Category: Odds and ends
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The stuff of my nightmares
Here’s the thing… I was at the Winnipeg airport preparing for a flight to Ottawa for the annual getaway with my sisters. I took out my phone to search for my electronic boarding pass. “Can I help you?” a uniformed man asked. “I’m just looking for my thing,” I said as I scanned through the…
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When is a Cow Not a Cow?
“Portage Ex holds 4-H cow auction” read the headline on an online news site. The story went on: “4Hers gathered at the Ex to compete for best cows in their class and to eventually see their hard work come to fruition as their cows were sold at auction.” I think there is an error here.…
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One Ringy Dingy, Two Ringy Dingy…..
K and I attended an antiques and collectibles sale on the weekend, at which we saw several vintage telephones – mostly black, all with rotary dials. For some reason, I have been thinking about telephones ever since. Until 1975, the community in which I was raised had party telephone lines. Our telephone was a brown…
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Nursery Rhymes, Nightmares and Night Stands
It’s raining, it’s pouring The old man is snoring. Fell out of bed, Bumped his head, And couldn’t get up in the morning. I read recently that this nursery rhyme is really the story of a drunk old man whose inebriation was the cause of both the snoring and the fall. You cannot believe everything…
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COMMUNITY NEWS
For years, a Saturday edition of the Winnipeg Free Press has been part of our tradition. It still is, despite an obstacle that has been put in our way. The local grocery store no longer carries the daily newspaper. My husband travelled to the next town and the next grocery store, but there were…
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Crime Stopper edition
While digging through tubs of old papers, I found a letter handwritten on bright yellow paper with the Manitoba Crime Stoppers logo. “It was with pleasure and surprise that we read your story about The Little Boy answering the phone by asking if the person calling was reporting crime to the “Crime Stoppers”. We were…
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This, That and the Other Thing
WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING: “The Hermit” by Thomas Rydahl (mystery) I enjoy mystery/crime novels and Scandinavian noir has provided some of my favourites. “The Hermit” is a debut novel by Danish writer Thomas Rydahl and the debut garnered several awards – the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel, the Danish Debutant…
Rural Routes, Blog Version 