.”
There’s a small article by Seaway
Sounds on page 12 of this issue inviting
people to join the group. They simply
asked if they could submit something
and we said “Of course you can, that’s
a part of what we’re here for!” Theatre
Sarnia has an article about their
upcoming season on page 16. Lambton
Shores Nature Trails has an article on
pages 30 & 31. They had one in the
last issue as well, and the issue before
that. It’s free for these groups and good
content that allows us to provide a public
service. The writers of articles like this
are not paid (regular contributors are
and you can be one) but it provides a
great benefit for their group at no cost.
It’s a win-win-win situation since our
readers also benefit from their time and
our willingness to provide the space to
an important community group.
So it begs the question, why don’t
more people do it? Very few citizens
or groups ask about sending articles
about nonprofit events they’re holding
or services they provide to people 55+
in our community. An even greater
mystery is that we routinely suggest
this to people and they think it’s a great
opportunity, but rarely follow through.
Oddly, businesses are even less likely
to take us up on this opportunity. We’ve
also published Daytripping magazine for
the past 30 years and I’ve consistently
encouraged our customers to send us
articles. We don’t have a reporter and
the magazine is written by our readers,
but Daytripping’s purpose is to promote
our customers unique shops. I bet we’ve
received one per year at the most. I’ve
often suggested that even if they pay
someone $100 to write the article,
the ad space it takes up would cost
much more than that, and a first-hand
account recommending a business is
going to be much more effective than
any advertisement. And… crickets!
I don’t really think that it’s a fear of
rejection, though the articles do need
to be well written. It’s more likely that
people are just busy, busy, busy... even
many retirees we talk to can’t believe
how swamped they are.
However, please keep this thought
in the back of your mind if you have a
knack for writing. The Strangway Centre
is a good example of a place that many
citizens frequent and benefit from it’s
many resources and programs. Who is
better qualified to write an article than
a person with first hand experience? If
you’ve received great service from one
of our advertisers, why not put it in
writing and send it to us? They deserve
it, other people will appreciate hearing
about it, you’ll feel good about it, and
we’ll be happy to help you give them a
shout out.
We’ve always welcomed our readers
to be a part of our magazines, to
make them their own, and it’s made
an immeasurable difference in our
success and in their lives and the lives
of many of our readers. We’ve learned
that people really love this magazine,
because they’ve told us time and time
again. You’re welcome to send us an
article about a group you volunteer with,
a business you think deserves it, or just
to share the story you tell time and time
again at a party... we truly hope to hear
from you. Maybe you won’t... but it
never hurts to ask.
Thanks for reading. Please let our
customers (and ones that should be)
know just how much you like Welcome
to The Club – they make it possible and
we need them to keep it going strong.
It Never Hurts To Ask
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As summer fun fades and we fall
back to school activities, life on our
grandparent’s farm begins to adjust.
My family lived in the city but as kids
our biggest adventures were made
visiting ‘the farm’ with four cousins
to play with just down the gravel road.
Over the years there were a variety of
farm animals – chickens, geese, pigs,
dairy cows, horses, ponies which kept
everyone busy; but, in the late fall/
winter with harvesting done, there
seemed to be more time for us. First
came our Thanksgiving gathering
with church, music, hay-bale forts,
turkey, pumpkin pie; but, grandpa’s
favourite occasion was Halloween
which meant a hauntingly wonderful
party including crunching falling
leaves running back and forth to
my cousins farm, picking pumpkins
from the patch, costumes, plenty of
To Grandmothers House We Go
food, fellowship and fun (crokinole/
checkers) – followed by a game of
Dead Man’s Bluff when darkness
fell (I can still remember the squeals
of delight). Remembrance Day
was never forgotten either - many
family members were in WWII…
in particular one uncle who spent
five years in Europe. Christmas was
magical. By now the nearly-alwaysfrozen
pond was cleared for skating
plus moonlight horse-drawn sleigh
rides in the cutter across snowy
fields (bells jingling all the way).
Grandma was a great cook (even
with a wood stove) so while women
were inside preparing dinner, the
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men were outside playing with
the kids. With such a large family
names were drawn for the young
only from year to year (always with
one for Rudolph – inevitably a new
baby would arrive the next year).
Our grandparent’s gift to the family
was a huge wicker basket of fruit
to be enjoyed all day long – there
were taffy pulls, caramel apples,
popcorn balls, candy canes and a
visit from a real live Santa through
a back bedroom window with his
big bag of presents.
All winter, grandma
would quilt (helped
by my mom and aunt)
Looking Back
Travel back in time to when these
items or events were the latest fad.
Slinky - 1946
CB Radios - 1947
Pez Dispensers - 1948
Silly Putty - 1949
Scrabble - 1952
Matchbox Cars - 1953
Davy Crocket coonskin caps - 1954
Baseball cards - 1955
Frisbees - 1957
Hula Hoops - 1958
Barbie - 1959
The Twist - 1961
Slot cars - 1962
Troll dolls - 1963
Beatlemania - 1964
Lava lamps - 1965
Skateboards - 1966
Tie-die T-shirts - 1968
Hot pants - 1970
Platform shoes - 1971
Clackers - 1972
Happy Face - 1973
Streaking - 1974
Pet Rocks - 1975
Mood Rings - 1975
Disco - 1977
Star Wars - 1977
Hacky sacks - 1978
Rubik's Cube - 1980
Trivial Pursuit - 1981
Smurfs - 1982
Cabbage Patch Dolls - 1983
Koosh Balls - 1988
Barney - 1988
Sonic the Hedgehog - 1991
Beanie Babies - 1993
Tickle Me Elmo - 1996
Blackberry - 1998
Pokemon - 2000
iPods - 2001
Crocs - 2002
Facebook - 2004
Webkinz - 2005
Sillybandz - 2009
Angry Birds - 2010
Vine - 2013
Ice Bucket Challenge - 2014
Hatchimals - 2016
Pokémon Go - 2016
and before each grandchild’s
sixteenth birthday - a quilt
pattern was chosen – mine was
Washington Pavement in white
and royal blue (I loved that quilt)
made ready for that ‘special’
day. Another ritual for the girls
(can’t remember what was done
for the boys) – we could select a
china pattern from Kingsmill’s
and for each special occasion a
piece was given…by the time we
were married – we had saved an
eight piece set (you can imagine
the bookkeeping).
Just as the seasons change…
life changes leaving us with
marvelous memories, an
unforgettable legacy of spiritual
awareness, and family-first
treasured skills…still enjoyed
today!
P A G E
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Be Thankful For... your pets - they always love you unconditionally.
FALL 2024

We’re all getting older, we may as well laugh about it!
Welcome to...
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Driving
TRIVIA
Selected
After Hours
questions from
Annual Trivia Night
“The Daytripper” has a team entered every year, but we have yet to win.
Answers Below
1. Which space mission, launched in 1977, has now entered
interstellar space and is carrying the Golden Record with
sounds and images from Earth?
Voyager 1
Hubble Space Telescope
Curiosity
Cassini
2. Which of Newton’s Laws states that ‘for every action,
there is an equal and opposite reaction’?
1st Law of Motion 2nd Law of Motion
3rd Law of Motion
3. What Brazilian musical genre rose to prominence in the
1960’s?
Salsa Bossa nova Cumbia Rhumba
4. In the "Harry Potter" series, what is the name of the
three-headed dog guarding the trapdoor on the third-floor
corridor at Hogwarts?
5. How many time zones does Russia have?
4 9 11
6. Fill in the blank of this Dead Poets Society famous quote,
"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives
____________."
7. What is the phenomenon where light is bent as it passes
through a medium, such as glass, due to a change in its
speed?
Refraction Reflection Diffraction Dispersion
8. Where did the first NBA game take place?
9. The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect
against invasions from which group of people?
Mongols Huns Persians Vikings
10. The command “mush”, used for sled dogs, comes from
this French word.
12. Nori is what ingredient in sushi?
13. What was the first song transmitted live from outer space?
Let it Be
Rocket Man
Jingle Bells
Twinkle Twinkly Little Star
ANSWERS:
1. Voyager 1; 2. 3rd Law of Motion; 3. Bossa nova; 4. Fluffy;
5. 11; 6. Extraordinary; 7. Refraction; 8. Toronto in 1946; 9.
Mongols; 10. Marche; 11. Seaweed; 12. Jingle Bells
FALL 2024 Be Thankful For... uncontrollable laughing fits about silly things. P A G E 5

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Ideas...
Unhurried Rhythm
by Kevin Babbey
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from its vantage point high above the
earth, it watched. Like a curious god, it
watched as my red canoe and I carved
curving paths across an emerald surface
strewn with shards of yellowing sun and
crescent-shaped remnants of azure sky;
a surface crowded with hundreds of
leafy vessels, my fellow travellers in this
awesome journey. Other times when the
sun peeked through heaven’s curtains,
it seemed like less of a curious god and
more like a worried parent, a beneficent
but impatient deity that kept urging me to
- ever-changing, ever-changeless - has
always made me feel like I belong, like I
am where I am supposed to be, like I have
found my place in this world. All she’s
ever required of me is a heart innocently
bathed in humility, a soul clothed in
awe. In this rare and peaceful grace of
belonging I paddled on and, to the gentle
music of water drops cascading from
my paddle, kept unhurried rhythm with
creation. I paddled alone and yet, in this
lonely place, held in creation’s embrace,
I’ve never felt alone.
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“What are you doing in that chair?”
With hands on his hips, Uncle Peter,
the trapper-turned-barber, stood before
the chrome and red vinyl barber chair,
scowling at Karl. Leo, Lorenz and Gordie
lowered their newspapers a touch to
peer over at the unfolding drama.
“I want you to cut my hair of course”,
snorted Karl.
“Which one?” asked Uncle Peter,
innocently as he wrapped a paper
collar around Karl’s neck and fastened
the barber’s bib.
“All of them! Start with the 3rd from
the left!”
This exchange followed a similar
pattern that was repeated each month
or so when Karl eased into the barber
chair for a haircut.
“Not much to work with,” mumbled
Uncle Peter as he ran his hand over the
smooth surface of Karl’s head.
“Well you know, grass doesn’t grow
on a busy path.”
“It don’t grow on concrete either,”
mumbled Gordie from behind
yesterday’s Moosejaw Sun newspaper.
Leo and Lorenz hid behind their
newspapers and snickered.
“Well, I think that hair is highly over
rated,” continued Karl with an air of
indifference. “It’s really nothing but a
nuisance; look at the hassle I get from
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you guys every time I need my mane
trimmed.” Karl’s ‘mane’ was actually
just a white fringe that barely topped
his ears. “Then there’s the shampooing,
the brushing, trimming and combing;
the battle never ends!”
“Well, it’s obvious that your hair
surrendered the battle long ago,”
growled Gordie.
Uncle Peter settled in with his
scissors while Gordie idly wondered
why it was that a haircut always took
the same amount of time, and cost
the same, regardless of how much
hair the customer arrived with.
“Drat,” muttered Uncle Peter as
the comb dropped to the floor. “I
can’t seem to hang on to anything
anymore; my fingers just don’t
work like they used to.” Uncle
Peter stared at his arthritic fingers,
scarred and rough from years
of setting traps in ice cold water.
He flexed them stiffly and pulled
another comb from a glass on the
counter.
“I hear ya,” agreed Gordie, “I
got the same problem. When I was
twenty, my butt was round, my belly
flat, my manhood stiff, and my fingers
were nimble. Now that I’m in my
seventies, my belly is round, my butt is
flat, and my fingers are stiff!”
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Uncle Peter nodded in agreement.
Gordie continued, “When I drop
something, I stand there and stare at
it while the same thoughts go through
my head... Is there any way I can get
it without getting down on my knees?
This is going to hurt... How will I get
back up? You know, the other day I
found a loonie on the ground in the
Safeway parking lot. It had rolled under
a pallet and in order to pick it up, I
would have had to get down on my
knees. I debated whether it was worth
the pain and bother for one dollar, and
in the end, I decided it wasn’t worth it.”
“So, did you just leave it there?”
asked Karl.
“Not exactly. I dug a loonie out of
my pocket and threw it down beside
the other one. I figured that the next
person to come along and find it
might think it worth picking up if
there were two of them.”
Karl snorted, “I must be losing it
Gordie, that almost makes sense.”
Uncle Peter rolled his eyes as he
dusted Karl’s neck with a soft brush
laden with Old Spice talc. “Gordie,
you’re the only man I know who
can lose money when he finds it.”
“Well, I’m off to the health
clinic this morning for my annual
physical and to check out the new
nurse,” chirped Karl as he slipped
out of the barber chair and admired
his fresh haircut in the mirror. He
paid Uncle Peter $16.00, and with a
nod to the others, he slipped out the
door into the summer sunshine and
headed for the Weaselscat Health Clinic
and Wellness Centre.
Life was good in Weaselscat, a
quiet small town somewhere in
Saskatchewan.
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Story and Photos by Tammy With • from Daytripping Spring 2024
If you attend a car show in
Southwestern Ontario there is a good
chance you may run into Robynn Marks
and her 1960 AMC Rambler. Robynn is
a fresh face to the circuit after recently
rebuilding the car her brother gave her
30 years ago.
The journey began in 1987 when her
12 year old brother Alex went on a trip
to South Carolina with his father and a
group of car enthusiasts. Armed with a
savings he had made corn detasseling
all summer, Alex purchased the Rambler
and a Hudson which
they towed back
to the border. The
border security had
never seen such a
thing, and as such
they decided to
charge the young boy
$50 to bring the cars
back to Canada.
Alex never worked
on the Rambler, but
would help his father
work on other cars.
Robynn would watch
the pair work and
would talk about how much she
loved the Rambler and what she
would do to it if it were her car.
She would occasionally suggest
to her brother a colour or
alteration she felt would suit it.
Then, on Robynn’s 20th birthday her
brother presented her with a ring box
containing the key to the Rambler, and
told her since she had so many ideas
for it, he wanted her to have it. Robynn
was delighted to have it, and spent the
next several years carting the car from
house to house as
she raised her four
young children. As
time went on she
gathered pieces for
the rebuild and put
them away.
Robynn promised
herself she would
start the project, and
on February 1st, 2019
she kept that promise.
At the advice of her
husband Rob; a fellow
gearhead, Robynn
started by tearing
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the car apart and placing
pieces in well labelled
boxes. Once the car was
apart from the engine
block up, she started the
major undertaking of
putting it back together.
As this was her first
build, she relied on the
expertise of her husband.
Rob acted as any good leader would; he
told her what she needed to know and
then let her teach herself. With his help,
and the help of the internet, Robynn
worked away for 30 months, usually
spending two or three days a week on
the project. “We used Friday as our date
night, we would order take out and work
on our cars. He has been my number
one supporter,” Robynn spoke fondly of
her time together with her husband.
On July 22nd 2021 Robynn put the
final touches on the car, and for the first
time presented her car to an audience
on August 8th at The Walkabout on
Christina Street in Sarnia. “I can’t even
describe what that felt like, it was like
a proud parent kind of moment,” says
Robynn.
She is still a minority in the craft,
and as such she is often overlooked as
the person responsible for bringing her
Rambler to life. “Most people at the shows
think Rob built her, but he is quick to
redirect them back to me,” she says with
a little chuckle. Her greatest hope is that
seeing her next to this accomplishment
will inspire little girls to dream big and
think, I can do that too!
