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.

Good Old Broccoli

One more reason to get out there this spring and get to planting a garden.  Take a look.

A chemical that naturally occurs in broccoli may help protect the lungs against the damage that leads to lung disease, according to a study conducted by researchers from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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Full Moons in 2009

January 10th     Full Wolf Moon     10:27 pm
February 9th     Full Snow Moon     9:49 am
March 10th     Full Worm Moon     10:38 pm
April 9th     Full Pink Moon     10:56 am
May 9th     Full Flower Moon     12:01 am
June 7th     Full Strawberry Moon     2:12 pm
July 7th     Full Buck Moon     5:21 am
August 5th     Full Sturgeon Moon     8:55 pm
September 4th     Full Corn Moon     12:03 pm
October 4th     Full Harvest Moon     2:10 am
November 2nd     Full Hunter’s Moon     2:14 pm
December 2nd     Full Cold Moon     2:30 am
December 31st    Full Blue Moon    2:13 pm

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What Days Should I Be Doing Things. Well Take A Look

What’s the best days to do things.  Well here you go, no excuse now for not getting things done right. This is for the month of March/2009.   Enjoy!

Bake 6, 7, 27, 28
Can Fruits and Vegetables 16, 17, 25
Dry Fruits and Vegetables 10
Cut Firewood 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Cut Hair to Increase Growth 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 26, 29, 30
Cut Hair to Retard Growth 10, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24
Mow to Increase Growth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Mow to Retard Growth 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Castrate Farm Animals 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Dig Holes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Dig Post Holes 10, 23, 24
Harvest 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Pick Apples and Pears 10, 18, 19, 20
Prune Trees 16, 17, 21, 22
Wean 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Hunting 1, 2, 3, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Quit Smoking 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24
Potty Train 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Demolition 10, 18, 19, 20
Wash Wooden Floors 10, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24
Wax Floors 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 26, 29, 30
Wash Windows 18, 19, 20
Paint 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 23, 24, 29, 30
Marriage 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25, 26, 29, 30
Start Diet to Lose Weight 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24
Start Diet to Gain Weight 6, 7, 26
Kill Wild Onions and Weeds 23, 24
Best Days to Hunt 1, 2, 3, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Advertise To Sell 1, 3, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30
Ask for Loan 10
Buy A Car 18, 19, 20, 25
Buy Clothes 1, 2, 3, 29, 30
Buy A Home 1, 2, 3, 29, 30
Entertain Friends 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15
Host A Party 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 20, 23, 24, 31
Travel For Pleasure 4, 5, 8, 9, 31
Write 4, 5, 31

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Home Grown Coffee & So Good For You

Using the shovel to dig as many dandelion  roots as you want; it takes about 10-15 small roots for a cup of this alternative coffee. Cut off and wash the carrot-like roots; pat them dry and lay them out on a cookie sheet.

Roast them at 200 degrees F till you can smell chocolate: they should look chocolate brown, and snap like dry sticks. Stick ’em in the grinder, then into the coffee filter to brew. You’ll have to adjust the strength to your liking; I used about two tablespoons of grounds for one cup of coffee.

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