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.

Gardeners Humor

Since my new gardening book was out kind of thought this bit of humor was in order.

A farmer purchased an old, run-down, abandoned farm with plans to turn it into a thriving enterprise. The fields
were grown over with weeds, the farmhouse was falling apart, and the fences were broken down.  During his first
day of work, the town preacher stops by to bless the man’s work, saying, “May you and God work together to make
this the farm of your dreams!”   A few months later, the preacher stops by again to call on the farmer.  Lo and behold,
it’s a completely different place.  The farm house is completely rebuilt and in excellent condition, there is plenty
of cattle and other livestock happily munching on feed in well-fenced pens, and the fields are filled with crops planted
in neat rows.  “Amazing!” the preacher says. “Look what God and you have accomplished together!”
“Yes, reverend,” says the farmer, “but remember what the farm was like when God was working it alone!”

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Plane Flights Makes One Think

A new undercover investigation has found traces of toxic chemicals on board the planes of several popular commercial airlines, bolstering claims from pilots and others that contamination of the air in jet cabins is widespread.

I been saying this for year. Just look at how often folks get sick after going on a plane trip.  Probably worse than they are telling you too.  My opinion only though as usual.

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Bottled Water

Bottled water across the country contains a wide variety of toxic substances, according to laboratory tests.

“Tests strongly indicate that the purity of bottled water cannot be trusted. Either can the plastic bottles it is put in.” “Given the industry’s refusal to make available data to support their claims of superiority, consumer confidence in the purity of bottled water is simply not justified.”  Amazing folks even buy it. Kind of makes one think how this old world has gone.  Nature gave us fresh clean water for free enough for everyone in the beginning. We then polluted and wasted it till there is hardly any left that safe to drink.  Progress some say.  Well I won’t  elaborate on what I think.  My opinion only.

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Bacon & Eggs, Hmm……….Good!

Good old bacon and eggs.  Well the eggs are OK and I would say a bit of bacon wouldn’t hurt any one. Remember this one word, moderation. I have eaten a lot of eggs through out my life and still do today. Especially for breakfast.  I also like them pickled and boiled with salt and pepper, when a snack urge strikes. Can’t be beat.  Take a look at this article.

Eating eggs does not significantly raise the body’s cholesterol levels, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Surrey and published in the Nutrition Bulletin of the British Heart Foundation.

The researchers reviewed the results of several different studies on eggs and nutrition, concluding that eggs did not contribute significantly to the body’s cholesterol levels. Although eggs are in fact a high-cholesterol food, the researchers note that only one-third of the body’s cholesterol comes from dietary sources; the rest is produced by the body from saturated fats. As a consequence, saturated fat intake plays a far more significant role.

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