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 Report Feb. 12/2016

Good Morning:  Things has warmed up a touch here in Port Loring.  Temperatures waking up were sitting at -13.8 C | 7.16 F.

Forecast For Friday:  Mixed day, some snow, sunshine and clouds.  Will get really cold tonight.

Snow Accumulations:  From yesterday morning till now we received another 3 inches of the white stuff.

Fishing Information:  Today the old weather stick is saying that the best times to be out there will be from  8:40 AM – 10:40 AM.  Then from 2:43 PM – 5:43 PM.  I give it a 1 fish rating out of 5 for catching a few.  Not the greatest day, but as I always say.  Never can tell what is on a fishes mind.

Moon Rise & Set: Rise: 7:27 AM
Set: 5:41 PM.

Pain Related To Weather: Today the weather could play havoc with the body.  Better days lie ahead.

Highway Report:  Highway 522 is snow covered throughout for most parts.  Care should be taken if out and about.

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Morning Report Feb. 11/2016

Good Morning:  Very cold morning here in Port Loring:  Temperatures waking up were sitting at -23.7 C | -10.66 F.

Forecast For Thursday: Very cold temperatures will remain with us for the next couple days.  Changeable, mending.  Should see lots of sunshine today which will make things nicer.

Highway Report:  Highway 522 is snow covered throughout at the moment.  Traveling shouldn’t be too bad as the day moves forward. Care should be taken.

Snow Report: From yesterday morning till this morning we had another 2 inches of the white stuff.  Will remain with us with these temperatures.

Fishing Information: Today the old weather stick is saying the best times to be out there will be from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.  Still not the greatest for fishing.  I give it a 3 fish rating out of 5 for catching a few.   Good Luck!

Pain Related To Weather: Today the weather will be of help to us humans.  Critters too for that matter.  Great day to get outside and soak up some of that sunshine.  No Flu Shot Needed.  This cold weather will eliminate any flu bugs or cold virus’s.  Dress warm though.

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Morning Report Feb. 10/2016

Good Morning:  Cold morning waking up here in Port Loring.  Temperatures at time of post was sitting at -16.3 C | 2.66 F.

Forecast For Wednesday: Unsettled, probably improving.  Cold temperatures will remain with us though and drop even more as the day moves forward and into tonight.  Tomorrow we will be in a deep freeze.

Highway Report:  Highway 522 is snow covered with icy sections throughout. Care should be taken if driving.  Might be a good day to stay home.

Fishing Information:  Today the old weather stick is saying that the best times to be out there will be from 6:00 AM – 9:00 AM.  Then once again from 2:30 PM. 5:00 PM.  Not the greatest day for fishing.  I give it a 2 fish rating out of 5 for catching a few.  Good Luck!

Pain Related To Weather:  Today the weather could take its toll on folks.  Aches and pains will seem more pronounced.   Easy does it.

Snow Accumulations:  From yesterday morning till now we have had about five more inches of the white stuff.  Should make the snow-mobile folks happy.

Have a great day!

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Interesting Article

A lesson through Nature could be learned from this article.

“A wolf pack: the first 3 are the old or sick, they give the pace to the entire pack. If it was the other way round, they would be left behind, losing contact with the pack. In case of an ambush they would be sacrificed. Then come 5 strong ones, the front line. In the center are the rest of the pack members, then the 5 strongest following. Last is alone, the alpha. He controls everything from the rear. In that position he can see everything, decide the direction. He sees all of the pack. The pack moves according to the elders pace and help each other, watch each other.”

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]