“A project like this is never really
finished,” Robynn states, as there is
always something else to add. Currently
she is adding a little artistic flare to the
car with the addition of rose decals on
the exterior and floral accents on the
interior. Her vision is to give the car a
ratrod feel.
Perhaps her favourite detail included
is the wood panel across the back seat
featuring the signature of every person
who helped make her vision a reality.
It includes the signatures of the people
who donated parts, her children, and
most notably, the brother who started
her journey 30 years before.
Robynn has set her sights on a new
project; converting a more modern car
into a rally car. She has yet to start the
project, but says she starts with a vision
of what it will look like in the end and
goes from there. As for her philosophy,
Robynn believes,
You should never drive
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By Norma West Linder, from Daytripping May-June 2008
A city girl at heart, it must have been
difficult for my mother to move to
Manitoulin Island at the age of twentythree.
Her father had a sash and door
factory in Mindemoya, a village in the
centre of the island, and he prevailed
upon my parents to leave Toronto and
join him there, along with me and
my older sister around 1929. Life on
Manitoulin in those days was paradise
for children, but it must have been hell
for young adults. In our small hamlet of
perhaps four hundred souls, most of the
houses, including ours, had no hydro.
Laundry had to done on a washboard,
the whites boiling first for ages in
a boiler on the kitchen stove. Mom
once told me that one spring day the
clothesline broke and she nearly cried
at the sight of all those muddy sheets
on the ground. If she was unhappy,
however, she kept it well hidden from
us kids. I recall her sitting at the piano
in our front room singing “Happy
Days are Here Again” when the long
island winters seemed ready
to depart. And she always
took time to smell the wild
roses we girls brought her
every June.
As I grew into adulthood,
I heard the story of her
own childhood, and it was
not a pretty one. She was
determined to break the
cycle of physical and mental
abuse, and she did so with
flying colours. My sister Marie
(nicknamed “Toots”) and I
still share great stories about
the old days when we were
growing up on the largest fresh
water island in the world, set
like a triangular green jewel in
Canada’s Great Lakes.
My brother Gordon was born at
home in 1932. By that time we had
dispensed with coal oil lamps in favour
of electric lights. In 1938 the Red Cross
Hospital was up and running and my
sister Lois Jean, who now lives in Los
Angeles, was born there. Even though
we moved from the Island when she
was a baby, she’s the one sister who is
a genuine “Haw-Eater.” Sister Connie
arrived on the scene in 1945, when we
were living in Gravenhurst. With twenty
years between having her first daughter
and her fourth one, Mom must have felt
that a good deal of her life was given
over to caring for children.
When she decided to grow her
own vegetable garden instead of
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buying from the local farmers, we all
pitched in to help in the undertaking.
Undertaking is the appropriate word for
the way it turned out. If ever a dream
was doomed to die before it even got
started, this was one. Most of our big
back yard consisted of half an inch of
topsoil above a hundred and fifty feet
of solid rock—the actual distance they
had to drill before hitting water when
they sank the shaft for our pump. If
hard work alone could have guaranteed
success, my mother’s vegetable patch
would have been the most productive
one for miles around. She spent hours
planting, weeding, and watering.
Garden pests were the only forms of
life that bloomed, with weeds a close
second. We went back to eating good
old reliable lamb’s quarters when we
wanted backyard greenery.
Close on the heels of the Great
Agricultural Flop came the Chicken
Raising Venture. “Just think,” said
my mother, “our very own eggs for
breakfast.” My father and grandfather
built what was probably the
most attractive henhouse in
Mindemoya. The only
trouble was the hens
adamantly refused to
set one yellow foot
inside it. They refused
to set period. Instead
they roosted at night in the
trees encircling our yard.
Finally, the men were
forced to go out at
night with flashlights
and potato sacks and
shanghai them, one by one.
For us it wasn’t just chicken
every Sunday, it was chicken every
day. Mom once told me that I begged
her to give me bologna sandwiches in
my school lunch—just for a change.
After these experiments, the men
went back to planing boards, and
Mom contented herself with planting
geraniums. She still brightened her
balcony with geraniums when she
lived in an apartment in Sarnia, where
I’ve spent most of my life. My mother
was brave in the face of the losses
that life brings—her only son from a
car accident in 1979, her husband to
heart failure just three months later.
My mother died in a nursing home in
1996, in her ninetieth year. I used to go
and play Euchre there with her every
Sunday. I miss those games more
than words can say, and I’ll always be
grateful that she won her last hand.
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Building A Better Sarnia-Lambton
Visiting the recently completed
Cestar Dock at Sarnia Harbour.
The significant expansion to
the dock is the final piece of
Sarnia-Lambton's Oversized
Load Corridor.
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary
of the IODE Margaret Stokes
Chapter in Petrolia.
Joining the MPP for
Windsor-Tecumseh, the Minister
of Natural Resources, and the MPP
for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex in
rural Lambton County to announce
$2.5M in provincial funding to help
municipalities manage the
hazards posed by old and inactive
oil and gas wells.
Riding in style at another
fantastic Canada Day Celebration
in Canatara Park.
Good day loyal readers of The Club! After another magnificent
Sarnia-Lambton summer, it seems autumn is in the air. The
shorter days, cooler temps, and amazing fall colours make this
the perfect time of year to maximize your outdoor time, enjoying
all the fall activities, attractions, and events that Sarnia-Lambton
has to offer.
Speaking of getting out and staying active, the Ontario
government continues to expand access to services and
activities for those 55+ through investments in programing at
more than 316 Seniors Active Learning Centres across Ontario.
Locally, the Cruickshank Centre in Corunna, and the Strangway
Community Centre for Adults 50+ in Sarnia will each receive over
$51,000 in 2024 to support community programing for active
adults in Sarnia-Lambton. Programs that will be available to the
55+ crowd cover a wide variety of activities and services including
fitness, healthy lifestyle and wellness classes, recreation, social
activities, and learning opportunities.
The investment in our local Active Living Centres is part of the
Ontario government’s more than $15 million investment in all
Active Living Centres across the province, an increase of more
than $1 million from last year.
Whether it’s a visit to an Active Living Centre, or just getting out
and exploring one of the many fall fairs in Lambton County this
season, I hope you take every opportunity to connect with what’s
going on in our community and experience the people and places
that make Sarnia-Lambton so special.
I wish everyone across Sarnia-Lambton an amazing autumn.
Enjoy every moment!
I was honoured to participate
in a panel discussion on
energy sustainability with
local leaders at the inaugural
Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of
Commerce Economic Summit.
The Minister of Municipal Affairs
and Housing joined local leaders,
dignitaries, and first responders
for the annual Rotary of Sarnia
Mackinac Pancake Breakfast.
This year’s event was also a
fundraiser to support local
initiatives to build supportive
housing in Sarnia-Lambton.
Joining the Minister of Colleges
and Universities at St. Clair
College in Windsor to learn
more about how Ontario
colleges are supporting the
Ontario government’s efforts to
train the skilled trades workers
of tomorrow.
Visiting Sarnia-Lambton Rebound’s
second annual Youth Makers Expo
to celebrate a $200,000 Resilient
Communities Fund Grant from the
Ontario government’s Ontario
Trillium Foundation.
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Do you love to sing but don’t want to
sing solo? Have you been told you can’t
sing? Do you know that is just because
you are probably not singing the right
part? Seaway Sounds sings 4-part
harmony and you will likely fit into one
of those parts. The 4 parts are Tenor
(the cherry on top), Lead (usually the
melody), the Baritone (is like Tigger…
jumps above and below the Leads)
and Bass (the foundation of the 4-part
chord!).
Seaway Sounds is part of the Sweet
Adelines International organization and
our chorus has been chartered for 41
years. When you join Seaway Sounds,
not only are you developing new
friendships with the chorus, you become
a part of a world-wide organization and
through time and attending regional
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Remember When?
By Dorothy Johnson, Petrolia
Can you smell it?
That tantalizing odour that’s
wafting its way out the kitchen
door. It’s a welcome home after
the long walk home from school or
wherever you’ve been or whatever
your age.
“Mom’s baking cookies,” and you
just can’t wait to taste them.
I dedicate this wee poem to my
mom, Pearl, who made the best as
I remember.
The Cookie Jar
My Mother always told me,
To keep my cookie jar full,
So when unexpected company comes
It will help you, your duties to fulfill.
A plate of cookies and cup of tea,
Will put your guests at ease,
And often one will shyly ask,
May I have your recipe please?
And when your hubby gets
A craving for a snack,
You’ll know he’s been in the cookie jar,
When you hear the lid “click” back.
When a Grandmother you become
To sweet little lasses and lads,
They will get the hungries that will not keep,
So a cookie will make them glad.
And so it’s proven to be true
That happy all will be
As long as you keep some cookies on hand
For any emergency.
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Dad’s Cookies
Mix together:
1¾ cups all purpose flour
2½ cups minute oatmeal
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
Set aside.
Cream together:
1 cup margarine softened)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
Stir in:
2 eggs & 2 tsp. vanilla
Add:
1 cup raisins or
chocolate chips
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 cup flaked coconut
Mix in dry ingredients until
blended. Drop by spoonful
onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375˚F for 10 to 12
minutes or until golden
brown and just slightly soft
on top. Cool for 5 minutes
then remove from pan.
These are really good with
1 cup chocolate chips and 1
cup butterscotch chips; 1 cup
cut mixed fruit at Christmas.
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Every weekday morning, big orange
school buses snake their way along rural
roads from Newfoundland to British
Columbia and every afternoon, they
return along those same routes. Yes,
these vehicles that transport our children
each day are uniquely Canadian.
While I could not confirm exactly
when they began to become a familiar
sight on our roadways, I know from
personal experience they have been
in use for at least three generations.
According to our parents we had it easy
because, as we heard so often, they “had
to walk to school, up hill both ways, in
their bare feet... etc.”
Now when I hear complaints about
how long children must stay on the bus
between home and school, I know I am
getting old when I find myself saying,
“well you know, when I was a kid...”
I spent a lot of hours on a school
bus exactly like the one that drives by
my door each day, and unless you have
experienced the ride yourself, no others
will know or understand the unique role
that orange school bus plays in the life
of a child.
‘As-the-wheels-on-the-bus-go-roundand-round,’
there is a lot of learning
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taking place. Children grow up on those
trips back and forth to school every
day. Early on, they find their sense of
place. It usually begins simply with the
choosing of a seat.
From grade nine to grade twelve, I left
our house at 7:10 a.m. for a 45-mile bus
ride that got me to school by 9:00 a.m. I
was the first student to climb aboard in
the morning and the last one let off each
night. I chose to sit five seats from the
front, on the left hand side.
In a bus, a hierarchy is determined.
The more reserved, quiet students sit
closer to the front of the bus and the
driver, while those more extroverted
gather closer to the rear - the loudest
and rowdiest prefer the very back seats.
I felt most comfortable somewhere in
between.
I was the new kid that first day in
grade nine. The secondary school drew
from a different catchment area than
my elementary school, so former school
friends were all sent to another school.
I had no history with any of those who
got on board the bus, and it was obvious
no one wanted to sit with the new kid.
Thankfully I loved to read, so I hid my
discomfort in the pages of a book.
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School Bus Children Learn Lessons In Life
The seat beside me
remained empty until
the last leg of the trip,
when a girl named Sheila
dumped herself next to
me. She became my ‘bus
friend.’
In any other situation,
Sheila and I may not
have been friends at all. I was shy and
skinny, she was outgoing and, to put
it quite frankly, already rather wellendowed
for a 14 year old. While she
was quite happy that I saved her a seat
every morning, at night Sheila headed
towards the back of the bus to hang out
with, whom I perceived to be, the more
popular ‘in’ crowd. But despite attempts
by (usually) boys who tried to convince
her to share her seat, Sheila saved it for
me. My ‘bus friend’ drew me out of my
shyness. From her I learned about selfconfidence
and self-worth.
On those bus trips I also learned
to observe. To wonder about the
white-haired boy who every morning
appeared as if from nowhere at the side
of the road, and rarely spoke. To watch
courtships begin and young couples fall
in love. To feel sorry for the foster boy
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who always got into
trouble and spent
many trips sitting
in the special
‘reserved’ seat
behind the
bus driver. I
learned disdain
for those who
took advantage of him.
I learned from that bus driver, a patient
man who drove for many years, seldom
raised his voice, but maintained control
and gained respect the soft-spoken way.
And maneuvered a bus filled with other
people’s most valued possessions, over
dangerous icy roads and through many
snow storms to safety.
I learned patience. Ninety miles a day
is a long time to sit still. I also learned
to use that time wisely – I studied for
exams!
I learned new words – but not
necessarily what they meant, and surely
not the kind most parents think their
children would know either!
That bus carried a young teenager
into a bigger world beyond her family
farm and small village. It carried her into
adulthood.
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Wednesday, October 9,
2024
BEER
FACTS
After he won the Nobel
Prize, Niels Bohr was given
a perpetual supply of beer
piped into his house.
The Code of Hammurabi
decreed that bartenders
who watered down beer
would be executed.
At the Wife Carrying World
Championships, first prize is
the wife’s weight in beer.
A cloud near the
constellation Aquila
contains enough ethyl
alcohol to fill 400 trillion
pints of beer.
Coined in the early 1900s,
the word “alcoholiday”
means leisure time spent
drinking.
The builders of the Great
Pyramid of Giza were paid
with a daily ration of beer.
SIDETRACKED... As Usual
My best friend accuses me, and
my sister agrees, that I never like to
commit to anything too far ahead or
make many definite plans for even the
next day. I argue, but really its true. I do
like to keep my options open. At times
it causes me to miss an opportunity,
while some days I experience a lot of
satisfaction. Saturday morning was
just such an experience.
It had been a very busy week,
involving a trip to the E.R. for x-rays,
to make sure that a slip and fall I had
did not crack any bones, though I was
finding it a bit painful to climb the
stairs. So, on Friday evening I climbed
into bed happily promising myself a
lazy day on the sofa with the latest
crossword puzzles and the TV tuned
to curling.
In the kitchen the next morning, I
glanced about and noticed, atop one
of the cupboards, a very large cobweb
adorned with a lot of dust. I climbed
up on a chair to remove it, and then
realized that all the cupboard tops
were adorned with similar dust
webs. Before I could pour my first
coffee I was up on the counter with
a pail of soapy water, cloths, a roll of
paper towels, and a large spray bottle
containing a mixture guaranteed to
remove all kitchen grease and dirt, as
well as leave all surfaces germ free. As
I made my way around the kitchen
from one cupboard top to the next,
I was astounded to notice, on close
inspection, how smudged and stained
the doors were, so I included them in
my spraying and scrubbing. Every few
minutes I would get down, refill my
pail with clean water, or get more paper
toweling, and was amazed how easily
I was able to make my way around the
kitchen, climbing up and down. As I
traversed the counter tops I began to
think of myself as Tarzan swinging
through the treetops in the jungle…
a pretty big reach in comparisons,
but hey… I was actually having fun. I
opened a cupboard door to catch any
drips that may be inside, and decided
that a couple of those bowls were
never used and were taking up needed
space. I decided to move the shelving
to make a bit more room. That done,
I continued my trip to the other side of
the sink, noting the incredibly soiled
blinds as I passed. I finished the last of
the top cupboards (more climbing up
and down), then decided to attack the
blinds. The phone rang and I climbed
down carefully and began searching
for the phone, now on its fourth ring.
Ah, got it, no one on the other end.
Again up on the chair to heave myself
to the counter top, to begin detaching
the valance and its rod from the wall.
