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.

Stay out of our airspace,’ Russia

Now here is an article I like.  For once Canada has stood up for itself.  Oh and they were right in doing what they did too.  Figure this if it would have been the other way round and in their air space they would have shot us down no questions asked.  Take A Look.

Four Canadian and U.S. fighter jets were scrambled to meet two Russian bomber planes found flying on the edge of Canada’s Arctic airspace

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Quick Hello

Well almost March and sure lookin’ forward to spring.  Last night though the temperatures got down to minus 15 old scale.  So yep, had to keep the old wood furnace stoked up around three times through the night. I don’t mind though as when one gets a wee bit older seems he or she is up through the night anyways.  Sunshine here and enjoying a tea, then take the day as it comes. Pretty rough life huh? Talk Soon

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Home Sales In Toronto

Toronto’s home sales drop 69%

Well I only got one thing to say on this topic.  In my eyes the prices for homes in Toronto are double the price as what they are really worth. Oh maybe one more tiny little thing.  All homes through out Canada will have to be dropped in price, as what we are paying now for a home is just crazy.    My Opinion Only

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Troops In Iraq

You know for the last few years now folks have been steadily running down old George Bush.  Thing is he is a pretty good guy.  I would  have to say he has helped this country we call Canada more than any other president going.  Also put us on a path, that is safe to walk down.  I know there is a lot that would have you think different but I would have to say their thinking is a bit clouded.  They also have complained about all the troops in the Iraq. Well if Bush could have been in power any longer, he would have had them taken out in the near future just as the new President is doing, well thinking of doing.  Time will tell on that subject.

Any ways for those that have complained for so long about old Bush.  You now have a President that says he will pull a few troops out of Iraq and once done he will put a few thousand more into Afghanistan.  My way of looking at it, nothing is getting done, just taking it from one hand and putting it in another.  My Opinion Only. Here is the article for what it’s worth:  Take a look.

President Barack Obama on Friday fulfilled the defining promise of his campaign, announcing that all U.S. combat troops will be withdrawn by Aug. 31, 2010.

I sure like that word Defining.  LOL

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The Dalton Gang

Premier Dalton McGuinty is keeping a tight lid on just how deep Ontario will sink into red ink, despite alarming predictions that the deficit could climb as high as $18 billion.

I bet he is, LOL. Thing is, even when he does let the cat out of the bag, it won’t bug most folks here in Ontario, as the next election they will vote him right back in again.   I also would bet the amount you hear isn’t the true amount.  I bet it would be double if one really had a good look at it.  Thing is, people here in Ontario can’t complain for one second the way the economy is going.  Why? Well, you got what you wished for.  Maybe not all of us though, there is still a few good o boys out there.  My Opinion Only.

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