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.

Update On My Third Book

So hows every one been doing?  Myself I have been steadily working on the third book which will be coming out this spring, say around first of June or end of May.   Things are going as planned and I got a feeling it is going to be an exceptional book, with a whole new cover look, more stories, longer stories, fantastic sketches by my wife and a few surprises thrown it to boot.   Cold here this morning down to around 5 below old scale/. Still don’t like that metric no matter what folks get to tellin’ me.  Old wood furnace here is earning its keep in-spite of all the huff over global warming.  Burned six cords so far this year but looking at things nature, the rest of this month it is going to be a bit above normal I am thinking so….that is a good thing.   Well guess it’s time to have a cup of that fresh perked coffee that my lovely wife put on and get to doing things around here.  Take Care and have a great day.

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How Us Old Farmers Got Things Done

For years now I have tried to portrait what it was like years ago through words and pictures. In this picture here is an old feller in the fields working with out a care.  Enjoying life to the fullest, without any of the modern day equipment of today.  Amazing picture. Click on it to enlarge.

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Health Care Plan In The USA

Thought this was an interesting note on what one American thought of the new health care system that is being introduced in their country now.  Take a look.

As an American, I refuse to buy mandatory health insurance that financially supports a corrupt, fraudulent health care system. If I’m going to be forced to buy health insurance, why doesn’t the insurance cover the health services I would choose such as naturopathic care, homeopathy, acupuncture and chiropractic care? Notice how the new health care reform racket mainly covers drugs and surgery while leaving out all the natural therapies that really promote health?

Myself, I would think one would be a lot better off using the natural therapies, no insurance necessary.  I know some would say there is a lot of surgeries out there that one might need and can’t afford.  I say that is the least of what is necessary in their plan and if anything, the surgery part in itself would probably hardly be even needed if the other natural therapies would have been covered.  Taking it one step further through my eyes, it would take nothing for a country like the USA to introduce a plan to cover all surgery alone for folks and should be. The ones that goes ahead here are the drug companies and the insurance companies, don’t take no lawyer to figure that out.  But some will say, hey any plan is better than no plan and close their eyes.  I guess you could say their plan is something like ours here in Canada, not covering the important things. Interesting point the fellow was making though.  My opinion only.

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Photos Of Years Ago

Well had a buddy send me these photos the other day and figured it would bring back a few memories of years gone by, for some of you too.  First one is the old A & W Restaurant, where you drove in and they came out to serve you.  The second needs no explaining, as many a nights us older folks seen this before retiring for bed. Click On Pictures To Enlarge.  Enjoy!

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Bit Of Humor For A Saturday Afternoon

Thought you might like this add I came upon in the paper the other day.   Bit of humor for ya.

FOR SALE BY OWNER.
Complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 45 volumes.
Excellent condition. No longer needed
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Got married last month. Wife knows everything.

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