Though I was the one that put it there,
for the life of me, I couldn’t remember
how it came off. The phone rang,
down I got, getting there in time to
hear my son’s voice, cheerfully asking
“Whatcha doin’ Ma?”
“Something I do bi-annually,” I said,
”Cleaning the tops of cupboards and
all the stuff up there.”
“Gee, Mom, I really hope you don’t
mean that you only clean that turkey
plate every two years, ‘cause I seem
to remember you used it last Easter.”
This remark began a short debate on
the proper use of the English language
and the difference between bi and
By Joan Harder
from Daytripping July-Aug 2011
semi at which time I remarked that
it was incredulous that he knew the
difference, and was immediately
corrected, “You mean incredible don’t
you? But of course, you, being a writer
and all, you would know that?.” I told
him I loved him and hung up.
On the next trip up to the window,
I remembered the way to remove the
valance rod, sneezing on the cloud of
dust that hit me when it came loose.
Then with just one more venture
down to get a screw driver, the blind
was also freed. I spread the blind on
top of the plastic table cloth, sprayed
it liberally with the miracle cleaning
stuff, and began scrubbing each slat
separately, while listening to CBC
radio’s “Quirks and Quarks” and a
lively debate on the pros and cons of
cake as opposed to pie. I got quite
into the debate and in no time my
scrubbing had reached the bottom
slat, at exactly the same time that
“Pie” was pronounced the winner
over “Cake,” and I agreed. I shook the
valance vigorously and watched the
dust disappear toward the neighbor’s
house. Only three more climbs and
the window was neatly covered with
blind and valance. I stepped back
to survey the finished product, and
realized that everything was shiny
clean, but the patterned print of the
valance was now towards the wall and
the lining was facing out, and frankly,
I didn’t give a damn!!!
I am delighted to report that I now
am able to run up and down the stairs
without pain. Oh, yes, and I still had
time to watch the curling and have my
first cup of coffee!
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Theatre Sarnia has announced its
highly anticipated 2024-2025 season at
the historic Imperial Theatre, promising
a captivating mix of timeless classics,
heartfelt dramas, and contemporary
masterpieces. Executive Director Brian
Austin Jr. shared his enthusiasm for
the upcoming season, highlighting the
range of productions that will enchant
audiences from September through
May.
“Our new season offers something for
everyone,” said Brian Austin Jr. “From
the magical enchantment of Cinderella
to the intense thrilling drama of Misery,
we’ve curated a lineup that celebrates
the diversity and transformative power
of theatre. We’re excited to welcome
audiences back for what promises to be
an unforgettable year.”
Kicking off the season from September
20-28, 2024, is the enchanting Rodgers
& Hammerstein’s Cinderella. This fresh
Broadway adaptation of the beloved
musical features iconic songs such as
“In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/
It’s Possible,” and “Ten Minutes
Ago,” with a modern, humorous,
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Theatre Sarnia Unveils a Spectacular
2024-2025 Season at the Imperial Theatre
and romantic libretto by Tony Award
nominee Douglas Carter Beane. Under
the direction of Henri Canino, with
choreography by Jackie Burns and
musical direction by Chris McCloskey,
audiences will be
transported to a world
of magic and dreams.
Stage management
will be handled by
Kate Hardy.
Following this,
from October 23-27,
2024, Theatre Sarnia
presents The Last
Romance, a touching
comedy exploring the
power of love later in
life. The story follows
Ralph, a widower who finds a second
chance at romance with the elegant
Carol. Directed by Jane Janes and
stage managed by Diane Vienneau,
this heartwarming tale reminds us that
love can come when we least expect it.
“The Last Romance is a beautiful story
that shows how love can rejuvenate the
spirit,” noted Austin Jr.
For those who enjoy suspense,
Misery offers a thrilling experience from
January 29-February 2, 2025, based
on Stephen King’s acclaimed novel.
This gripping tale follows novelist Paul
Sheldon, who is held
captive by his fan
Annie Wilkes after a
car crash. As Annie’s
obsession grows,
Paul’s life hangs in
the balance. Directed
by Ian Alexander and
stage managed by
Cara Bootland, this
intense production
will keep audiences
on the edge of
their seats. “Misery
is a masterclass in suspense and
psychological drama,” Austin Jr. added.
In the spring, from April 2-6, 2025,
Mom’s Gift blends comedy and drama,
revolving around a family dealing with
the ghost of their mother, who must
complete a mission to earn her wings.
Only her daughter can see and hear her,
adding complexity to their interactions
and unearthing family secrets. Directed
by Dianne Visser and stage managed
by Maddisyn Fisher, this play promises
laughter and heartfelt moments. Austin
Jr. remarked, “Mom’s Gift is both funny
and deeply moving, making it a mustsee.”
Closing the season is the revolutionary
musical Rent, running from May 23-31,
2025. Celebrating love, life, and the
bohemian spirit in New York City’s East
Village, Rent has won the Tony Award for
Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for
Drama. It features unforgettable songs
and a powerful narrative about young
artists navigating love and life under the
shadow of HIV/AIDS. Directed by Kate
Hardy, with choreography by Olivia
Gogas and Bethany Tiegs, and musical
direction by Denise Chaulk and Valerie
Schmidt, this production will resonate
with audiences through its passionate
storytelling. Emma Van Barneveld
serves as the stage manager. “Rent is
a cultural phenomenon that continues
to inspire and move audiences,” said
Austin Jr. “We are thrilled to bring this
iconic musical to our stage.”
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Cliché’s! It seems I’ve been hearing
them all my life, but what are cliché’s?
Cliché’s are little bits of wisdom,
perhaps, that have been passed down
through the ages. Some of them make a
lot of sense while others do not.
Like, “home is where the heart is.”
Well my heart goes wherever I go, so
my home is wherever I am. I’m sure
glad I don’t have the expense of the
upkeep of all my homes. I would be in
the poor house by now. Poor me!
“Money isn’t everything” may
be true, but it can be a darn good
substitute and mighty handy when
you’re down to your last slice of bread.
Speaking of bread, “man cannot live
by bread alone.” As children,
my siblings and I proved
that wrong many times
over.
Cliché’s contradict
themselves. One tells
us to ‘look before you
leap,” while another
one says “he who
hesitates is lost.” It
seems I’ve been looking
and hesitating at the wrong
times all my life.
“Never put off until tomorrow
what you can do today.” Good advice,
but my motto has always been “never
do today what you can put off until
tomorrow.” Hey! It works for me!
“There’s more than one way to skin a
cat.” C’mon, what kind of people make
up these crazy sayings? My question is
– who would want to?
“You eat like a bird.” If we did, we’d
probably all look like the Goodyear
blimp! As I understand it, those little
Life is a Bowl of Cherries
creatures eat a peck at a time.
“Never put the cart before the horse.”
Good sound advice. I’ve yet to see a
horse that can push as good as it pulls.
“Drown your troubles.” From many
years of experience I’ve learned those
little devil’s can swim better than
Marilyn Bell.
“Life is a bowl of cherries.” Let me
set you straight. Sometimes it’s the pits.
“Time heals all wounds” is probably
true, but I had an acquaintance once
who was a real jerk. We lost contact,
but a couple years ago I heard he broke
a leg in a skiing accident. I thought, yes,
time heals all wounds but I was very
happy to know that eventually, time
also wounds all heels.
“You can’t make a silk
purse out of a sow’s ear.”
Again, my question
comes to mind – who
would want to?
“You drive a hard
bargain.” I own a
second hand car so I
know how hard it is to
drive a bargain.
“Keep your ear to the
ground.” An impossibility, I’d
say. Can you imagine how hard it is
to walk in that position? Contortionist
or what?
“You can always tell a man in love.”
The trouble is, he never listens.
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
In these days I think beauty is in the
eyes of the beer holder.
“Nobody’s perfect.” There are only
two perfect people in the world. There’s
you and there’s me and sometimes I
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Take a deep breath. The morning fresh air has a delightful aroma. Sunshine
landing on a few new blossoms. Cool and clear air after a rain. A touch of frost on
the landscape. Summer turns to fall so very quickly it seems. Where did the time
go?
Breathe again, every breath is a new gift. Enjoy each day, don’t rush them away
or try to live in the past. Now is as romantic a time of year as spring to enjoy a
stroll in the garden or your favourite park.
Fall for me always has the joy of harvest. Finding abundant produce from
summer work in the garden, picking the most imperfect pumpkin or knobby
gourd, watching the plants slow down their above ground exuberance, digging
up sweet potatoes or the regular type, picking Zinnias and other fall beauties.
September and October yield so much of summer’s bounty.
All summer, at the greenhouse, we are tending thousands of plants which come
into their most glorious showcase—just in time for fall. The ever-exuberant Mum,
millet grass, ornamental kale and peppers, brown eyed susan, and many others.
Take a few minutes to pick out some fresh colour to welcome a new season. It is a
quick exchange to move from summer annuals to fabulous fall.
I always enjoy fall flowers and foliage, picking and eating produce, some of
which I planted and tended to, some from a farmers’ market, or a friend’s garden.
Remembering where our food comes from, the hands that worked for it, and
being thankful for so many blessings, is such a necessary activity. Celebrate every
day and be grateful!
Here below are some helpful hints for your Autumn checklist:
❏ Care for your lawn so it can
rebuild during cooler seasons with
fertilizer or seed.
❏ Finely mulch leaves so they do
not smother your grass and return
nutrients to the earth.
❏ Top up mulch in gardens to
insulate new plantings and refresh
the look of your home.
❏ Change out your summer
seasonal flowers for fresh autumn
colours and harvest bounty,
and then change up to fresh
greenery boughs and berries
(mid November) to create a
warm welcome to your guests to
welcome winter.
❏ Plant your seed garlic for next
summer harvest.
❏ Add compost and manure to
your gardens to improve the soil
fertility.
❏ Prepare your vegetable garden
for next season by clearing out
the weeds and plant waste and
turning in compost to make spring
preparation a breeze
❏ Collect seeds from your favourite
summer annuals and heirloom
vegetables to sow next year.
❏ Create a habitat for the wild
creatures in your yard with an
area left ‘wild and untended’ with
branches and leaves.
❏ Remember our feathered friends
by leaving out seed heads and
putting out feeders and a water
supply.
❏ Clean up empty pots and trays
and return for recycle or reuse.
❏ Put a simple act of kindness into
action. It often spreads further
than you will ever know.
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2 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Don't Fence Me In
3 Bing Crosby I'll Be Seeing You
4 Jimmy Dorsey Bosame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)
5 Dinah Shore I'll Walk Alone
6 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
7 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe
8 The Mills Brothers You Always Hurt the One You Love
9 Bing Crosby Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra
10 Bing Crosby I Love You
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2 The King Cole Trio Straighten Up And Fly Right
3 Louis Jordan Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)
4 Tex Ritter I'm Wastin' My Tears on You
5 Louis Jordan Ration Blues
6 Ernest Tubb Soldier's Last Letter
7 Al Dexter Too Late to Worry
8 Al Dexter So Long Pal
9 Ernest Tubb Try Me One More Time
10 5 Red Caps I Learned A Lesson, I'll Never Forget
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“Attitude is more
important than the past,
than education, than money,
than circumstances, than
what people do or say.
It is more important than
appearance, giftedness
or skill.”
Ta
We were invited to go to a wedding
next month. Clem isn’t the fancy kind so
we don’t much go anywhere where I have
to get all gussied up, but this was one of
those times, and I knew I’d have to put on
a dress.
The last time my varicose-veined legs
were sticking out for the world to see
was when Clem and I threw a surprise
anniversary in the barn for my out-laws.
Boy time flies by, already five years ago. I
wanted to wear my coveralls, being barn
and all, but Clem insisted I wear a dress,
‘to look like a lady’, he said. That was not
a day I wanted to remember, so when it
was all over, I threw that darn dress in the
bottom of the old rotting cedar chest the
out-laws had given us when Clem and I
were churched.
So this was a day it had to be revived
from that musty old place. Other than a
few wrinkles, it looked in good shape. The
only thing out of shape was me. It was
clear from the start that the darn dress
had shrunk in that old chest, as it would
hardly go over my head, and it got stuck
on my chest, and no amount of teasing
and coaxing would convince it to go over
my belly let alone my hips. I barely got the
darn thing off.
This dress fitting brought to mind when
I was going to my first prom. My mother
had bought a new dress for me, sort of
tight, but I thought if I wore it around the
house it would stretch, somewhat like
tight jeans. I had to get into a pair of silk
stockings, the kind with the darn seam
going up the back (for those of you who
remember). Now the only way to hold
them up was a garter belt, or a girdle
and I knew the only way I was going to
look decent was to get into a girdle. I
realized this was not going to be an easy
task, because with a body like mine, you
grunted, heaved, held your breath to the
count of fifty, laid on a bed and wriggled,
trying to get that boomerang elastic thing
on. Mission accomplished meant you
looked like you had a skinny tummy and
hips, but the extra few pounds went to
your chest to make you look like a muffin
~
W. C. Fields
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Summer 2010
“Girdle Blues”
top in a Triple E.
Sometimes those
spare pockets
of fat rocketed up to
your chin. That’s how we
women developed the
double chin. Now if it went
south, it squeezed out below
the girdle itself. I was the
only gal in town with rolls that
hung down to her knees.
Now add that to the
problem of pulling on those
darn stockings. I had to roll those dainty
things down so I could insert my calloused
feet into them, but first I had to bend over
to reach my feet. I was lucky to be able
to breathe let alone twist around to make
sure that back seam was straight. That all
finished, I felt great.
Do you know where they came up with
the idea for the barbershop red-striped
flagpole? That was from me. They copied
that design from the red welt marks left
around my legs when the elastic in the
girdle broke loose from the pressure of
trying to hold the whole of me in one
shapely place. To top it off, those darn
stockings stayed hooked to the girdle.
They wrapped around my legs like a
spinning top while my toes bore holes
through the soles of the stockings. It was
those darn stockings that left those welts
after they exploded and went airborne
from the sheer speed and landed, along
with that elastic torture chamber, on the
chandelier.
I let out a gush of breath and tore a hole
in my prom dress. When I looked up, I
saw two brown things hanging from the
underbelly of the light. It reminded me
of our pet cow Crocket just after she had
been milked. I knew then I had to do some
major overhauls to the prom dress, but
considered myself lucky when I examined
myself in the mirror and realized I still had
my teeth.
That memory was too much, I couldn’t
face another trial like that, so I declined
the wedding invite.
