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A Ceasefire in The War on Drugs?
(January 18, 2012) - Mark W. Law
The drug dealers sure aren't buying new pink Cadillacs off me; come to think of it even the LCBO better not build a business plan off my bi-annual visits. I'm not a drinker. I have my customary glass of white wine (chilled please!) at Christmas dinner and if I am REALLY sick I MIGHT be talked int
Good Boy Frankly!
(January 7, 2012) - Lynne Frank
What's a guy gotta do go get some respect around here?! Recently retired Frankly should be wondering just that, but,... he's probably asleep on the couch right now, hoping for a tummy rub. Frankly is my new-found hero, as are all others in his former line of work! Frankly spent 7 years as a police
The End of The World?
(December 31, 2011) - Mark W. Law
Well, here I sit on the last day of 2011, a distinctly normal year (if that is possible around Casa Marcy St.) thinking about all the hoopla surrounding the supposed end of the world in 2012. For something that on first look appears to be right out of the pages of DC Comics there sure are a lot o
Is That You, Q?
(December 30, 2011) - Lynne Frank
Tired of the same old 9 to 5? Hoping for a new career in the New Year? Need action and adventure? MI5 may be calling very soon! ...That is, if you're a British citizen and caught their GCHQ website on time. The famous British spy agency has been openly advertising for spies since the 1990's
Funny How It Goes
(December 21, 2011) - Mark W. Law
Christmas is about family and memories. It can be a blissful or bittersweet trip down memory lane. And it can be chance to reflect on the tall tales and larger than life people from your past. This past month a larger than life character left my Army 'family', bringing us all closer in shock, sad
Minnie Thoughts In Christmas Week
(December 19, 2011) - The Team
My friend Minnie is a smart cookie. Like most of us she zooms along in life, putting out fires, trying to fit 27 hours of 'stuff' into a 24 hour day and generally trying to keep track of where she is at any given time and where she is headed. But every once in awhile she will pop me a note or
On Cycles and Velocipedes
(December 12, 2011) - Mark W. Law
They say when one door closes another opens - nine years ago I had just lost a very important person in my life, followed shortly by a relationship that is HUGELY important to me today. If you follow numerology the world is supposed to work on a nine year cycle, the first three preparing, the s
South Bruce PERFORMS!
(December 5, 2011) - Mark W. Law
[caption id="attachment_7506" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Diane & Paul Schuett are all smiles after the AMAZING performances at the concert. Photo by Carol Weigel"][/caption] Once again South Bruce showed that there are VERY talented people on every street and sideroad in our mun
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas?
(December 3, 2011) - The Team
We've been getting a bit of snow over the last few weeks, enough to remind us winter is on it's way. There are many signs of the approaching Christmas season too. Some, a bit more unusual than others.... Last weekend a 32 year old woman in Kelowna, BC had some help with a 7kg fir tree she'd just
Virtually Useful
(November 18, 2011) - Mark W. Law
My nephew said it best a week or so ago on Facebook... "Tumblr/Facebook is starting to annoy slightly. People making posts about cancer saying "If you don't reblog this you don't have a heart' or 'Reblog this to help cancer.' It's a post on the internet, it won't stop cancer. Cancer is an awful t
We DO Remember
(November 11, 2011) - Mark W. Law
You wonder sometimes, with the last of the WW2 vets aging and all of our WW1 vets passed on, whether this might be the last year for Remembrance Day. Or if not the last year perhaps just another holiday observed without meaning. It was with that thought in mind that I trudged through the sleet, m
I Remember…
(November 10, 2011) - Mark W. Law
A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since I last stood on a parade square. For most of the years since my 'Army days' I have quietly observed Remembrance Day, stopping my day in time to catch the service on Parlaiment Hill. I buy a poppy, which I usually lose immediately after and I like t
May 22, 2012 – Recycling - Teeswater/Formosa - 8:00 am
May 22, 2012 – Quilt Tying Group - 9:30 am
May 26, 2012 – Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Day - All Day