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.

Santa Has Protection These Days

This article in the paper yesterday got my attention, as my son Karl works on Base for NORAD.  Nice to know these folks are keeping an eye on old Santa.

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MSG Or Monosodium glutamate, a “flavor enhancer.” Pretty Well In Everything You Eat

Lately this labelling of foods has been a big thing, as folks are now suppose to be able to tell what is in the food they are eating.  Well let me tell ya, don’t believe everything you read.   Example.

Have you noticed all the canned soups now proclaiming “No MSG” on the label? If you look closely, however, many of them are still made with yeast extract, a hidden source of MSG. Autolyzed and hydrolyzed ingredients also contain hidden MSG, so avoid any products made with those.  The only way in my eyes for a gal or fellow to eat safe now a days is to grow and cook your own.  That’s what my wife and I do and you know, it isn’t that hard.  For those that can’t plant a garden, they should then shop for locally grown produce, take it home and then get busy.  Simple as that.  To much work some say.  I say well, how much is your health worth to you?  My Opinion Only.

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Port Loring & Area Winter Forecast For 2009-2010 From Me To You

My winter forecast for Port Loring 2009-2010.

When all is said and done, we will have a fairly normal winter here in Port Loring. The biggest cold anomalies will be south of us.   We will at the very least have some sunny days in January and February. Of the two months, February will be the snowier.  Have a great winter.

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For Those That Love To Cook

You know I got to reading an article the other day about cooking with oil.  Here is what it says.

If you cook with oil, cook with coconut oil. It has a much higher “burn” temperature than any other oil, including olive oil. In fact, I don’t know of any oil that’s truly safe to cook with other than coconut oil.

Now in reading that it brought back memories of when I was young.  Laura the lady of the house when going to town would stop off at the feed mill and I can distinctly remember her picking up some  coconut oil every once in awhile for her cooking.  Back then it was kind of a luxury using the oil and for most parts it went into pastry and things like that.  For cooking eggs she just used good old butter as we do here today.  Nothing tastes better than eggs cooked in butter sunny side up with a touch of sea salt and fresh ground pepper.  Think I am going to have a couple right now.  Have a great day.

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From One Of My Readers

I want to thank you for your stories – the North Bay Nugget has your stories in the Saturday paper and the paper is not read unless your story is there.
Again thank you, as it brings many memories back.  Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New year
A reader who truly loves your memories.

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