Ms. Klara
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weekdays Sarnia Weekly adult activities at Strangway Centre, Sarnia sarnia.ca 332-0656
weekdays TV Low Impact Fitness on Your TV, Cogeco, 9am Cogeco Channel 700
weekdays TV Balanced Yoga on YourTV Cogeco, 9:30am Cogeco Channel 700
weekdays Sarnia Mall Walking, visit Guest Services to sign up www.lambtonmall.com
weekdays various Wellness Programs by North Lambton CHC. Pre-reg. www.nlchc.com
weekdays Sarnia Day Hospice St. Joseph’s Hospice, Reg. required 519-337-0537
monthly various Book Clubs and events at Lambton County Libraries lclibrary.libnet.info/events
monthly various LEO Diners Club, Hot Lunch, pre-reg. required 519-845-1353 ext 301
Mon Corunna Pepper, Corunna Legion, 1pm www.corunnalegion.ca
Mon (last) online Drop in & Chat, Lambton Ont Ancestors, (not in Dec) www.lambton.ogs.on.ca
Mon (4th) Forest Buddy Check Coffee, Free Support Group, 11am Legion www.forestlegion.ca
Mon (2nd) Sarnia Buddy Check Coffee, Free Support Group, 11am Legion svance505@gmail.com
Mon Wyoming Forever Fit with LEO, Wyoming Legion, 9:30am 519-845-1353 ext 301
Tues (2nd) online Zoom Genealogy meetings, 7-8:15pm, Free www.lambton.ogs.on.ca
Tues (alt) Petrolia Meat Raffle - 6:30 at Black Gold Brewery, Kiwanis www.petroliakiwanis.ca
Tues Petrolia Yoga - Petrolia Legion, 7pm, pre-register www.petrolialegion216.ca
Wed Br Grove Meat Raffle, 5-7pm, Huron Oaks Golf Course FB Sarnia Lakeshore Optimist Club
Wed (1st) Forest Kiwanis Bingo at Legion, 7pm info@forestkiwanis.org
Wed Forest Darts, Forest Legion, 7pm www.forestlegion.ca
Wed (to Oct 9) Grand Bend Farmers’ Market, Lambton Heritage Mus. 9am-1pm lambtonshoresmarkets@gmail.com
Wed (3rd) Oil Springs Meeting Night at Oil Springs Legion, 7pm FB Oil Springs Legion
Wed (3rd) Petrolia Jamboree, Soft Rock, Country. Lunch 12-1pm $10, 1-4pm petrolialegion216.ca
Wed (2nd) Petrolia Lions Gift Card Bingo, Petrolia Lions Hall 7pm 519-882-8728
Wed Sarnia Triple C Carvers, Royal Cdn Naval Assoc, 8:30am-noon www.tripleccarvers.ca
Wed Corunna Forever Fit with LEO, 9:30am 519-845-1353 ext 301
Wed (1st) Wyoming Meat Bingo, Wyoming Lions Hall 7pm FB Wyoming Lions Club
Thurs Corunna Cribbage, Corunna Legion 1pm www.corunnalegion.ca
Thurs Forest Shuffleboard, Forest Legion 10am, starting Oct. 12 www.forestlegion.ca
Thurs Forest Euchre, Forest Legion 1:30pm. starting Oct. 12 www.forestlegion.ca
Thurs Petrolia Darts, Petrolia Legion 7pm www.petrolialegion216.ca
Thurs Petrolia Meat Raffle, Petrolia Optimist Club, Crabby Joe’s 6pm www.lcpetroliaoptimist.org
Thurs Sarnia Park Nite at Canatara Park, 5pm to dusk, thru Sept 26 FB Sarnia Street Cruisers
Thurs Sarnia Catch the Ace, Trivia Night, Sarnia Legion www.sarnialegion.com
Fri Corunna Bridge, Corunna Legion 1pm www.corunnalegion.ca
Fri Forest Cornhole, Forest Legion, 7pm, starting Oct. 6 www.forestlegion.ca
Fri (to Oct 11) Forest Farmers’ & Artisan Market, 9am-1pm lambtonshoresmarkets@gmail.com
Fri Grand Bend Meat Raffle, 50/50, Karaoke, 5pm at Legion FB Grand Bend Legion
Fri Petrolia Karaoke at the 216 Lounge, Petrolia Legion 8pm www.petrolialegion216.ca
Fri (2nd/4th) Sarnia Open Dances, 7:30-11pm, $10, Polish Hall Sarnia 519-337-5708
Fri (1st) Sarnia First Friday, downtown multi-cultural walkabout FB Sarnia First Friday
Fri Sarnia Live Music and Dancing, Sarnia Legion, 7-11pm www.sarnialegion.com
Sat Corunna Meat Draw, Corunna Legion, 4pm www.corunnalegion.ca
Sat Forest Meat Raffle, Forest Legion 3:30pm www.forestlegion.ca
Sat (alt) Oil Springs Meat Raffle, Oil Springs Legion 4pm FB Oil Springs Legion
Sat Petrolia Meat Raffle, Petrolia Legion 2pm www.petrolialegion216.ca
Sat Petrolia Farmers’ Market, May 18-Oct 19, 7:30am-Noon 519-882-2350 Thera
Sat Sarnia Meat Raffle, Sarnia Legion 3pm www.sarnialegion.com
Sat Sarnia Live Music and Dancing, Sarnia Legion 7-11pm www.sarnialegion.com
Sat Wyoming Meat Raffle, Wyoming Legion 4pm FB Wyoming Legion
Sun (1st) Petrolia Free Family Swim, Petrolia YMCA 1-3:30pm www.petrolia150.com
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EXHIBITS
ongoing L Shores Historic Buildings at Lambton Heritage Museum www.heritagemuseum.ca
Jul 17-Nov 9 L Shores Hockey - Canadian Museum of History Travelling Exhibit www.heritagemuseum.ca
ongoing online Nnigiiwemin/We are going home exhibit (virtual) www.heritagemuseum.ca
ongoing online Lambton Agricultural Hall of Fame (virtual) www.heritagemuseum.ca
ongoing online Lambton at War (virtual) www.heritagemuseum.ca
ongoing online Shine: Spotlight on Women of Lambton www.heritagemuseum.ca
ongoing online The Farmerettes (virtual) www.heritagemuseum.ca
ongoing online First Nations in the 149th www.heritagemuseum.ca
Sept14-Oct19 Br Grove Kennady Rayn & John Williams galleryinthegrove.com
Nov2-Dec14 Br Grove Gifts of the Season, Annual Artisan Sale galleryinthegrove.com
Sept 6-28 Sarnia Nancy Pequegnat-Jackson Solo Exhbit lawrencehouse.ca
Sept 6-28 Sarnia Pavel Alexey Solo Exhibit lawrencehouse.ca
Oct 1-31 Sarnia SAW Sarnia Artists Workshop lawrencehouse.ca
Nov 1-30 Sarnia Members Exhibit “A Time for Giving” lawrencehouse.ca
Dec 6-28 Sarnia Members Exhibit “Handmade for the Holidays” lawrencehouse.ca
Aug 2-Oct 12 Sarnia Lambton Through the Lens: Teen Photo Contest www.jnaag.ca
Oct 4-Mar 15 Sarnia Dark Ice | Glaces obscures: Leslie Reid and Robert Kautuk www.jnaag.ca
AUGUST 2024
30 Pt Edward Vintage in the Village Cruise Nights, 4:30pm, Waterfront Pk 519-337-3021
31 Plymp-Wyo Lambton County Plowing Match, 5586 London Line www.lambtonplowmens.ca
31 Corunna 12th Annual Veteran’s Motorcycle Run, Reg. 10:30, Legion 519-862-1240
SEPTEMBER 2024
1 Petrolia Free 150 Birthday Swim at YMCA, 1-3:30 www.petrolia150.com
2 Petrolia Jumbo Peameal on a Bun, $10. 11am-1pm www.petrolialegion216.ca
5 Watford Summer Market, 5-9pm, Centennial Park FB Watford Summer Market
6 Sarnia First Friday - Downtown Cultural Walkabout www.sarniafirstfriday.com
6 Sarnia First Friday Exhibits Opening 6-9pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
6-7 Sarnia Bluewater Health Foundation Block Party www.bwhf.ca
6-8 Petrolia Petrolia-Enniskillen Fall Fair www.petroliafair.ca
7 Sarnia Art in the Park, Mike Weir Park 9am-5pm rotaryartintheparksarnia.com
8 Pt Edward Lady Luck 42nd Toy Run, Reg. 12pm at BW Bridge FB Lady Luck Riders MC
9 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
10-29 Petrolia The Ultimate “Fiddler on the Loose” - A VPP Original www.thevpp.ca
12 Florence Lambton 175 Show & Tell, Florence Lib, 10am-12pm lambtonmuseums.ca/show
13-14 Sarnia Alice in Wonderland Jr: S-L Rebound, $15 www.imperialtheatre.net
13-15 Wyoming Plympton-Wyoming Fall Fair www.plympton-wyomingfair.com
13 Wyoming Live Pie Auction for CEEH, Wyoming Fair 519-384-4328
13 Wyoming Picking & Fiddling at Wyoming Legion Br. 388, 7-10pm Bill 226-402-2730
14 Petrolia Lambton 175 Show & Tell, Petrolia YMCA, 10am-12pm lambtonmuseums.ca/show
14 Petrolia Harvestfest, Farmers’ Market, 5pm, tickets required www.town.petrolia.on.ca
14-15 Walpole Is FN Harvest Moon Pow Wow, 10am-6pm, Highbank Pk FB Harvest Moon Pow Wow
15 Corunna RCL Zone A-4 Drumhead Ceremony, 2pm 519-862-1240
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15 Alvinston Terry Fox Run/Walk, BAICC, 1pm www.terryfox.org
15 Petrolia Terry Fox Run/Walk, Lions Hall Pavilion. 9:15am www.terryfox.org
15 Sarnia Terry Fox Run/Walk, Canatara Park Pavilion, 9:15am www.terryfox.org
15 Sarnia Journey to a Dream, Diane Lambert & Monica Vautour, Free sarniabookkeeper.com
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SEPTEMBER 2024 Cont’d
16 Forest Fall Film Festival, “Poms” Free by donation www.kineto.ca
16 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
17 Port Franks Euchre Rama, 9am, $10 includes lunch, Opt. Centre FB Port Franks Seniors
18 Petrolia Soft Rock Jamboree & Lunch, 12-4pm, $10 www.petrolialegion216.ca
19 Sarnia Katherena Vermette, Author of Real Ones, 7pm, $10 sarniabookkeeper.com Pre-reg.
20-22 Forest Forest Fall Fair www.theforestfair.ca
20-28 Sarnia Theatre Sarnia: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella www.imperialtheatre.net
21 Corunna Street Festival, 10am-3pm, Lyndock Street www.corunnastreetfestival.com
21 Petrolia Hillsdale Cemetery Tour, 12-4pm, $25 at VPP Box Office 519-882-1221
21 Sarnia Trail & Ale for Rayjon, 5/10K, Howard Watson Trail www.rayjon.org/trail-and-ale/
22 Wyoming Dance, Scott Elliott & the Roads Travelled, Legion, 1-4pm Bill 226-402-2730
22 Sarnia Kidney Walk 2024, Canatara Park, 9am www.kidneywalk.ca
22 Sarnia First of Fall Beach Clean Up, Canatara Pk, 10am FB Lake Huron Coastal Centre
25 Brigden Lambton 175 Show & Tell, Brigden Library, 1-3pm www.lambtonmuseums.ca/show
27 Petrolia Shop Like Charlotte Ladies Night, 5-9pm, Tickets $25 519-882-4359
27 Forest Fish Fry at Forest Legion, $25, 5-7pm forestlegionevents@gmail.com
27-29 Alvinston Brooke-Alvinston & Watford Fall Fair www.alvinstonfair.com
28 Wyoming Poker Run for Christmas for Everyone, Lions Hall, 10am FB Misfit Elves Poker Run
28 Lambton Doors Open Lambton County FB Lambton County Archives
28 Petrolia Progressive Euchre Tournament, 1pm, $10, Lunch $5 at Noon 519-331-3143
29 Sarnia Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers Story www.imperialtheatre.net
OCTOBER 2024
3 Sarnia Twin Flames - Canadian Indigenous Folk Duo, 7pm www.imperialtheatre.net
4 Sarnia First Friday - Downtown Cultural Walkabout www.sarniafirstfriday.com
4 Sarnia First Friday Exhibits Opening 6-9pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
5 Wyoming Dance, Country Versatiles, Legion, 7-10pm Bill 226-402-2730
5 Sarnia Gwetaandaawe Market, Maawn Doosh Gumig Gym, 9-2pm 519-336-8410
5 Petrolia Veterans Emergency Fund Dinner & Dance, 5pm-11:45 www.petrolialegion216.ca
5 Sarnia Bayou County - The Very Best of CCR Live www.imperialtheatre.net
6 Br Grove Lady Luck Turkey Run & Dinner, Reg. 10am, KSU 11am FB Lady Luck Riders MC
6 Petrolia Free 150 Birthday Swim at YMCA, 1-3:30 www.petrolia150.com
8-27 Petrolia “The Tony Bennett Songbook” A VPP Original www.thevpp.ca
9 Sarnia Sarnia Concert Assoc pres. Toronto Concert Orchestra www.imperialtheatre.net
11 Wyoming Picking & Fiddling at Wyoming Legion Br. 388, 7-10pm Bill 226-402-2730
11-14 Brigden Brigden Fall Fair www.brigdenfair.ca
12 Forest Great Canadian Dueling Pianos, 7pm at Forest Legion forestlegionevents@gmail.com
14 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
15 Sarnia Relive the Music 50s & 60s Show, 7:30pm www.imperialtheatre.net
17 Petrolia Fiery Faces, Community Carving Night, 5-8pm, Discovery www.fieryfaces.ca
18-20 Petrolia Fiery Faces, Pumpkin Display 6-9pm, Discovery www.fieryfaces.ca
18 Sarnia Grace, 2 - Celebrating the Tragically Hip www.imperialtheatre.net
19 Port Franks Shades of Autumn Vendor Sale and Tea Room www.ausableportfranksoptimist.club
19 Sarnia Classic Albums Live: Supertramp - Crime of the Century www.imperialtheatre.net
19-20 Forest Forest All Handmade Market ladybugg62@yahoo.com
19-20 Grand Bend Lambton Fall Colour & Craft Festival, 10am-4pm www.heritagemuseum.ca
21 Forest Fall Film Festival, “Thelma” $8, 7pm www.kineto.ca
21 Petrolia St. Paul’s BBQ Chicken to Go, 4-6pm, order by Sept 12 orderyourdinnernow@gmail.com
21 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
23 Forest Fall Film Festival, “Thelma” $20 incl Lunch & movie 519-466-2287 to reserve
23-27 Sarnia Theatre Sarnia presents: The Last Romance www.imperialtheatre.net
25-26 Petrolia IODE Margaret Stokes Chptr: Hauntings & Historical Tour $20 adv 519-882-4919 Dawn
26 Forest Great Big Sea Tribute Concert, Kineto, 7:30pm www.eventbrite.ca
26 Port Franks Pumpkins After Dark www.ausableportfranksoptimist.club
26 Wyoming Full Petty Fever, $15 adv tickets/$20 door, 8pm FB Wyoming Legion
26 Petrolia Halloween Party, 8pm, Petrolia Legion www.petrolialegion216.ca
27 Wyoming Dance, Celtic Hillbillies, Legion, 1-4pm Bill 226-402-2730
NOVEMBER 2024
1 Sarnia First Friday - Downtown Cultural Walkabout www.sarniafirstfriday.com
1 Sarnia First Friday Exhibits Opening 6-9pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
1 Forest Elvis - Tribute to the King at Forest Legion, 7:30pm forestlegionevents@gmail.com
1 Sarnia Ron James...Not Nearly Done Yet! 7:30pm www.imperialtheatre.net
2 Sarnia Gwetaandaawe Market, Maawn Doosh Gumig Gym, 9-2pm 519-336-8410
2 Wyoming Dance, Joan Spalding & Foggy Mtn Band, Legion, 7-10pm Bill 226-402-2730
2 Sarnia Dancing Under the Stars Gala, DeGroot’s Nurseries lcoene@sjhospice.ca
3 Br Grove Lady Luck Chilly Chili Run, Reg. 10am, KSU 11am FB Lady Luck Riders MC
3 Petrolia Free 150 Birthday Swim at YMCA, 1-3:30 www.petrolia150.com
3 Sarnia ISO: Windy Journey, 3pm www.imperialtheatre.net
5 Port Franks Euchre Rama, 9am, $10 includes lunch, Opt. Centre FB Port Franks Seniors
7 Forest Excelsior Band f. Cathy Landeryou, 7pm, by donation www.kineto.ca
8 Wyoming Picking & Fiddling at Wyoming Legion Br. 388, 7-10pm Bill 226-402-2730
8 Sarnia Classic Albums Live: Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell www.imperialtheatre.net
11 Lambton Remembrance Day Services throughout Lambton County your local RCL Branch
11 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
13 Sarnia Sarnia Concert Assoc pres. Bridge and Wolak, 7:30pm www.imperialtheatre.net
15 Sarnia Imperial Theatre presents: Elton Rohn, 8pm www.imperialtheatre.net
Sat, Nov. 16th Wyoming Fairgrounds
16 Wyoming Great Canadian Dueling Pianos, Fairgrounds, 7:30pm 226-964-1225 Conner
16 Sarnia O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy, 3pm www.imperialtheatre.net
17 Wyoming Dance, The Pierce Family, Legion, 1-4pm Bill 226-402-2730
18 Forest Fall Film Festival, “Sing Sing” $8, 7pm www.kineto.ca
18 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
20 Forest Fall Film Festival, “Sing Sing” $20 incl Lunch & movie 519-466-2287 to reserve
20-Dec 8 Petrolia “Starbright Christmas 2024” A Glorious Tradition at VPP www.thevpp.ca
22 Sarnia It’s Too Late to Stop Now - The Music of Van Morrison www.imperialtheatre.net
23 Petrolia ChristmasFest 2024, St. Paul’s UC, 10am-3pm 519-882-1390 or text 519-312-6505
23 Sarnia Hotel California, The Original Eagles Tribute www.imperialtheatre.net
25 Sarnia State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine: Swan Lake www.imperialtheatre.net
30 Petrolia Rumblefish! at Petrolia Legion, 7-10pm www.petrolialegion216.ca
DECEMBER 2024
to Dec 8 Petrolia “Starbright Christmas 2024” A Glorious Tradition at VPP www.thevpp.ca
1 Petrolia Free 150 Birthday Swim at YMCA, 1-3:30 www.petrolia150.com
5 Sarnia Elvis Christmas Special w. Pete Paquette www.imperialtheatre.net
6 Petrolia Town Christmas in the Park, Chili Cook Off www.town.petrolia.on.ca
6 Sarnia First Friday - Downtown Cultural Walkabout www.sarniafirstfriday.com
6 Sarnia First Friday Exhibits Opening 6-9pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
7 Petrolia Christmas Market, 10am-3pm www.town.petrolia.on.ca
7 Sarnia Gwetaandaawe Market, Maawn Doosh Gumig Gym, 9-2pm 519-336-8410
7 Petrolia Santa Claus Parade, 2pm, “Celebrating Petrolia 150” www.town.petrolia.on.ca
8 Wyoming Dance, Celtic Hillbillies, Legion, 1-4pm Bill 226-402-2730
9 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
13 Wyoming Picking & Fiddling at Wyoming Legion Br. 388, 7-10pm Bill 226-402-2730
13-15 Petrolia “The VPP Holiday Jamboree” Foot Stompin’ Festive Fun www.thevpp.ca
14 Forest Downtown Jazz & Guests, “Jazzy Christmas” 1-2pm www.kineto.ca
14 Wyoming Christmas in the Village, 5:30pm, Lions Club Hall FB Plympton-Wyoming Special Events
15 Sarnia ISO: Messiah, 3pm www.imperialtheatre.net
16 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7pm www.lawrencehouse.ca
31 Petrolia Petrolia 150 Closing Event at Greenwood Rec. Centre www.Petrolia150.com
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Every once in a while I feel like I am
at two with the universe. Having recently
made our annual pilgrimage around the
house to ‘spring ahead” in time, I once
again find myself more of an analog
person caught in a digital world. True
enough, if it weren’t for time, everything
would happen at once, but there are
definitely days when we must settle for
inferior quality time.
