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.

Snow Blower Worked Good

Well took a few pictures after the clean up and sure looks pretty out there. Makes one sure feel good to be alive and able to enjoy the simple things in life.

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Man It’s Cold


On the weather forecast below just remember when it says rain this time of year,  it really means snow,  just that the station doesn’t recognize the word snow.  Maybe some day will get one that does. Once the temperature goes above 32F then it will read right.

Well I got to say we had the coldest night this year last night.  Got down to around -12 Below old scale.  Kind of makes a fellow or gal appreciate a warm house.   The old wood furnace here is perking away along with the one in the shop.   I keep the one in the shop going, just in case the urge hits to do some work.  In this kind of weather though it isn’t to often but it’s nice just knowing I can if I decide to. Keep Warm, Talk soon.

 localhost:9753  15/12 18:29:40  
  1.3             Display:    Clock/0/0          Power: AC  Battery: ok 
             ---------- Outdoor -----------  ----------- Indoor -----------
Temperature:  9.5 F Hi 48.2 F 14/12  4:53    71.1 F Hi 75.2 F 14/12 19:29  
                    Lo-14.8 F 15/12  7:08           Lo 58.8 F 15/12  3:43  
   Humidity:   45 % Hi   90 % 14/12  1:35      27 % Hi   32 % 12/12 13:56  
                    Lo   41 % 12/12 16:04           Lo   25 % 15/12 10:19  
  Dew Point:   32 F Hi   32 F 12/12 13:56      36 F Hi   43 F 12/12 18:08  
                    Lo   32 F 12/12 13:56           Lo   32 F 12/12 22:18  
Wind Gust:062ENE@  0.0 mph    Wind Gust Hi:333NNW@ 23.7 mph   14/12  8:26  
      Avg:062ENE@  0.0 mph      Wind Chill:   9 F   Lo: -20 F 14/12 11:04  
Rain Rate: 0.00 in/h  Yesterday: 0.00 in Total:32.87 in since  1/ 1  0:00  
Barometer: Falling at 29.41 in  30.29 in  sea; 12-24hr forecast: Rain

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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North Bay Nugget Update

Just a note to let you know this weeks column was about Children, how we were raised back when along with touching on,  that Christmas is for everyone, not just children.  The column comes out every Saturday so don’t forget to get a copy, I know you won’t be disappointed.  Talk soon.

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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Community Voice Update

For the past thee weeks the column in the Community Voice was on woodworking. How to set up your shop and a bit on what equipment and how I placed them in my own shop, along with some tips and things on different topics,  concerning woodworking.  So if you happen to be interested in wood working and see the paper in one of many stores in the North Bay area pick up a copy.  Talk soon.

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]