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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.

Happenings In & Around Port Loring Ontario

Good Morning:  Well it is sure a beauty of a day out there waking up.  Temperatures were sitting at 15.4 C | 59.72 F.

Forecast For Today: Rather unsettled clearing later with warm temperatures remaining with us.

Bug Report:  No insects to speak of yet.

Highway Report:  Highway 522 is bare and dry throughout.  Great travelling weather.

Around Town:  Have one flyer relating to Lost Channel with their yearly events and things.  Click Flyer’s below to enlarge.  Tea time here with some front porch sitting.  Just regular orange pekoe this morning.j  Sooth’s the mind of what is yet to come.  Enjoy your day as it is a new day.  You have the ability to make it a good day or a bad day.  Choice is yours.  You can reach George Walters at [email protected]

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Happenings In & Around Port Loring

Good Morning:  Nice looking day out there this morning. Starting off temperatures were sitting at 10.5 C | 50.9 F.

Forecast Today:  Rather unsettled clearing later.

Highway Report:  Highway 522, 11, 69 bare and dry throughout.

Around Town:  With all this nice weather we have been having for the past couple days lots of folks are out an about..  I too have been enjoying the sunshine and fresh air.  Today I will get into some garden work uncovering the new growth so the sun can reach them.  Tea time here.  Orange Pekoe  here, organic.  Great way to start off the day.  Seems it brings things together for what is to come.   Enjoy your day my friends, enjoy nature.  You can reach George Walters at [email protected]

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.

Support my writing: Support My Writing

In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

George Walters | [email protected]

Happenings In & Around Port Loring Ontario

Good Morning:  Starting off our day here in Port Loring is looking quite nice.  Sun is shinning and temperatures waking up were sitting at 2.4 C | 36.32 F.

Forecast For Today: It will warm up as the day progresses.  We could see a high of18 C / 64 F.  Will even be warmer tomorrow.  There is a chance of a shower later on in the day.

Highway Report:  Highway 522, 11, 69 are bare and dry.  Travelling will be good.

Around Town:  Lots happening in the way of Nature.  Grass is greening up, buds are starting to form on the trees, frost is about all but gone, birds are back from the sunny south, flowers are starting to show themselves and best of all things are warming up.  Great time of year to say the least.  Makes a person feel alive with all things around them being brought forth, new, fresh and loaded with enticement.  With that I am heading off for my morning tea.  Fresh dandelion tea is on the menu this morning.  Will dig one up, my lovely wife will clean it up and put it in a cup of hot boiling water for five minutes or so and then see where the day takes me.  Enjoy your day my friends, make it a good one.  You can reach George Walters at [email protected]

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.

Support my writing: Support My Writing

In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

George Walters | [email protected]

Happenings In & Around Port Loring Ontario

Good Morning:  Nice looking day here in Port Loring.  Sun is shinning and temperatures starting off were sitting at 4.4 C | 39.92 F.

Forecast For Today: Fairly fine, possible showers early.  Will warm up nicely as the day moves forward.

Snow Report:  This is the last snow report for the season.  Will start it again when needed.

Highway Report:  Highway 522 is bare and dry throughout and travelling will be good.

Around Town:  Not to much to report here this morning.  Great day for some front porch sittin’.  Which I will do in a bit.  I will start the fishing times for this season starting in two days.  Had a few folks asking me for them.  Thinking a Monk Tea is in order this morning. It has a very unique taste which I like very much.  if you haven’t tried it do so, I am sure you will be pleased.   Fills ones body with what is needed to carry on through a busy day.  Enjoy!  You can reach George Walters at [email protected]

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.

Support my writing: Support My Writing

In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

George Walters | [email protected]

Happenings In & Around Port Loring Ontario

Good Morning:  Damp morning here in Port Loring. Waking up temperatures were sitting at 3.1 C | 37.58 F.

Forecast For Today: Showery early, improving with some sunshine a bit later on in the day.

Snow Report:  No snow accumulations overnight.  None in the forecast in the coming days.

Highway Report:  Highway 522 is bare and wet this morning throughout.  Travelling will be good.

Around Town:  Not to much in the way of things happening these days.  Stores are still resting easy.  More folks are out and about though with cars moving up and down the highway.  Grass is starting to green up some and won’t be long before  the trees start to fill in the landscape.  Always look forward to spring, as all is new and new beginnings are to be made if one chooses to do so.  Even a dull day has it’s rewards in this country.  Tea time here, orange pekoe tea is on the menu.  Nothing is more soothing than a fine cup of tea looking out upon what nature has to offer.  Enjoy your day and stay safe.  You can reach George Walters at [email protected]

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.

Support my writing: Support My Writing

In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

George Walters | [email protected]