With the world’s technical advances
we now find ourselves capable of using
yesterday’s technology to resolve today’s
problems tomorrow. For instance, if I
were to put a cup of instant coffee in the
microwave, might I not, theoretically, go
back in time? For me, the hardest part
about the concept of time travel would
have to be the grammar. ‘A seminar on
Time Travel will be held two weeks
ago.” See what I mean? The debate is
moot anyway, since we all know there
can’t be any future in time travel.
Nowadays, with world travel so
prevalent, if I were to fly to China,
crossing the International Date Line, and
then phone home when I arrived there,
would I not, technically, be able to answer
the phone at home myself? Think of it.
A doctor should be able to play golf on
Wednesday afternoon in Augusta, then
fly to Australia and play golf again on the
same Wednesday afternoon! Although,
I’m not sure just how the folks “down
under” can even remain upright when
they are upside down like that, as my
globe turns. Maybe they have Velcro on
Piece of Mind
By Joan Richardson • From Daytripping May-June 1999
Do You Have the Time?
their shoes, but I digress.
If time is money, how much would
it take to buy me some more time? If
time stops for no man, can a woman at
least slow it down some? And while I’m
pondering the gender aspect of time,
what happened to Mother Time? or Father
Nature for that matter? Is it all right to play
my AM radio in the afternoon? If I bought
a cuckoo clock at an army surplus store,
and it got to be ten o’clock at night, would
the cuckoo kook 2200 times? If it is now
1300 hours military time, does that mean
that 1600 hours is still 300 hours away?
If you’ve ever tried to teach your child
how to read an ordinary analog clock, you
can identify with my conundrum. First
you must explain that the first hand on the
device is the hour hand, the second hand
is the minute hand and the third hand is
the second hand. Confused yet? Well, how
about describing how the minute hand
resting on the one designates a five minute
span, while its crossing the three indicates
a fifteen minute period and we then
shorten that, for some unknown reason,
to a quarter after the hour. Same thing at
the six, which we translate to a half past
or thirty minutes and the nine, which also
means a quarter to or an incredible fortyfive
minutes! No, wonder the days of the
analog watch are numbered.
So my friends, beware of living like
there is no tomorrow. There may not be
a tomorrow. After all, there wasn’t one
today. But as Kermit would say, “Time’s
fun when you’re having flies”!
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It was one of those mornings when
I would’ve rather stayed in bed a while
longer, for after a busy week of gardening,
running errands, doctor’s appointments
in London and getting the camper ready
for our annual trek to our favourite
campsite at Balsam Lake Provincial Park,
I was ready for a restful Saturday with
only a bit of dusting on the list of things
to do. Then I checked my calendar and
saw that I’d written: Emma is coming at
8 a.m. Of course I should’ve remembered
the promise I’d made to my seven year
old great-granddaughter, Emma.
Emma had spent a day with us during
spring break when we had a cookie baking
event with her and our two youngest
granddaughters, ten year old Ella and
seven year old Olivia. All three girls love
to bake, so we had a great time, ending
with more cousins joining us around the
kitchen table. The cookies were sampled
by all and even the dog, who’d stationed
himself under the table, was delighted
with the crumbs and pieces dropped by
the many visitors, including the parents
of the girls who’d come to have Tea Time
at Grandma’s house and take home their
kids and, of course, some of the baked
stuff for those at home.
Somehow in all the commotion of
farewell hugs and finding everyone’s
boots and jackets, Emma’s cookies had
ended up in my cookie tin, from where
they’d promptly disappeared into some
hungry man (or woman’s) stomach. To
make Emma feel better and to clear my
own conscience I’d promised Emma
another cookie baking day with me alone
on a Saturday. The day had arrived, so I’d
better be ready.
While I savoured my breakfast mug
filled with hot, strong tea, a little voice
called out from the back door, “Hi
Grandma! I got up real early and I’m not
A Day with Emma
even tired. I brought my boots so I can
help Grandpa feed the chickens. And
I didn’t have breakfast yet,” she said,
as she entered the kitchen where the
sunshine coming through the window
held the promise of a beautiful spring
day. She took her place at the table,
and ate a bowl of cereal, stopping long
enough between bites to ask questions.
“Are we going to make soup today?” was
her first question.
When I said, “Yes, we are,” she replied
with “Oh good. Then if we have
leftovers, can I take some home?
We haven’t had grandma soup since
Annie was born.” She continued
with a sigh that sounded like she
and her family had not eaten a
decent meal for months.
Soon we were ready for the
baking session. Hands were
washed, an apron tied
around Emma’s thin body
and her long hair tied back
in a ponytail dangling to
her waist. Our favourite
cookie recipe was
easy to find in my
old and most often
used cookbook. We
just turned to the
page with the most
spills plus the names of
grandchildren who had
baked the cookies and printed
their names to verify that yes,
these are good cookies, and yes, I
baked them in Grandma’s kitchen
on this date. One of these “bakers”
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is now a university graduate and another
is in his last year of college, studying to
become a civil engineer.
While we measured ingredients and
stirred the dough, Emma’s mouth was
as active as her hands. “Grandma, did
you see the sunset last night?” she asked,
while her small hands formed perfectly
round balls of cookie dough which were
then put in neat rows on the cookie
sheet. When I told her I was sorry to
have missed it, she stopped what she
was doing and described to me
the beautiful scene of an early
summer sunset, naming every
colour she had seen in the sky.
I felt as if I had seen it myself.
We swept up the spilled
flour while the cookies
were baking. “So now we
make grandma soup, right
Grandma?” I was ready for
a cup of coffee then, and
so was my husband who’d
followed his nose into the
kitchen where the cookies
were ready to come out of
the oven. The three of us
had a coffee break with the
still warm cookies.
“When are we going
to see the little chicks,
Grandpa?” Emma asked as
she bit into her cookie, carefully
catching every crumb off the table
with her fingers.
“As soon as I finish my coffee,”
her great-grandpa replied. Emma
was already at the backdoor, almost
stumbling over the long apron she was
still wearing. In her haste to get outside,
she’d put on her jacket over the apron and
was putting on her boots in readiness for
the next adventure with Grandpa. She’d
apparently also forgotten all about our
soup making adventure together. That
actually suited me very well, since there’s
no written recipe for grandma soup. So
while Emma was holding baby chicks,
feeding the ducks and petting the dogs, I
cooked the soup.
At lunchtime, Emma hardly had time
to eat, as she had so much to tell us about
“the baby chicks that are sooo cute”, the
little dogs that were waiting in time to be
petted by her and the ducks who “walked
like ladies.”
“It’s true, Grandma,” she said as she
slid off her chair and walked a few steps,
her body straight and her head held high
to imitate the Indian Runner ducks which
do have a distinct walk.
After lunch, Emma packed a cookie tin
full of the biggest and best of the cookie
batch, and put her now dirty boots in
a bag. I packed a few more goodies,
including a container of “grandma soup”
and we were on our way to bring our
guest home. We had a short visit with
Emma’s mom who said she couldn’t wait
to taste the cookies, and we went home.
The house seemed empty and quiet,
and the setting sunbeams coming
through the windows showed a dust layer
on the furniture thick enough to write
your name on, and the kitchen counter
in dire need of a good cleaning. All of that
could wait for another less important day.
For I couldn’t have wished for a better
way to spend my day. Instead of chasing
away the dust that always returns, I had
a little girl to listen to, to talk and laugh
with and make unforgettable memories
together.
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2. There can be a fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”
3. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never
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4. You should never confuse your career with your life.
5. No matter what happens in life, somebody will find a way to take it too
seriously.
6. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
7. Never lick a steak knife.
8. Take out the fortune before you eat the cookie.
9. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
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The Smell of Fall
Growing up in the country some years
ago, one might well have recognized
the changing seasons by the smells one
encountered.
It was fall when the good smell of
canning in progress greeted ones nose
when one entered the back door of the
house. My mother was making pickles.
There was a sharp odor of spices and
vinegar as she drained the syrup and
re-heated it, for each of nine days, and
poured it back over the cut up cucumbers
in the crock. What a great treat in winter.
The hot steamy scent of stewing
tomatoes was next, packed in jars with
a bit of salt and a snitch of sugar - any
left over was run through the colander for
juice at mealtime. Oh, how tasty.
Then it was time for chili sauce, using
up the last baskets from the gardens
bounty, along with onions, sugar, vinegar,
and a variety of spices to taste just right.
One might add some celery, or apples
and pears. This smell wafted throughout
the house for days, as the huge kettle
was slowly simmered for hours till
just the right thickness. It burnt easily
though, and one had to watch, or it could
“scorch” in the bottom. (Ugh, not a good
smell then).
Pears and peaches boiling was a softer
smell, after being peeled, and simmered
in light syrup, but apple sauce was my
favourite. Apples were peeled, cooked to
a softness, mashed into a smooth texture
and sweetened to taste. Yummy...
If there still remained any green
tomatoes, they were great to grind up
with apples, brown sugar, spice and
butter to become a great mince meat for
pies and tarts. A treat for the nostrils.
Sometimes Mother would dry corn
for later meals - no freezers back then,
of course. Kernals were cut from the cob,
laid out on shallow pans and left in low
heat until dried. Then it was stored in air
tight jars or bags made of a sugar sack.
It had a sweet smell but after soaking in
water over night it became a tasty dish
for supper.
The heady aroma of apples stored
in the cellar with the added fragrance of
the earthy potatoes and carrots was good
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too. Apples would need to be picked
over and some used up. These would be
peeled and sliced into quarters and dried
as well. They were a chewy treat for kids
to snitch if mother wasn’t watching when
she made dried apple pies.
Then there was one other smell
potent above all others in the fall. When
Sauerkraut was made, large heads of
cabbage were shredded fine with a sharp
knife or using a regular cutter with a keen
blade set over a tub. It was mixed with salt
and pounded down with a clean axe until
juice formed. A large plate was set on top,
covered with a cloth and a weight. It was
set behind the stove to ferment. In a few
days it would be ready to try, heated up
in the old cast iron frying pan along with
a few sausages. A real aromatic feast.
When winter was approaching, the
smells changed again. Coming from the
wood shed was a musky odor of wood,
and the smell of sour milk as the cream
seperator was moved in to be warm for
winter. Mixed with this was the sharp bite
of cider working into vinegar for winter.
The boots and coats worn to do barn
chores added thier bit to the air in the
old back kitchen. And the dank wet odor
of dog fur when old Shep could sneak in
added to the smells of the season.
Best of all though was the wonderful
smells as mother began her season of
Christmas baking - carrot puddings,
cakes and cookies. That was best of all.
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Locally Grown
Autumn Squash
(aka: Winter Squash)
Winter squash differs from our summer varieties
(such as zucchini) as they are harvested only after they
have fully matured. Their hard outer shells allow for
a much longer storage time and protect their sweet
and delicious inner flesh. You’ll find them in abundance
at your local markets, in family gardens and our friendly
roadside stands. Beautiful and enticing inside and out,
these usually include Spaghetti, Hubbard, Calabaza, Delicate,
Butternut, Acorn, Buttercup, Turban and Sweet Dumpling.
