There are several advantages to being a senior citizen. The Coronavirus certainly is not one of them. When you hear all the warnings it certainly does “give you pause.” Once upon a time a couple of aspirin and a hot toddy would haul you through any medical unpleasantness that might
When my daughter and I left for Orlando on March 6th, our greatest worry was getting out of Newfoundland before a pending snow storm I feared may ground flights.
With Coronavirus (COVID-19) being somewhat in the news, we packed a baggie of Lysol wipes to wipe down our plane seats
One of the built in defense mechanisms that comes with being a Newfoundlander and Labradorian is the ability to deflect worry and ‘real world’ concerns when the going gets tough. That’s not to say that we can’t have empathy or doubt when it comes to the global happenings that surround
We have all received those silly e-mails and phone calls trying to con us out of our money. I marvel at how people could be so gullible as to fall for those scams. When someone says “This is your Captain speaking and you have won a free cruise,” I hang
The longer I hold down a permanent position, the further I distance myself from school, adolescence and those days of not caring about things like bills and the almighty dollar, the more I think on things, cliched things, like ‘love what you do.’
What’s more? You’ve got to feel that
I laugh at those who in self- righteous indignation or in perceived political opportunity rise up on their hind legs and rail against the $25,000 price tag on entering the Liberal leadership race. Unless you came into town on a load of turnips you should know that it is “a
It’s hard not to get romantic about sports. Yes, it’s not for everyone. My wife would prefer the comfort of staring and scrolling through Instagram and Pinterest than sit through two hours of football, and I know a good many fellas in town and around the bay who would rather
I suspect that when humanity is finally wiped off the face of the earth it won’t be under a mushroom cloud but rather the result of a virus that becomes a pandemic. There is no need to lose sleep yet over the spread of coronavirus, but it is time
Did you hear about the gigantic skeleton that washed up on a Scottish beach during a storm not too long ago?
While some speculated it could be the remains of the enigmatic Loch Ness Monster, Nessie’s believed-to-be home base body of water was roughly 120 miles away making that improbable
Remember ‘‘No more giveaways?’’ Those were fighting words direct from the often spitey and habitually saucy chops of then premier Danny Williams as he battled and bulldozed his way to a seat at the proverbial up-along table to get us what was rightfully ours.
Of course, Williams had a few