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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.
George's Writers Corner

Community Voice Column Update

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This week in the Community Voice my column is about Woodworking I have a few of them that I will share with you in the coming weeks.  So if you see a copy pick it up,  as there is a lot of good wisdom there and not only my story there is others also, along with Dawn Clark the Editor,  a real nice lady, she sets up the paper and in my books does a real fine job.  Talk Soon.

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The Old Craftsman's Woodworking Shop

Planer Gave Up The Ghost

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Well worked in the shop most the day today.  Had a bit of a problem with the old Planer. I bought it a few years ago a Ridgid>  The bearings are shot in the old girl and I guess it isn’t worth fixing.  So guess it’s time to go shopping.  Didn’t expect that this time of year but we used it a lot so what can one do.  Now I wish I didn’t sell my heavy duty one I had back at my old shop.  Oh well what can you do can’t cry over spilled milk.  Other than that had a pretty good day.  Got a few Flutes made and made a mess in the shop.   Talk Soon

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Weather

Warm Day Here Today

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Well not much going on here today. Had a bit of rain last night and early this morning, a few accidents I hear up near HWY 11 next to HWY 522.  Guess that rain must have froze a wee bit.  Nothing worse than freezing rain for driving I have found.  Did some shop work today and that was pretty much my day. Maybe tomorrow I will come upon some things to write about.  Talk Soon.

WX200 ff:            localhost:9753  20/11 20:44:41  
  1.3             Display:    Clock/0/0          Power: AC  Battery: ok 
             ---------- Outdoor -----------  ----------- Indoor -----------
Temperature: 35.1 F Hi 61.5 F 31/10 14:24    73.4 F Hi 77.2 F  9/11 19:10  
                    Lo 13.5 F 18/11  7:13           Lo 61.0 F  2/11  8:25  
   Humidity:   77 % Hi   98 % 20/11  6:11      33 % Hi   46 % 31/10 13:12  
                    Lo   34 % 17/11 15:28           Lo   32 % 17/11 19:42  
  Dew Point:   32 F Hi   46 F 31/10 19:35      43 F Hi   52 F  2/11 17:46  
                    Lo   32 F 31/10 14:50           Lo   34 F 19/11  5:36  
Wind Gust:036NE @  0.0 mph    Wind Gust Hi:288WNW@ 26.2 mph   31/10 19:54  
      Avg:036NE @  0.0 mph      Wind Chill:  36 F   Lo:   1 F  6/11 23:17  
Rain Rate: 0.00 in/h  Yesterday: 0.08 in Total:32.56 in since  1/ 1  0:00  
Barometer: Steady at 29.18 in  30.06 in  sea; 12-24hr forecast: Sunny

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Weather

Wet Night

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Well had a cool morning but then temperatures rose all day up to around 36 now.  Also windy with rain.  Talk Soon.

WX200 ff:            localhost:9753  19/11 20:59:41  
  1.3             Display:    Clock/0/0          Power: AC  Battery: ok 
             ---------- Outdoor -----------  ----------- Indoor -----------
Temperature: 36.7 F Hi 61.5 F 31/10 14:24    72.7 F Hi 77.2 F  9/11 19:10  
                    Lo 13.5 F 18/11  7:13           Lo 61.0 F  2/11  8:25  
   Humidity:   86 % Hi   97 % 12/11 18:41      34 % Hi   46 % 31/10 13:12  
                    Lo   34 % 17/11 15:28           Lo   32 % 17/11 19:42  
  Dew Point:   34 F Hi   46 F 31/10 19:35      43 F Hi   52 F  2/11 17:46  
                    Lo   32 F 31/10 14:50           Lo   34 F 19/11  5:36  
Wind Gust:181 S @  7.6 mph    Wind Gust Hi:288WNW@ 26.2 mph   31/10 19:54  
      Avg:181 S @  6.3 mph      Wind Chill:  28 F   Lo:   1 F  6/11 23:17  
Rain Rate: 0.00 in/h  Yesterday: 0.00 in Total:32.48 in since  1/ 1  0:00  
Barometer: Falling at 29.03 in  29.91 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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In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

George Walters | [email protected]

Gardening

Pumkin Pie Fresh Out Of The Garden

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Well I had a pumpkin this year that grew in spite of all the damage that I did to it. I wrote a story of this pumpkin and it will be in the North Bay Nugget come next week, I think. This pumpkin though deserved to become pies so this Fall after Halloween I put it in the cold room. Today the wife took it out and it is about to become a Pumpkin Pie. Sounds good to me. Also the seeds are lucky ones,  so kept all them for next years plantings. The neighbor,  Bee next door,  gave us a recipe for home grown pumpkin pie and a thank you goes out to her,  so will let you know what it tastes like when all said and done maybe a picture of the finished product.  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.

Support my writing: Support My Writing

In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

George Walters | [email protected]