Winter Squash Soup
3 cups peeled and cubed winter squash
(Hubbard, Acorn or Butternut)
10 ounces chicken broth
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
In a large saucepan, combine broth, squash, onion, water, ginger, curry, salt and
thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for about 10 minutes, or
until squash is tender. Mash squash and stir. Ladle into bowls and garnish with a
dollop of sour cream and serve. Makes 4 delicious servings.
Winter Squash Thoughts
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
Sour cream (for topping)
Fresh thyme springs for garnish, if
desired
• Nutrition-wise, winter squash contain a great portion of soluble fiber, rich in
beta-carotene, potassium, lutein, vitamins A, B6, C. It’s a good source of iron,
riboflavin(B2), thiamine & magnesium.
• To prevent spoilage, leave part of stem attached. You can store squash in a cool,
dark place for about a month.
• Acorn and Spaghetti squash are extremely difficult to peel raw. Try slicing the
squash in half and remove the seeds. Roast the halves face-down until tender and
soft. The flesh will be ready for scooping for your recipes.
• To prepare Butternut squash, chop off either end of squash and peel. Slice in
half to remove seeds and cut as desired. Squash can be prepared a day in advance
and stored in a covered dish in the fridge.
• Squash can be roasted. Leave skin on as it will come off much easier after
cooking. Roast with a bit of butter, cinnamon and applesauce. You can then mash
or cut into cubes and add to your rice and pasta dishes, or purée for soups. Diced
butternut squash is delightful when added to soups, stews and chili.
• Purée winter squash and freshly grated parmesan cheese to serve over pasta.
Soooo good.
• Grilling is a fun option. Place cubed squash on skewers. Coat with honey, ginger,
grill to perfection.
• For a sweet presentation, utilize the squash shell as an edible bowl.
• To stabilize stuffed squash shells in the oven during baking time (you don’t want
them to tip and spill any of that delicious filling). Crumple up aluminum foil and
place around squash boats. That’ll do it and it may ease in clean up too.
• COOKING A FEW WINTER SQUASH (for immediate recipe & later use): In a
large roaster, place squash (halved & seeded) cut side down. Add 2 to 3 cups of
water. Cover and bake in a 350ºF oven for 1 hour, or til tender. When baked, the
peel should easily pull away from flesh. It’s ready to mash and serve or save.
• SQUASH BAKE RECIPE: : In a 13 x 9 inch baking dish combine Butternut squash
flesh cut into 1/2-inch chunks, 1 red onion (halved and thinly sliced), 1 1/3 cup
frozen corn kernels (thawed) and 2 ¼ teaspoon extra virgin olive oil. Bake for 45
minutes in a preheated 400 degree F oven, or until squash is tender (be sure to
stir half-way through cooking time). Top with 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
cheese and return to the oven for 5 or so minutes, until cheese is melted and a
lovely golden colour. Enjoy!
• WINTER SQUASH CHUTNEY: : Combine chunks of winter squash, raisins,
diced red pepper, sugar and spices and cook until tender. Deliciously addition to
meat and poultry dishes.
• SQUASH PIE FILLING: : Many winter squash varieties can be use just like when
making pumpkin pie. All that’s needed is the flavour enhancing spices like
nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger or cloves.
• SEASONING & SERVING SQUASH (your way): Cook your
selected winter squash until tender. Toss in a bit of olive
oil or butter and add any of these seasonings:
Honey and sage; honey, ginger and
cinnamon; cinnamon, nutmeg
& maple syrup; brown sugar;
curry powder or cilantro &
diced jalapeño peppers.
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Ghost Stories...
“Old Cemetery Lane”
Old Cemetery Lane was at one time
the main drag of Kramer Falls, a very
busy town.
But now that man’s super freeway
runs straight through the lush farmland
and rolling hills of the countryside some
20 miles east of town, it has left us in
the shadows of the past. We’re now
just a little community, miles from
nowhere and fast becoming
a ghost town with lots of
abandoned homes - their
foundations in ruins and their
roofs and walls left to decay by
the mercy of the weather. It’s a
nice place to hunt for antiques,
but be sure to do it by daylight
or you may find more then you bargain
for... for this place is not what it seems
to be!
Back in the good old days, our
town, around 1872, had two churches,
one log schoolhouse with a big pot
belly woodstove, two general stores,
a shoemaker, two blacksmith shops,
a small wagon factory, and two hotels
- The Schaus Hotel and the Cleveland
hotel (the biggest of the two) - one at
each end of town. There were about 53
homes, mostly log, but some brick and
stone too. We had all kinds of evergreen
trees back then, and cedar trees by the
swamp. There was a three story grist
and saw mill on the Crows River at the
mill pond, a flax mill, and a lime pit - the
towns largest employer at the time. My
granddad worked there for over 42 years,
from dawn to dusk, six days a week.
The new pioneers toiled very hard and
long in those days long long ago. Why,
we even had our own newspaper office
at the back of the big general store. Mr.
William Duncan printed it up until 1893,
the year it was lost to that great wind
storm and the same year we had a train
wreck where the bridge was washed out
down by old man Thompsons brick yard.
Kramer Falls was prone to many
spring floods. It was a hard time to live
in those days. Life was full of setbacks.
You never knew what your day would
bring. The railway just packed up and left
after one of the worst floods - never to
return again! Soon after that, the closure
of the brick yard started our town on it’s
downhill journey.
On the north end of town up the hill
where the great pine trees grew, there
stood a big stone church. It could be
seen from some miles away. It was the
most aloft building in our town. Down
to the bottom of the steep hill, our very
frist log church sat so sad and alone by
the edge of the swamp at the mill pond.
We will never hear the hymns of praise
come from those walls again. The church
had a very old graveyard at it’s side with
a wrought-iron fence and rusty doubleleaf
gates. Time has dressed the gates
in a garment of red rust. Mr. Joseph
Steward, the first settler to get a deed to
crown land is buried there, along with my
By Wayne W. Bastin
from Daytripping
Sept-Oct 2005
grandparents and names like Kramer,
Gebhardt, Crawford, Becker, Inglis,
Strauss, Moyer, Matthew, Beitz, McIntosh,
Brick, Field, Dickert and Schaus.
Across the laneway from the cemetery
by the Crows River, is a log home that
has been empty for a multitude of years,
since old Joe Bates hung himself after
his wife was murdered by a mad
man down by the mill pond. No
one would ever live in the Bate’s
home after that. They say it has
been haunted since that murder
took place.
Lots of condemned buildings
are in our town now... the
main road has become just a
laneway now. Sweet flowers grow wild
and blossoms are everywhere!. Violets,
wild roses and forget-me-nots of our
forefathers, gone wild with time. It’s
a very lovely place to take a summer
walk in the bright sunlight of the day...
a garden of Eden by day but a Hades at
night! They call it Old Cemetery Lane
now... a place of departed souls.
Lots of strange stories about this
place... ask the old timers, they’ll talk to
anyone who will listen to their tales.
Late one night I took a short cut by
the old cemetery on a very gloomy
dark night... the air thick and heavy, the
gravestones shrouded by fog. The head
pieces took on strange shapes. I heard
a soft voice call my name from out of
the mist over and over. I think I saw
someone’s shadow move from behind
the gate. I felt the hair on the back of my
neck stand up and I tell you I sure ran for
dear life as fast as my legs could carry
me. One other time, three of us walked
by the Bates’ condemned cabin near the
burial ground, only to see some strange
flickering candle lights in the upper
window and the sound of someone
crying in house. It was the sadness of
the crying that got to me, it was so full of
grief! I will never forget that night as long
as I live. We never went near that place
after dark again.
Some people claim to have seen the
iron cemetery gates swing open late at
night when there was not even a breeze
of air. Some have seen shadow figures
move past the gate over to Bates log
house, and heard whispering voices in
the still of the night. Could they be the
souls of Mr. and Mrs. Bates going home
to their haunted cabin in the dark gloom
of the night? People say there are restless
souls down by the swamp when the
night is a misty grey... that they wander
aimlessly up and down the Old Cemetery
Lane, lost in the spirit world of the dead.
Could it be Mrs. Bates or could it be old
man Bates looking for his wife’s killer?
No one ever found out who the killer
was. Maybe it’s the evil one looking for
someone else to do in. Who knows what
lurks late at night on this country road.
Sweet dreams... if you dare sleep
alone!
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Are you ready for fall?? It’s here, and
winter isn’t far behind, so there are a few
things that need to be done before you
can cuddle up by the fire with a good
gardening book. Houseplants that have
been outdoors for the summer should
now be inspected for scale insects and
cleaned with insecticidal soap before
moving them inside. They should be
brought indoors, at least 2 weeks before
the furnace is started so they can get
used to their new environment before
they are subjected to indoor heating.
If you have been waiting for the
perfect time to palant a new lawn, the
time has arrived. With morning and
evening dews, you get free watering,
and cooler temperatures are perfect
conditions for growth. Grass requires
three items for growth - water, sunlight
and heat. DO NOT water every day - this
will teach the roots to remain on the
Match the
Garden Chores for September
by Agnes Burroughs • from Daytrippng Sept-Oct 2005
surface and die in severe drought or cold.
1” of water a week supplemented by
Mother Nature will give good solid
growth. Use an empty salmon
can for measuring water use
with your sprinkler. Depending on
the weather, a final grass
cut should be done rather
high so it can over winter
best. A final fertilizing with
a high root number should
be done at this time (4-9-15
winterguard).
Planting new shrubs can be done at
this time, as they won’t have the hot
summer sun to contend with and will
be under less stress. Old perennial beds
should be divided and replanted now -
be sure to enrich the soil with compost.
Japanese iris, peonies and primrose
will benefit from dividing and
replanting now. Hedges of all
kinds need a final haircut,
and do compost the
clippings. Continue to water
all established evergreens,
shrubs and trees right up
until the ground freezes. If
the shrubs have a canopy
of foliage, be sure to lay the
hose beneath this so that the roots
truly get the water. Trees don’t die from
cold, they die from dehydration.
As soon as their foliage has been
slightly frosted, lift and prepare dahlias,
cannas, tuberous begonias, gladiolus
and other tender bulbs. If you intend
to over winter geraniums, coleus and
begonias, be sure to get them in before
frost, cut them back by half and place in
light sandy soil in well drained pots.
Parsley, chives and other herbs may
be dug now for fresh pickings through
the winter. Bulbs should be planted now
for wonderful colour next spring. Plant
them 3 times the depth of their size.
In other words, a 2 inch bulb should
be planted 6” deep. Water well and
add bone and blood meal to the hole -
not touching but close to the bulb. The
soaked ground and blood meal MAY
discourage squirrels - no guarantees.
For the best selection and color
choice - tulips, hyacinths, daffodils,
fritallarias, galanthus, and crocus should
be available at your garden centre now.
Now, sit down and enjoy that fireplace
and a good gardening book.
&
1.
“Come on down!”
Fat Albert”
A.
2.
“Let’s get ready to rumble!”
Steve McGarrett, “Hawaii Five-O”
B.
3.
4.
“Good grief.”
“Hey hey HEEY!”
Steve Martin & Dan Aykroyd
Czech playboys, “SNL”
Charlie Brown, “Peanuts” special
C.
D.
5.
“Yada, yada, yada.”
Fred Flintstone, “The Flintstones”
E.
6.
“Book ‘em, Danno.”
J.J., “Good Times”
F.
7.
“We are 2 wild & crazy guys!”
Wendy’s ad
G.
8.
9.
10.
“Dyn-o-mite!”
“Yabba dabba do!”
“Whatchoo talkin’ ‘bout, Willis?”
“Seinfeld”
Arnold Drummond,
“Diff’rent Strokes”
Ed McMahon,
“The Tonight Show”
H.
I.
J.
11.
“Where’s the beef?”
“The Price is Right”
K.
12.
“Here’s Johnny!”
Michael Buffer, various sports events
L.
1;K 2;L 3;D 4;A 5;H 6;B 7;C 8;F 9;E 10;I 11;G 12;J
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The Codfish
The codfish lays
10,000 eggs,
the homely hen
lays one.
The codfish never
cackles to tell you
what she's done.
And so we scorn
the codfish,
while the humble
hen we prize,
which only goes
to show you,
that it pays
to advertise.
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I absolutely love the Autumn! While
some of us are mourning the loss of
the hot, sizzling, summer nights, I find
myself eagerly anticipating the arrival
of fall, with its beauty and crisp, cool
embrace. There’s something uniquely
magical about the fall season that
captivates my heart and soul.
Autumn is a time of beauty, comfort,
and joy.
Enchanting Beauty
One of the most enchanting aspects
of autumn is the transformation of the
landscape. The landscape comes alive
with a palette of fiery reds, deep oranges,
golden yellows, and rustic browns. It’s as
if nature has saved its most breathtaking
display for the
year’s final act.
What a gift.
Locally, we can
engage in the
splendor of this
beauty by taking
time to stroll
through a park
or drive along a
scenic Lakeshore
Road, or Highway
21 and watch as it becomes a visual
feast, with every turn revealing a new
and stunning palette of colors. Oh, what
beauty!
And what about the sound of the
season? Oh, the sounds. How about
taking a stroll through Cantara park? The
crispness of the fallen leaves underfoot
adds an auditory dimension to our
walk. There is something nostalgic and
childlike when walking through a pile of
leaves, hearing them crunch and rustle.
Oh, the sounds!
Comfortable Temperatures
The fall season brings with it, crisp
and invigorating air, carrying with it the
subtle scent of earth and wood smoke.
Cool nights are a wonderful opportunity
for bonfires which provide us with cozy,
communal experiences, where stories
are shared, and laughter is plentiful.
These comfortable temperatures make
fall the perfect season to spend time
outdoors. Whether it’s hiking through
a forest, or conservation area, enjoying
a picnic in the park, or simply sitting
on a porch with a warm drink, the fall
weather is accommodating and inviting.
Oh, what joy!
Joyful Fun Fall Activities
Physical and social engagement is
so critical especially as we age. Fall is
a season rich with activities that get
us moving, brings people together and
creates lasting memories. Locally, we
are blessed to have an abundance of
fall festivals, fall fairs, pumpkin patches,
corn mazes and
even a local,
harvest moon
pow wow. There’s
no shortage of
fun to be had.
Apple picking is
a beloved autumn
pastime for our
family. It offers
the ability to
move in the fresh
outdoors while harvesting local, fresh,
crisp apples. And then, our plethora
of harvested apples translates into
delicious applesauce, pies, and crisps.
Oh, how fun!
So, as we embrace the magic of
autumn, lets remind ourselves of the
simple pleasures that can make life so
rich and fulfilling. Autumn is a season
that invites us to slow down, appreciate
the beauty around us, and connect with
loved ones. So, whether I’m marvelling
at the colourful foliage, relishing in the
comfortable weather, or partaking in
fun, fall activities, autumn never fails to
fill my heart with warmth and wonder.
Oh the Magic of Autum!
Move. Feel. Live.
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Fall 2024
SUDOKU
Sudoku puzzles are formaed as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine
3x3 boxes. To solve a Sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each
row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row,
column and box.
You can figure out
the order in which
the numbers will
appear by using
the numeric clues
already provided
in the boxes. The
more numbers you
name, the easier it
gets to solve the
puzzle!
PUZZLE
SOLUTION
ON
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Welcome to the Club has a by-line of
’55 and over’ and is geared to that age
group. It is suggested that not all seniors
are informed of just how many activities
are available to them in our area. Maybe
they have not checked out what is
offered. Gone are the days when people
in their 40’s were considered to be ‘old!’
I think it had to do with parents having
to work too hard in and out of the home,
while also raising large families.
