Columns

Being at the beach for a few days last week, I had plenty of time to gaze out over the blue waters of Lake Huron and be thankful that I wasn’t way out there myself, out of visual range of the shore. The thought never fails to give me the willies.

As someone married to an “out-of-towner,” I quite often find myself playing six degrees of separation with my wife.

I recently learned that when a butterfly is struggling to get out of the cocoon and you cut the cocoon, or in some way try to help it out, the butterfly dies. It has to be left to struggle because the struggle to escape the cocoon forces blood into its wings so it can spread them and be able to fly.

As the end of another long school year comes to an end and the temperature continues to rise, I know a lot of us have been catching ourselves daydreaming about our fun-filled summer plans.

In the previous column, I talked about a ‘new normal’ after the current pandemic ends. I had my second Pfizer shot last Saturday and, in two weeks, I should be fully vaccinated.

Melissa Bender seeing a Confederate flag flying in Poole and speaking her mind about it last summer spurred a much-needed conversation in Perth County.

For being considered a friendly and peaceful nation, Canada has given off the wrong impression as of late.

You could likely take my header a number of ways given the current state of affairs. But in this instance, I’m referring to the NHL post-season.