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.

Pesky Rabbits

You know I planted some raspberry plants two years ago. Finally got up to size, so was looking forward to some nice berries this coming summer. Well was taking out the ashes from the wood stove this morning and noticed tons of rabbit tracks. Got to looking further and seen they had been eating the raspberry bushes. On the one end they cleaned them off to the ground.  I didn’t think they even liked the things, but I was wrong.  So now not to sure what to do,  guess just keep an eye on them.  Might have to put a light out back as it might steer them in another direction.  Always something to get an old fellers mind a thinking.  Talk Soon

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Port Loring Weather Forecast

Here is the weather forecast out there tonight highs and lows. Also feel free to visit the weather web site just click on the link on the left where it says Port Loring Weather Station. The forecast is calling for some sun tomorrow so see what happens. Talk Soon

WX200 ff:            localhost:9753   3/12 20:14:41
  1.3             Display:    Clock/0/0          Power: AC  Battery: ok
             ---------- Outdoor -----------  ----------- Indoor -----------
Temperature: 17.4 F Hi 58.8 F  2/12 16:51    68.4 F Hi 73.0 F  2/12 16:26
                    Lo  7.3 F  1/12 20:00           Lo 58.5 F  2/12  7:53
   Humidity:   80 % Hi   81 %  2/12 16:45      30 % Hi   33 %  3/12 17:39
                    Lo   59 %  2/12 10:40           Lo   28 %  1/12 21:45
  Dew Point:   32 F Hi   32 F  1/12 20:00      36 F Hi   41 F  2/12 15:41
                    Lo   32 F  1/12 20:00           Lo   32 F  2/12  0:08
Wind Gust:010 N @ 10.1 mph    Wind Gust Hi:321NW @ 18.8 mph    3/12 14:06
      Avg:010 N @  8.1 mph      Wind Chill:  -0 F   Lo: -18 F  3/12 15:22
Rain Rate: 0.00 in/h  Yesterday: 0.00 in Total:32.83 in since  1/ 1  0:00
Barometer: Steady at 28.85 in  29.73 in  sea; 12-24hr forecast: Sunny

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Pretty Nice Country HuH?

Well thought I would share with you a couple pictures of the snow we had yesterday got lots more now since then and will take a few maybe tomorrow and share. One thing we get around here is snow. Talk Soon

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White Oak Hmm

You know a couple years ago I got some white oak figuring it would be a good burning wood. I also have been burning wood for heat a good portion of my life and had in my mind that I pretty well knew all there was to know about types of wood, what is good for burning and what is not.  Well I put about four cords in the basement come the end of August and felt good about it, only to find out that it didn’t burn worth a darn.  Ended up the only way I could get it to burn properly was to split it about four times,  then let it dry for another month.  I thought it was pretty dry as it sat out covered for two year, but I was wrong.  But, hey I learned something and that is to stay with my ash, yellow birch, white birch, red oak and hard maple. I got to say ash and hard maple are on the top of my list for good heating,  through them cold winter days when temperatures dip to around -20 below.  The other problem I had with the white oak,  was messing up my chimney pretty good. After four weeks of burning,  it plugged it in places.  Glad I cleaned it out and will clean it out once more just before Christmas, as I should be done with it by then.  Usually with the hardwoods I only clean my chimney twice a burning season.  Oh well not a big deal.  So if you heed my advice you could save your self a few headaches.  Talk Soon.

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