Strangway Centre in Sarnia is a
wonderful facility offering dozens of
activities such as cards, woodworking,
exercises, art, music, day trips and so
much more…good for the mind, body
and soul. The age is 20+but many are
upwards of 50.
Many seniors enjoy freighter-watching
under the Bluewater Bridges while
eating chips and Grammie’s Cupboard
ice cream. There is always time to bring
out their cameras and capture one of
these mammoth ships. If you haven’t
been down to the bridges to see the
internationally renowned Rocky the
Snake, you need to make the scene one
day soon. The concept was started in
2023 by Wendy Marsden, who painted
13 rocks of various shapes and sizes
and placed them on the gravel stones.
It caught on and people of all ages from
near and far have added their rocks
which feature meaningful messages,
tributes, hobbies, sport teams, art and
more. It winds itself like a true snake
several yards to the north. Due to the
increasing size it took on the look of a
very fat snake! Seniors at the long-term
care homes have contributed as well as
students from the schools and it is hoped
they’ll contribute more.
Last summer I was happy to chat with
a few families on vacation in our area,
Keeping Active for the
’55 & Over’ Crowd…
some from abroad as well as places in
the U.S. Their choice was to paint family
on their rocks or depict something about
their hometown, state or province. If
you take a notion to paint some rocks
to add to Rocky the Snake, acrylic paint
is recommended as it stands up to the
weather.
Are you someone who enjoys
reading to your grandchildren? That
is a wonderful bonding time and
creates lasting memories. The local
library in your town may
have a program where
they welcome readers
to come read to the
children. It is a win-win
situation. And speaking of
grandchildren, if you are a
senior and a grandparent,
you know some of your
time can be spent building
relationships as the grandkids grow
through the years. Cheering them on at
a sporting event or even baking cookies
together will make their day and yours.
If you are a senior living in a condo/
apartment building, you could consider
starting up a social club which can be
a way to alleviate the loneliness that
comes with losing a spouse and living
on your own. Such activities could be
dining out, supporting theatre, (local and
out of town), table games and whatever
suits the group. Local churches, besides
Sunday services, offer many events
and activities for all ages. They are also
known to plan special events for seniors.
“Opal” by Ronny D’Haene
By Nadine Wark, Sarnia
There is nothing quite like walking
through the gardens of our local parks
which are attended to with such care
and expertise from Spring through the
Fall. The colours and varieties of plants,
bushes and flowers are breathtaking
with each season showcasing its own
spectacular garden views.
I like seeing surprises while out walking
and many times it’s a matter of being at
the right place at the right time. When
I think of Germain Park in Sarnia, the
famous ‘white squirrel’
comes to mind. Pearl was
around for years, then
word was out that she
passed away. Before that
time, however, a second
smaller white squirrel
appeared and was called
Opal, daughter of Pearl
(just where the father is,
is anyone’s guess). I have been fortunate
to come across them a few times. It has
been said that there are white squirrels
in Wyoming as well. The first I heard
of them was Exeter, Ontario and a sign
outside town said ‘Home of the White
Squirrel.’
I am a dog-lover, having walked our
family dogs for decades and enjoy seeing
the variety of breeds when walking at
our many beautiful parks. I have come
across unique animals at Centennial
Park such as the Bearded Dragon and
another time, a rabbit; both were on a
leash; also a colourful parrot under the
bridges. What fun it was to come across
a goat being walked under the Bluewater
Bridges several years ago. It was
entertaining to watch Bela, my Scottish
Terrier at the time, come nose-to-nose
with the leashed goat! (I could almost
read her mind… “now what kind of a
dog is THIS?!”) Thankfully I have photos
of all these surprises while out walking.
Joining a gym is something which may
appeal to those who are not fit but could
be. The equipment is not for everyone
but a personal program can be geared to
suit every need. A pool might be worth a
try. Some do not swim and do not want
lessons, but just moving in the water
can work wonders. And the water is so
beneficial and easier on the joints.
Welcome to The Club (along with it’s
parent - Daytripping Magazine) is written
by it’s readers and most articles are
nostalgic in nature, so you could try your
hand at writing about some experience
that’s been worth remembering. You
could also go on a daytrip and write
about it. You don’t have to travel far to
have a great time, meeting the locals,
doing a little shopping and checking out
the recommended restaurants.
Every town has its own programs for
senior folks and, if you feel ‘in a rut’ as
many do, pick up the phone and make
something happen! Welcome to the Club
is also an excellent resource for seniors,
featuring local events; important phone
numbers; help with transportation;
store discounts; community resources
including transportation info and meals.
It is my go-to resource for everything
senior.
Editor’s Note: Nadine, I can confirm that
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made its home in my backyard for several
years (although it’s been a while since I’ve
seen it). ~ Angela
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No doubt your first thought is “Why
am I seeing an article about raising
kids in a magazine for retirees?” Fair
question!
As retirees, we are the current
generation that has time to observe,
contemplate and certainly appreciate the
important aspects of life. Most of us have
extended families that include youth who
will be making their way in life long after
we are gone. We can all agree, I expect,
that we want these future adults to have
the resilience to weather life’s storms.
And we would also want that life to be
lived on a healthy planet, something we
probably gave little thought to as younger
people. Believe it or not, resilient kids
and a healthy natural environment are
more connected than you might think.
Perhaps we can use our older, wiser
influence to help our youth develop the
skills they need for the future.
Since the advent of the industrial
revolution, humans have been spending
less and less time outdoors, and the
digital revolution of the last 30 years
has accelerated this shift. Urban areas
have exploded and, in many cases,
poor planning has resulted in the loss
or fragmentation of natural areas.
Add societal fears of vulnerability for
kids playing outside, and the result is
children growing up with limited or no
connection to the natural world.
Richard Louv, award-winning
journalist and author, coined the phrase
“Nature-Deficit Disorder” to describe
the set of human costs that result from
being alienated from nature. Since his
book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our
Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder,
was published in 2005, several hundred
studies have been done to identify the
impact of nature experiences.
When children play outdoors,
whether it’s organized or unstructured,
their physical health is affected. They
keep their lungs and heart robust,
develop strong bones and improve
flexibility, all important components of
resilience to disease or injury. Although
it seems contradictory, exercise can
actually calm children and allow them
to focus more easily.
Nature has the capacity to stimulate
and utilize all of our senses—sight,
hearing, smell, touch and even taste!
While kids may perceive a movie
or video game as more stimulating,
these media focus on only one or two
senses. Living in the real world requires
the senses to work together to make
meaning and help us retain what we
have learned.
Researchers have noted that focusing
or paying attention appears to require
less effort in a natural environment
compared to an urban environment.
This “soft fascination” creates
pleasurable feelings, not mental fatigue.
Many therapists believe that engaging
in the natural world allows our brains,
and therefore our bodies, to rest and
rejuvenate.
Perhaps most striking are the links
researchers have found between
cognitive and emotional health, and
interactions with nature. Most studies
suggest that kids who play outside
are more attentive, more competent,
happier and less anxious than kids
who spend more time indoors. Why?
Researchers have a few ideas.
Unstructured play in a natural setting
promotes creativity and imagination.
Children can design their own games or
activities and modify them as needed.
There is no agenda created by an adult
to guide the play. It goes where it goes.
There are so many ways to interact
with an outdoor environment, and such
a variety of outdoor environments, that
children can be decision-makers and
action-takers. They build confidence
in their abilities, but also learn about
limits and consequences, key steps in
developing responsibility.
Interacting with the natural world is
likely to stimulate kids’ sense of wonder
of the phenomena that occur naturally
every day. It makes them think. Asking
questions, considering hypotheses and
perhaps even researching the truth
puts children’s brains to work in a
challenging way.
Many of us have experienced the
mood-boosting benefits of a walk or
leisurely bike ride in nature. Research
continues to confirm that time spent
in nature can reduce feelings of stress,
depression and anxiety. This is good
news, especially when the Canadian
Mental Health Association estimates
that 1 in 7 youth experience a mental
health issue—with anxiety being the
most common.
But how do interactions with nature
help children develop resilience?
Healthy bodies and healthy minds
are the building blocks of resilience.
Physical health improves resilience
to disease or injury, but also provides
a sense of well-being that boosts
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optimism and mental strength. Youth
who can use their imagination and
deductive skills to solve problems,
but also have the confidence to use
it, are better equipped to manage
difficulty. The understanding of reallife
limits or consequences shapes
their ability to make thoughtful
decisions and take appropriate action.
In 2015, researchers at three American
universities conducted a survey of
about 600 middle school students in
rural communities throughout South
Carolina. Lead author Ed Bowers noted
that few previous studies had examined
connections between time spent
outdoors and an area of psychology
called “positive youth development,” the
development of key strengths than can
help youth succeed. The approach focuses
on “five Cs”: competence, confidence,
caring, character and connection. For
example, character can be measured by
doing the “right” thing, demonstrating
integrity and valuing diversity. Youth
who exhibit high levels of each element
are more likely to demonstrate resilience
during challenging times and contribute
positively to society.
Their study findings suggested that
youth who spend time in nature and
feel connected to the outdoors are more
likely to report positive developmental
outcomes; they felt more competent,
confident and caring.
Benjamin Parry from the University
of Birmingham said “Fostering positive
youth development in nature settings
can provide a unique source of resilience
for youth during difficult or challenging
times. Our research demonstrates that
adolescents who participate in outdoor
activities during these periods would
be far less likely to report declines and
more likely to maintain their mental
health through resilience.”
Parry also noted that their results
support previous research that
demonstrates time spent in nature as
a youth can lead to pro-environmental
behaviour and stewardship later in life.
Like any other perception or
behaviour that is nurtured early in life,
engagement in and respect for nature
has the potential to become a life-long
habit. In fact, when youth spend time
outside, they are 20% more likely to
participate in outdoor programs or
explore nature independently when they
are older. Exposure leads to awareness
and understanding of environmental
issues which, in turn, may lead to action
that helps preserve the natural world.
How can we help engage youth?
Be a role model. Show the young
people in your life that you value the
natural environment by walking, hiking,
fishing, camping, playing outdoor
games … and so on. Nothing speaks
louder than example.
Include your young people in your
activities when you can and be open to
trying things that they like to do in the
outdoors—or at least watching if you’re
not up for ziplining or white water
rafting!
Learn about the natural environment
with your young people. Read articles
or watch shows about nature, research
topics of interest and participate in
learning programs. Visit national or
provincial parks and conservation
areas where educational programs or
activities may be offered.
Encourage your young people to
volunteer at school or through local
nature organizations—better yet,
volunteer together.
Take action with your young people.
Participate in citizen science projects.
Create a wildlife habitat in your backyard.
Build a pollinator garden. Plant trees.
Check out the Protect Nature Challenge
on canada.ca for details and links related
to these ideas. The Children & Nature
Network and Project Learning Tree are
two more excellent resources for youth
nature activities.
Also check out #NatureForAll, a
global movement that works to inspire
a love of nature. It encourages people
to share their experiences in order to
generate support and action to conserve
our natural world for future generations.
At a local level, Lambton Shores
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that promotes, develops and maintains
several area nature trails. LSNT offers
opportunities for youth to engage
with nature such as youth-specific
hiking incentives, trail maintenance
and special projects, and activities or
workshops with its partners to enhance
understanding of environmental issues.
Encouraging your young people to seize
these opportunities, or participating
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keep them on a path to personal growth
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When I was a child, quarreling and illfeelings
between my brother, sister and
me always ended in a short bedtime
ceremony of "kiss and make it up." Our
parents said this was the right thing to
do. No one, as far as I can remember,
actually said why this was so, but we
guessed it had something to do with
saying we were sorry, and that we
loved one another, while there was still
the chance. For if "something" should
happen to one of us during the night,
it would then be too late and we would
never have the chance again. It was a sad
thought, but we were too young to take it
too seriously.
When I grew up I realized the sound
and compassionate logic behind my
parents insistence that we “say it now”
and not to wait until tomorrow when it
could be too late.
Often we assume that a loved one
knows our inner feelings. In making this
assumption we are robbing them of a
certain joy, and are cheating ourselves
the pleasure of giving, for the declaration
of love is indeed a gift.
It may be that embarrassment prevents
us from revealing our true feelings, but
regrets later are infinitely more painful
and longer lasting than momentary
embarrassment.
One may argue that a person surely
knows when he or she is loved, that there
is no need to actually speak the words.
The counterargument is simple: Is there
anything more uplifting than hearing a
loved one say, simply and meaningfully,
"I LOVE YOU?"
A few summers ago I took a longdelayed
trip to the Old Country. My father,
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then in perfect health, took me to a place
that, he said, always held fond memories
for him. It was a place called The Hog’s
Back, in Surrey – a curiously shaped
hill with a breathtaking view across the
downs. It was there many years before,
that he had watched me as a child taking
my first unsteady steps.
Remembering, his face grew soft and
he put his arm around my shoulders.
"You were only as high as a dog’s knee,"
he said, smiling. "And your mother and I
were so proud of you."
I laughed. It was so long ago, but my
dear sentimental father remembered
all of it. How I LOVED him. I wanted to
tell him so with all my heart, but I didn't
know how to begin …
It was only when my trip was coming
to an end and he was driving me to the
airport that an inner voice came to my
rescue, “Say it NOW, before it’s too late!”
"Dad" I whispered, "Dad. There’s
something I’ve always meant to tell you.
I love you. I love you very much."
He glanced at me briefly, not daring
to take his eyes off the highway for
more than moment, but I saw a glow of
happiness spread across his face. "I'm
glad, "he murmured. "I'm glad."
A few months after my return home,
my father died after a brief illness. How
glad I was that I had spoken out, that I
had told him how I really felt about him.
Yet, strangely, it hadn't been easy.
But if the right words don’t come easily
let's not panic. It doesn’t matter what we
say, as long as the message is conveyed.
We can use the phone or write a special
note that speaks for us. The important
thing is, “SAY IT NOW.”
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Sometimes, no news really is good news.
When we talk about mentoring,
we are really expecting a transfer of
experience and knowledge, and who has
more experience and knowledge than a
senior. When we discuss mentoring there
is a natural affinity between someone,
typically younger, and a senior. Imagine
a person that had a long and successful
career as a teacher, accountant, doctor,
pastor, welder, police officer, firefighter,
the list is endless, being able to pass on
this wealth of understanding, knowledge,
and experience. These mentors have
had every interpersonal experience
imaginable: raised a family, been in a
community for decades, and they just
want to help someone with this same
knowledge. Could that someone be you?
Who would you rather be, the graduate
with a piece of paper, or that same
graduate with the support and knowledge
of a mentor?
This is not a friendship, although it can
be. It is not companionship, although it
can be and usually is. What mentoring
is, what true mentoring is at its core is,
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a passing on of profound experience,
and by the passing on of this profound
experience the person receiving the
knowledge, the mentee, will never be
the same. They are benefitting to a much
deeper degree than if they had just sat
in a classroom and passed tests. Formal
education is vitally important to be sure,
however mentoring takes that formal
knowledge further, much further.
So important is mentoring that some
organizations have formal programs built
into their business practices. In these
organizations new recruits are paired
with experienced and successful existing
employees. They have regular meetings
and discuss all the things the newbie
would need to navigate the organization.
In this article we are not talking about
anything that formal. It could be, but it is
not necessary.
Let us go back to a great movie that
demonstrates the power of mentoring.
Everyone remembers The Karate Kid.
