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.

How To Save Hydro

Tip on how to save some money and the rewards are to many to name.  Give up on your clothes dryer if you want to cut down your hydro bill by about 20%.  Hang clothes outside, or dry on a wood hanger inside in the winter.

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Every Country Home Should Have A Couple

Rocking chairs are a must as they are the ultimate country comfort chair.  You will need at least two, one for you, and the other for your spouse or company.

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Spring Garden Tip

Plan for a little herb garden by the kitchen door.  Once you start cooking with fresh basil, thyme, rosemary, chives, you will sure be glad you did.  My wife uses ours all summer long.

All my books are available on my Amazon Author Page.

If you purchase a book, a brief Amazon review really helps new readers discover my work—it means a lot.

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In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

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Smart Meter Price List Hmmm

And some folks think it will be cheaper.  Not Really!!

Weekdays
7 am to 11 am 8.8¢/kWh
11 am to 5 pm 7.2¢/kWh
5 pm to 8 pm 8.8¢/kWh
8 pm to 10 pm 7.2¢/kWh
10 pm to 7 am 4.0¢/kWh
Weekends 4.0¢/kWh

Homeowners with smart meters (i.e. meters that track how much electricity is used and when) will pay different rates throughout the day. The rates are set and regularly adjusted by the OEB to reflect pricing trends in the wholesale electricity market – when demand is higher, prices tend to be higher and vice-versa.

All my books are available on my Amazon Author Page.

If you purchase a book, a brief Amazon review really helps new readers discover my work—it means a lot.

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In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

George Walters | [email protected]

Weather Forecast For Port Loring Ontario

Forecast

Issued: 11.30 AM EST Wednesday 21 January 2009

Today:
Periods of snow ending early this afternoon then cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Risk of freezing drizzle near noon. High minus 8.

Tonight:
Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Periods of light snow beginning overnight. Wind becoming west 20 km/h near midnight. Low minus 10.

Thursday:
Periods of light snow ending in the morning then cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Becoming cloudy periods late in the day. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light in the morning. High minus 5.

Friday:
Snow. Low minus 17. High minus 7.

Saturday:
Sunny. Low minus 26. High minus 21.

Sunday:
Sunny. Low minus 28. High minus 19.

All my books are available on my Amazon Author Page.

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In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

George Walters | [email protected]