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.

Morning Chat March 30/2021

Good Morning! It’s a sunny day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. It is a touch cool though, with the temperature getting out of bed sitting at3 C | 37.4 F. It will warm up a lot as the day progresses. If lucky … we should be able to get some front porch sittin’, which would sure be nice. Looking forward to it. The warm temperatures will only remain with us today though, and then things will begin to cool back down for around four days before it starts to warm back up. Typical weather for our area this time of year. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, so travelling will be good. That is if you have to go anywhere. On another note yesterday I worked away here on a podcast and finished it. I like to get them stored up, so come summer I don’t have to be sitting inside the house. I get enough of that all winter. And this year … my wife and I have a lot of outside work to do. It’s going to be a busy year for us. But that is okay, as it keeps us at home, and our minds active. Once the vaccines are readily available, we will have a look at them. My wife and I will only be willing to take the Pfizer Inc with BioNTech SE and Moderna Vaccines. There is just to many issues going on with the AstraZeneca Vaccine for us to feel comfortable taking it. First they said that the old shouldn’t be taking it, then they say the young shouldn’t be taking it and just the old. And now there is the possibility of blood clots. There is too much up in the air right now, and I have a gut instinct telling me that my wife and I should wait. I know they say that the risk outweighs the alternative, but I am not so sure about that statement. We are taking precautions to the fullest and will continue to do so for now. A few more months will tell a lot. You do what you feel is right. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal with my lovely wife, and will then see what mischief I can get into. Or so my wife says. Life is good in a lot of ways. Take care and stay safe, the virus is getting a lot worse at the moment here in Ontario. GW

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Morning Chat March 29/2021

Good Morning! It’s a really nice day here in Port Loring, Ontario. Other than the 2 inches of snow we had overnight. But the sun is shinning, which makes things at the very least look nice outside. Highway 522 is mostly bare, but there are some icy sections here and there. Yesterday was a heck of a day, rain for most of the day, changing to ice, and then to snow through the night. Winter isn’t done with us yet. But the long range is looking a lot better, once we get past Wednesday of this week. On another note, I didn’t do too much yesterday, kind of took it easy. I finished up another podcast and will start another today, being it is such a cold snowy day. With that I am off for my breakfast with my lovely wife and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe. This virus is getting much worse here in Ontario. Well over 2000 a day now, with around 10-20 dying every day. Caused by opening things back up and some not doing what they should be doing. Simple as that. It all boils down to money in my eyes. It is the ruling figure these days.

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Morning chat March 28/2021

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy rainy day here in Port Loring, Ontario. We didn’t have the rain they forecasted overnight, but we are getting some this morning. They do still have warnings up for our area for heavy rain. But that is just one more reason why I hate the metric system. An example would be like, where they are saying. We could see up to ….. 25 mm of rain. They make it sound like we are going to get a lot, when in reality, if you went by the old scale, you would see right away that we would only be getting, not even an inch. Just one more way of corrupting ones mind. That’s my feeling on the subject, you are entitled to yours. LOL Highway 522 is wet this morning, and we could see some icy sections later on today if things cool down a touch more than it is now. Maybe some wet snow too, so care should be taken if out and about. Yesterday I worked here on another Podcast for all those that keep on asking for more. Along with the new listeners that are entering into the picture every day. In doing so it breaks up my day and keeps my mind fresh. So with that information out in the open, I am now off for my morning bowl of cereal with my lovely wife, and will then see what the day has in store for me. Other than what I am planning. You just never know. Take care and stay safe.

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Weather Update March 27/2021

Heavy rain tonight and Sunday For Port Loring

Heavy rain will begin overnight. Rainfall accumulations of 15 to 25 mm are expected before the rain ends Sunday evening.

The ground may still be frozen in places and have a limited ability to absorb this heavy rainfall. Localized flooding in low-lying areas is possible.

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Morning Chat March 27/2021

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy cool day here in Port Loring, Ontario. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -1 C | 30.2 F. It will warm up as the morning moves forward. We should see a wee bit of sunshine later on, which will be nice. Yesterday we did have a dusting of snow along with some icy conditions. Nothing that would cause any problems. Which is okay by me as I am ready for summer. The snow we did have is almost all gone. There is some left where the plows left it piled along the roads and in peoples driveways. I still have one large pile at the end of my driveway up by my woodworking shop. I will be glad when it is gone, so things can dry up a bit. I also put in my order for firewood, so it can be drying through the summer months. I am going to put in a new small wood stove in our cottage to be this summer, as it is too expensive to heat it with electric. It will be nice when all said and done. Yesterday I didn’t do too much, kind of took it easy. The old body needed a rest after all that yard work my lovely wife and I have been doing for the past week. Today I will work away on some things here in the house it being so cold outside. With that I am off for some flap cakes that my wife is making this morning. I will give her a hand since it is her birthday today. Take care and stay safe. GW

All my books are available on my Amazon Author Page.

If you purchase a book, a brief Amazon review really helps new readers discover my work—it means a lot.

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In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

George Walters | [email protected]