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 Morning

Well Maple Syrup is on hold for today as it stopped running being so cold out there. Down to 18 degrees here this morning with snow flurries.  It will be back in a day or so soon as the old sun makes its appearance.  Still got a bit more to boil down though so will finish that off this morning then get to pouring a bit over some pancakes.  Tea time here lookin’ out. Have a great day.

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Good Morning From Port Loring

Well nice morning here. Sun is a shinnin’, maple syrup is running, so what could be better than that.  Just got the shop stove going so going to be a maple syrup day here in Port Loring. Now don’t get me wrong we don’t make it big time like some, we just make enough each year for ourselves.  We do up around three to five quarts which gives my wife and I a nice taste.  So………..tea time here then get at it. Talk Soon

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Almost Maple Syrup

For those that can’t afford or get out to buy real maple syrup this spring.  Hers is a substitute.  Myself, I am in the process right now of making real maple syrup.  Tapped a few trees around my property, so shouldn’t be to long before I am having some of my wife’s home made pancakes covered with natures best.

1 c Brown sugar, Best to use raw sugar cane, tastes better and better for you.
1/3 c Water
1/8 ts Salt
1/4 ts Vanilla extract

In saucepan dissolve sugar in water. Add salt and boil for 1 minute. Add vanilla and mix well. Serve warm. Yield: 3/4 cup.

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Acorn Squash, Pretty Tasty

Hm………Good,can’t wait till summer.

2 c Acorn squash (cubed)
2 ts Butter
1 ts Orange rind
1/4 c Orange juice
2 tb Sugar replacement

Cook squash in small amount of boiling water until crisp-tender; drain. Melt butter in saucepan. Add orange rind, juice and sugar replacement. Cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Add squash; cover. Continue cooking until squash is tender.

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Afgan Police Get Fundings From Canada. Can You Believe It?

You know I just can’t understand the thinking in the way we hand out our tax payers money.  Like this article.  Take A Look.

Canada will put $21 million toward the salaries of Afghan police and prison guards over the next two years, it was revealed on Tuesday.

In my eyes this will do nothing to help that country.  What they should be doing is looking after our own country.  We have to learn that it’s a selfish world.  We have to look after ourselves first then we can help others.  We got enough going on here in this country without looking after other countries. This image of peace keepers us Canadians is suppose to have should have never been started in the first place.  Peace keepers, nonsense, should be money giveres and the only reason we hand out money is to make money, but not for the tax payers. My Opinion Only, as  usual.

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