The relationship between Mr. Miyagi
the mentor, and Daniel LaRusso the
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mentee was the focus of the story. A
coming-of-age tale that demonstrated
the importance of mentoring. Everyone
remembers “Wax On, Wax Off.” The
senior, more experienced Miyagi had to
move Daniel to the true understanding of
the art of Karate. More than that he stood
alongside the young LaRusso as he
met and overcame the challenges
placed before him. You see that is
what mentoring is, standing with
the mentee. The mentor does not
fight the battles, but rather teaches
their pupil how to fight them.
So, that is mentoring. We can
easily see the benefits that occur
for the individual being mentored.
The rest of this article will focus on
how the mentor benefits. I have
written many times about purpose. This
is what happens for the seniors while
mentoring. A greater sense of self worth.
An opportunity to contribute, to make a
difference.
Here is something to consider: In
Japan a senior is revered. That is, they are
honoured in society for their contribution.
Please reflect on the word “honoured.”
As such, what a senior has to offer is
given weight and importance. Going back
to my comments on The Karate Kid. Mr.
Miyagi revered his parents, and he was
bringing that into his relationship with
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Daniel, only Daniel didn’t know it. Do we
revere our seniors? Do we honour them
for their contribution to society? In Japan
there is a national holiday dedicated
to seniors. Respect for the Aged Day—
every September 15. Worth considering
perhaps.
Wax on. Wax off.
Here are a couple of links to get you
started. You will need to pick things up
from here to find out how to become
a mentor. Interestingly, many current
programs use technology to achieve the
connection.
https://mentorcanada.ca/en
https://bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/ourprograms/
Search your individual communities for
programs that can offer a real mentoring
opportunity. They are out there. Not as
many as there should be perhaps. Why
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The older I get, the more I enjoy
Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet
solitude that comes with being the first
to rise, or maybe it’s the unbounded
joy of not having to be at work. Either
way, the first few hours of a Saturday
morning are most enjoyable. A few
weeks ago, what began as a typical
Saturday morning, turned into one of
those lessons that life seems to hand
you from time to time.
I turned the dial up into the phone
portion of the band on my ham radio
in order to listen to a Saturday morning
swap net. Along the way, I came across
an older sounding chap, with a golden
voice. He was telling whomever he
was talking with something about “a
thousand marbles.” I was intrigued and
stopped to listen... “Well, Tom, it sure
sounds like you’re busy with your job.
I’m sure they pay you well but it’s a
shame you have to be away from home
and your family so much. Working sixty
or seventy hours a week to make ends
meet? Missing your daughter’s dance
recital? He continued, “Let me tell you
something Tom, something that has
helped me keep a good perspective on
my own priorities.”
“You see, I sat down one day and did
a little arithmetic. The average person
lives about seventy-five years. I know,
some live more and some live less, but
on average, folks live about seventy-five
years. Now then, I multiplied 75 times
52 and I came up with 3900, which is
the number of Saturdays that the average
person has in their entire lifetime.
“Now stick with me, Tom, I’m getting
to the important part.” “It took me until
I was 55 years old to think about all
this in any detail”, he went on, “and
by that time I had lived through over
twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. I got to
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thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five,
I only had about a thousand of them left
to enjoy. “So I went to a toy store and
bought every single marble they had. I
ended up having to visit three toy stores
to round up 1000 marbles. I took them
home and put them inside of a large,
clear plastic container right here in the
sack next to my gear. Every Saturday
since then, I have taken one marble out
and thrown it away.” “I found that by
watching the marbles diminish, I focus
more on the really important things in
life. There is nothing like watching your
time here on this earth run out to help
get your priorities straight.”
“Now let me tell you one last thing
before I sign-off with you and take
my lovely wife out for breakfast. This
morning, I took the very last marble out
of the container. I figure that if I make
it until next Saturday then I have been
given a little extra time. And the one
thing we can all use is a little more time.”
“It was nice to meet you Tom, I hope
you spend more time with your family,
and I hope to meet you again here on the
band... 75 year old man, this is K9NZQ,
clear and going QRT, good morning!”
You could have heard a pin drop on the
band when this fellow signed off. I guess
he gave us all a lot to think about.
I had planned to work on the antenna
that morning, and then I was going to
meet up with a few hams to work on
the next club newsletter. Instead, I went
upstairs and woke my wife up with a
kiss. “C’mon honey, I’m taking you and
the kids to breakfast.” “What brought
this on?” she asked with a smile. “Oh,
nothing special, it’s just been a long time
since we spent a Saturday together with
the kids. Hey, can we stop at a toy store
while we’re out? I need to buy some
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The turkey shot out of the oven
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It knocked every plate off the table
And partly demolished a chair.
It ricocheted into a corner
And burst with a deafening boom,
Then splattered all over the kitchen,
Completely obscuring the room.
It stuck to the walls and the windows,
It totally coated the floor,
There was turkey attached to the ceiling,
Where there'd never been turkey before.
It blanketed every appliance,
It smeared every saucer and bowl,
There wasn't a way I could stop it,
That turkey was out of control.
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And so my story begins at age
7…when my mother told me I was
adopted. The term meant
absolutely nothing to
me. Mom would just
say that they went
to the hospital and
brought me home as a
baby. I was born in July
1944. I was adopted at
6 weeks old.
My parents were
very hard working
farmers in a rural area
of Sarnia, ON. They
were unable to have
their own children.
My mother was plagued with
health issues, the worst being asthma
& rheumatoid arthritis. However, that
did not stop her from working the fields
with my dad. My early memories are
that of being in the back of their car
playing with my dolls while both of
them were weeding the rows of crops
with their hoes. In those days, it seemed
to be the only way they knew I would
be safe with them, in the car parked
in the field closeby. Then, on occasion,
much to my mother’s objections, dad
would set me on top of the work horses
while he was ploughing! And dad let me
milk cows with him. The barn was a fun
place for me.
As my young years passed, loneliness
absorbed me. Being in a rural area in that
particular era of 1940’s & 50’s meant
not being able to have much of a social
life, even in high school, with school
buses taking us directly to schools in the
city and bringing us home immediately
after. Don’t get me wrong, I did have
close friends but getting together other
than school was difficult. I also had
Written From My Heart...
first cousins
nearby and we
worked together
helping our parents
harvest their crops.
As I grew older,
I also grew more
inquisitive about
“where did I
come from.”
Mom’s answer
was always
much the same…
”you’re not really ours but we
love you just the same…and never ask
Dad about it!”
And so I never asked again, but the
inquisitive mind grew stronger. Giving
birth to my first child brought it clearly
to my mind...how did my mother feel
when she gave birth to me? Was my
birth father there? Who were they?
Where were they?
Now I was learning what adoption
really meant, and why I never really
identified with most other family
members, always thinking I was the
different one!
And so my story continues on at
age 77, “the discovery”…
The day was Wednesday, May 27th
2022 and completely normal until late
afternoon. I received an email from
23andMe stating there were some new
DNA relatives. Not unusual at all as over
many years since I joined, similar emails
were sent and upon checking the site,
usually it was a 3rd or 4th cousin, aunt,
uncle possible match. I did reach out to
By Marie Kemmis, Point Edward
a couple of these people, however, none
of them seemed interested enough to
reply. And so that was how it went for
years. And overall, it became easy to
lose interest. Definitely I had resigned
myself to never locating a close DNA
relative.
My lifelong search was finally
coming to an end…At least on my
maternal side.
On that May afternoon in 2022,
I responded on the DNA site to a
possible match with a half-brother.
After comparing notes with his son,
we decided that I should once again
try to access more “identifiable”
information from the local CAS. All that
was given to me many years earlier was
“Unidentifiable Information.”
The wait was on…However, soon
I was now given more “Identifiable”
information, which was redacted in
many cases. However, the given names
of my birth mother & her siblings were
clear enough. I messaged my halfbrother’s
son with my new found info,
and my heart pounded as he confirmed
all of the given names as that of his dad’s
family born in Regina, Saskatchewan!!!
In just a few short days, I met my older
half-brother & some of his children on a
video chat from Southey, Saskatchewan!
Almost immediately they told me that
I had another half-brother living in the
Baja Peninsula, Mexico.
The three of us have the same birth
mother with different birth fathers.
Our birth mother was the third
youngest of 12 children born in Regina.
They are of Austrian descent, her
parents born in Bukovina, Austria (now
Ukraine).
A family reunion was held August
12th 2022 in Southey, SK, where my
half-brother & his family lived. My
eldest daughter and I went to Regina
for a week and met many of our new
family, so many of them!!! Hugging
my half-brothers for the very first time
will always be surreal to me. Seeing
them, hearing them talk, watching
their actions…even though we are now
growing old, is embedded in my mind.
Along with that is the “auntie” reference
from ever so many offspring’s. We
were welcomed with open arms by
everyone.
My lifelong wish to have an “older
brother” has finally come true…best
of all, I have two of them! We continue
on to communicate often via social
media. Perhaps there will be one more
time soon that we can share memories,
laugh & cry together!
For 77 years, after being an only,
adopted child, I am truly blessed to
have met a family I can relate to and
call my own.
Today, as I reflect on everything,
everyone in my life, I “live the dream”
with three precious grown children,
grandchildren & great-grandchildren, a
step daughter her beautiful family. My
parents taught me as they knew best,
& I thank them for adopting me. They
also gave me the gift of learning to play
piano – a lifelong solace for me.
My husband is my strength, my
forever love.
God has been very, very good to me!
Marie (Snauwaert) Kemmis (aka “the
little girl from Ontario” per my newfound
half-brothers)
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I am an athlete born in
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appearances and I’ve set
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Most homes own a toolbox with
assorted gadgets; though none as
unique as Grandma’s, I am sure. Kept
in a corner of her kitchen, underneath
a wicker sewing basket, standing on
long spindly legs, the toolbox was a
bright blue colour and embellished with
flowers painstakingly cut out of leftover
wallpaper. Upon discovering the art of
“Mod-Podge” back in the 60s (a hobby
that occupied her every spare moment
until she ran out of items to decorate),
she took notice of the toolbox. The bigger
surprise was still to come when you
opened the box to discover the many
unusual items that begged answers to
their existence. However, answers did not
come from Grandma. She admitted the
toolbox had been around for as long as
she could remember (minus the flowers).
lt was Grandpa’s, along with everything
in it, and he was very possessive of the
box and its contents so she stayed away
from it until it became hers only.
Often, when I stopped by her house for
a visit, she might mention
that something was driving
her crazy, such as a loose
doorknob, so I would drag
out the toolbox to see
if she had the right size
screwdriver to solve the
problem. Getting right down
Grandma’s
Toolbox
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from Daytripping March-April 2017
to the job proved to be difficult however,
as so many unusual items in the toolbox
distracted me. There were four hammers
in there. (l never knew of anyone who ever
needed four different hammers!) One had
a square head and a very unusual looking
nail-puller at the other end, which really
puzzled me. Another one was so tiny I
wondered if it might have been a child’s
toy? Grandpa who was long gone from
this earth had collected most of the tools,
and she had never questioned or learned
to use any of them. Every screwdriver had
the name of the gas station that donated
it, which was a way of showing their
appreciation for your business. (Does any
business still do this?) An old padlock I
found would never be useful again, as the
tiny key found in the toolbox did not fit it.
I had completely forgotten about this
toolbox, until it showed up at my house
during the Christmas holidays. My younger
daughter had borrowed it from her sister
(who had inherited it after Grandma
died). Everyone was coming to my house,
so the toolbox ended up here, on its way
back to its present owner but forgotten
when everyone left. Eventually I opened
it, and memories came flooding back.
All of the items I remembered, including
tiny original boxes from Dominion Tack
& Nail Co. filled with red thumbtacks
(priced at a nickel a box), and equally tiny
boxes of electrical staples from the Stelco
Co. of Canada, were still there. I shook
my head when I discovered the rusty old
wrench with one broken claw still had its
spot in the toolbox also. So was the old
measuring tape marked in inches only,
along with many other strange objects
whose name or usefulness have yet to be
discovered. Grandma, who was 99 when
she left us many years ago,
would be happy to see how
important her toolbox still is
to the ones left behind. Now,
I wonder what happened to
the wicker sewing basket?
Perhaps a story for another
day!
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around in the mud or a pile of leaves?
Retired people should consider They seem to revel in the smell and the
adopting a dog. They are one of the mess, and it’s both gross and hilarious
most beloved animals on the planet. at the same time.
From their loyalty to their sense of They have strange eating habits.
humour, they’ve captured our hearts Dogs will eat just about anything, from
and tickled our funny bones in more shoes to socks to sticks to rocks. And
ways than we can count.
when they do eat something they
Humour, you might ask? Dogs have shouldn’t, they often look at us with a
a knack for making us laugh, whether guilty expression, as if to say, “I couldn’t
it’s with their silly antics or their quirky resist.”
personalities. I once knew a dog who They love to play. Dogs are like
loved nothing more than stealing shoes perpetual children. They never tire of
and running around with them in his playing and having fun. They’ll chase
mouth. He’d do it for hours on end, and after balls, Frisbees, and toys for hours
every time he’d look up at us with a on end, and they never seem to get
mischievous grin, as if to say, “Got you bored.
again!” It was impossible not to laugh. They’re obsessed with sniffing. Dogs
It’s not just their humour that makes have an incredible sense of smell, and
dogs so lovable; it’s their loyalty. Dogs they love to use it to explore the world
are the ultimate wingman. They stand around them. They’ll sniff everything
by your side no matter what, and from flowers to other dogs to our shoes,
they do anything to protect you. I was and they seem to get great pleasure out
walking my dog once, and we ran into of it.
a group of nasty squirrels. My dog They have funny sleeping positions.
immediately went into attack mode, Dogs can sleep in the most awkward
barking and growling like a madman. positions, with their legs splayed out in
Of course, the squirrels were long gone all directions or their heads hanging off
by the time we got there, but my dog the couch. And when they’re dreaming,
was still convinced he’d saved my life. they often twitch and make funny
Dogs aren’t perfect. They have their noises that are too cute to handle.
quirks and their flaws, like any other Dogs are funny, loyal, and intelligent,
animal. For example, have you ever and they have a way of making our
tried to take a dog for a walk when they lives better in so many ways. Whether
don’t want to go? It’s like trying to move they’re stealing shoes or snuggling
a boulder.
up on the couch, they’re always there
But even with their flaws, dogs for us, reminding us of what’s truly
are still some of the most wonderful important in life.
creatures on the planet. They’re always So, the next time you see a dog, give
there to cheer us up when feeling down, them a pat on the head and thank them
and they have a way of making even the for all the joy they bring into our lives.
toughest days a little bit better. I once And if they happen to steal your shoe,
heard someone say that dogs are like well, just consider it a compliment
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excitement, wagging
their tails like an out-ofcontrol
windmill. How
can one resist such a
joyful reception?
Perhaps the most
remarkable thing about
dogs is their intelligence.
They might not be able
to do algebra or read
Shakespeare, but they’re
still incredibly smart animals. I once
watched a dog solve a Rubik’s cube in
under a minute. Okay, that might be
a slight exaggeration, but you get the
point. Dogs are quick learners, and
they have an uncanny ability to read
our emotions and respond accordingly.
And they are adept at bringing levity
into our lives. They chase their own
tails. It’s like they’re playing a game of
“catch the tail,” and they can’t resist
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ever saw was at a tourism
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guests left the banquet
room after a speech to find
an area in the hallway
filled with puppies to hold
and take photos with. It
was priceless!
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