All posts by George Walters

George Walters is a Canadian columnist and author with more than forty years of writing experience. For over twenty years he has written a weekly column for Postmedia Network — Canada's largest newspaper chain — never missing a single week, publishing fifty-two stories a year. Combined with his work in Reader's Digest Community Voices, World News, Country Living, The Country Register, and farm and rural lifestyle magazines across Canada, he has published well over two thousand stories drawn from everyday life. He writes about farm work, fishing, old trucks, and the kind of people you only find in small towns — but just as likely he'll hand a voice to a weathered telephone pole, or turn his eye on something happening in the world today and tell you exactly what he thinks about it. No subject is off limits. If there's a story in it, George will find it. He has been called a philosopher of everyday life, a description that came up more than once during his television appearances over the years — and it's not hard to see why. His writing has a way of making the ordinary feel worth sitting with. He is the author of eleven books, including yearly short story collections and the Clay Moretti Files mystery series. Clay is a fifty-year-old private investigator who drives a 1967 Ford Galaxie, smokes cigars, and operates by a code the modern world gave up on a long time ago. The cases are present day. The man handling them is not. All titles are available in paperback and eBook on Amazon. Together, George and his wife Ruth have also created Elmer Finds His Way, the first in what he hopes will be a long series of children's books. Ruth did all the illustrations, as she has for every one of George's books — and beyond that she designed and painted the covers as well. Her work is woven into every page of everything he has published. A few words from readers: "I pulled up a kitchen chair and read your story three times." "You have a way of making a person homesick for a place they haven't been to." "Thank you for writing things that make old people and kids feel the same way at the same time." All my titles are available in paperback and eBook on Amazon.ca here.

What’s Happening In and Around Port Loring, Ontario, Canada on Oct 23/2022

I had one of them swings growing up on the farm.

And it is … once again a really nice day, weather wise. The sun is shinning, and the temperature is or was sitting at 9.9 C | 49.82 F. It will warm up a lot more as the day moves forward. It’s what you would call a Fall Summer’s Day. Highway 522 is bare and dry and the traffic is almost nil this morning, being Sunday. Most folks around here take it easy on Sundays. For myself, it doesn’t matter what day it is, they are all the same to me, I enjoy them all. Kind of how you look at things.

On another note, I worked in my old woodworking shop yesterday and today my wife and I are planning on cleaning our eve troughs. They shouldn’t be as bad this year, as we had to take down a lot of the trees that were close to our home throughout the summer. They were getting up there in size along with being quite old. We didn’t want a storm to come in and knock them down on our house. But in saying that, for what we took down we planted a few new maple trees which will look real nice in the coming years. Remove and replace, I always say.

With that I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal my lovely wife is making for me and will then see what the day has in store … other than what I have planned. You never know.

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What’s Happening In and Around Port Loring, Ontario on Oct 22/22

That’s Where we Will be in a bit.

Good Morning!

And it is a nice morning here in Port Loring. The temperature is like summer, waking up sitting at 11.3 C | 52.34 F. It will warm up more with lots of sunshine as the day progresses. We could see temperatures for the next four days or so reach the 70F/21C mark. No reason to not get outside today, that’s for sure. I know I will be. Front porch sittin’ is on our menu for when we have our coffee this afternoon. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, just the way I like it. And if it was up to me, it could stay this way all winter.

On another note, I have been working in my old woodworking shop these days. I put most of the day out there yesterday and will probably do the same today. I did light the shop stove just to take out the coldness from last night, but will let it go out now, with it being so nice outside.

The Robbins we saw yesterday have left, or at least I haven’t seen any this morning. Most birds have left for warmer weather, but a few choose to linger around occasionally. Which is nice to see. My lovely wife and I enjoy watching them.

With that, I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal and will then let the day unfold around me. Have a great day and try and get outside for the next few days, so you can soak up some of that good vitamin D. There is none better than what the sun has to offer.

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What’s Happening In & Around Port Loring, Ontario, Canada

Yesterday’s Snow Getting out of Bed.

Good Morning!

It’s a cloudy, cool morning here in Port Loring. The temperature waking up was sitting at 4.8 C | 40.64 F. The snow we had yesterday didn’t amount to anything, and melted before the day ended. Actually, our temperatures are going to rise for the next few days into the low 60s F. It will feel somewhat like summer after what we have been having. This damp cold weather plays havoc with the old body, that’s for sure. These so-called specialists say it has nothing to do with how the body feels. I say live in mine for a few days. Ha ha. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning with a few more hunters coming into our area, setting up things for the Deer hunt, which starts on the first two weeks of November.

On another note, getting out of bed, I saw a lot of Robins seeking out them nice juicy worms throughout our lawn and gardens. They always seem to drop by on their way south for a day or so. It’s like they want to say goodbye for now. I thought I heard one say … “See You In The Spring”

Yesterday I worked in the house here on a Podcast which is live now. Today I will work on another for a while, while my shop is warming up. I have a one of a kind coffee table in the works that I would like to finish. I have the base cleaned up and old wash tub, and the top is glued up waiting to be sanded. So … lots of things to do if I want to do them.
With that, I am off for some homemade pancakes my lovely wife is making for me, and will then see what the day has in store. Take care.

In Closing, I Would Like To Wish You Well.

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Episode 103: Country Living

Episode 103: Good Morning! So how you all doing this morning? Good I hope.

Today I have another Podcast lined up for you, and if you like what you hear? Make sure you never miss a show by dropping by every Friday morning. This podcast is made possible by listeners like you – thank you for your support. Now … let’s get on with the show!

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What’s Happening in and around Port Loring, Ontario, Canada on Oct 20/2022

Well to start things off we have had a touch of snow through the night, and it is still snowing a bit as I am doing this write-up here this morning. It is possible that we could see about 1″ or so before it’s done. That will depend on if the temperature rises above the freezing mark. At the moment, it is sitting at -0.6 C | 30.92 F. It’s kind of on the borderline right now.

Highway 522 is wet and bare at the moment. We aren’t seeing all that much traffic these days as the weather has been quite wet, and the Hunters aren’t moving around much these days. Hard to believe, and Deer season will be on us in another couple weeks. Time sure flies by these days, let me tell ya. Least for us.

On another note, I didn’t do all that much yesterday, I kind of took it easy as my old body didn’t want to do much. I did get to the dump, though. Going there, I noticed the leaves are just about gone for another year, but it still was quite nice. I enjoy where we live other than the cold. Seems it bothers me more the older I get. The good part is our home is warm and once I get my old woodworking shop warmed up it is a place I can do a few things. It keeps the stinkin’ thinkin’ away. Which is needed these days. With that, I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal that my lovely wife is making for me, and will then see about lighting up my shop stove. I will see. I might just stay in the house today, as I do want to finish up another Podcast for tomorrow. Have a great day, stay warm as we don’t want you to be getting sick, as there are a lot of people with Pneumonia here in town these days, along with the flu and the virus. My lovely wife and I aren’t going anywhere that isn’t necessary. And if we do go, we still wear our mask and sanitize our hands. What you do is your business

In Closing, I Would Like To Wish You Well.

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In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

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