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.

New Book Up Date {Moments In Time}

Good afternoon.   Just thought I would let you all know my third book Moments In Time is almost compete.  If things go to plan we should have it in the stores around the middle of May.  I also plan to announce when it is available in with my column in Saturdays paper at the Nugget.  Also in month or so we will be starting our book signing events.  We will be at Gulliver’s in North Bay and also at Cole’s at the Mall in North Bay.  There again I will let you know dates and time soon as I know.  The way things are heading it looks like a very busy year, with our small store ready to go, three books on the market, speaking engagements, attending different events and book signings.  I also would like to meet you folks, so if you see one of my book-signings, or in our area, just drop in, open invitation.

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How’s Things Going?

Well been awhile since my last post for sure, just had a few health problems, but hoping they are on the mend.  Today I am feeling a wee bit better and thinking I am healing.  So time will tell, just when one isn’t up to snuff things don’t get done as they should.  Any ways, this time of year back on the farm was one of my most favorite.  With the cheery blossoms out doing themselves, what could be nicer.  Sure makes one feel good to be alive.  I still can visualize me and my old  Dad going for a walk through the orchard,  as we used to do many years ago.  Brings moisture to these old eyes for sure. Well had better go, will get back to doing up some posts another day take care. Click Picture To Enlarge.

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Handing Out Tax Payers Dollars Where Ever

Hey George, What do you have to say on this comment?

The Ontario government is coming to the rescue of pensioners of Nortel Networks Corp., one year after the iconic Canadian telecom-equipment maker sought court protection from its creditors.

Hmm I kind of think that this comment in today’s news should have said.  Tax payers dollars are being taken by the Ontario Government and given to Nortel.   Just amazes me the kind of society we live in today.  Meaning that governments think all the money that they manipulate through taxes and things belongs to them, and them alone.  They feel they can just do what ever they so choose with it. Things is though, they are doing just that, and have been getting away with it from the beginning of time.   Myself I think we should take a step back about a hundred years, take in what went wrong, get rid of governments and start over.   Another problem is that these so called Powers That Be, have gotten folks minds so twisted, that a lot of the people of today really believe what is happening is the right way to go.   Not only governments though that is messing things up, there are a lot of others contributing to our downfall too, all connected though.    Amazing.

Some things sure get me going, must come with age, you think?   Had my say guess , will go and have a tea.   My Opinion Only

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A Question On Drugs

Hi George, what do you think is the answer to our prescription drug problem and if you might, how did it all start?

For years now I have been pointing out to folks about the abuse of prescription drugs.  I gotta’ tell ya, I believe that today it isn’t about what drugs are being given to folks that are sick, in making them better. It’s all about folks making money.  Today more prescription drugs are being used than ever before.  Let me tell you a story.  Years ago the farmers got to thinking that they needed some help with pests on their crops and things. Well the pharmaceutical companies seen a way here of making some money and went ahead and came up with pesticides.  Seemed there for awhile that a miracle had occurred and the problems were being solved.  Later on sickness started to spring up all over the continent.  What is happening some got to saying??  Well what happened was, an is still happening today, is that all these pesticides and things were and are now slowly making us humans sicker and sicker and sicker.   Now with that in mind the pharmaceutical companies now come along and say hey, we can make some drugs here that will help folks and make them well again.  Nothing wrong with that I suppose, but one should remember that there is an easier way of fixing ones health than handing out drugs.  What is that?  Simple, stop using all these pesticides and clean up our water, air and soil.   Saying that, we have to start somewhere and you the public are the only ones that can make it happen.  We can change things, we have to take back the reigns and not let these so called Powers That Be tell us what is right and wrong any more.  My Opinion Only

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Bit Of Saturday Humor Through A Picture

Now I don’t know about you folks, but take a look at this fellows set up for taking a shower, saving electricity and not having to do much physical work turning the light on.   I would have to say it is a pretty good idea other than  the safety factor here.   I also would like to mention, which I am sure you are aware of, right? That not to try it yourself, for numerous reasons.  But hey it takes all kinds to make this old world and this picture does show you that.  At any rate, a little humour for a Saturday morning.. Click On Picture To Enlarge.

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