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.

Notes Of Appreciation, Betty

Just to let you know how much we enjoy reading your articles in the North Bay Nugget.

We are a couple in our 70’s and it takes us back in time as we can relate to many of these incidents.
Thank you.

Betty

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Notes Of Appreciation, Wayne

Enough broken promises George, today is the day to finally tell you how much I enjoy your writing.  Every time I read your column, I always promise myself faithfully,  “One one of these days, I am going to send him a short note to say thanks”. That day is today.

Your words are always interesting, well-written, well-placed and very thoughtful. Observers of humankind are usually good writers – judging from most of the stories you tell, I don’t think much goes by you. Keep em coming.

Coincidentally, I also wrote a column for our local weekly paper  for many years and enjoyed it very much . . . reading your stuff nearly gives me the bug to start writing a column all over again realizing the heavy duty commitment to meet 52 deadlines a year. Have spent the last four decades as reporter-photographer, author, historian, researcher, communications specialist, yada, yada, yada. I am now a full-time historian with a very heavy work load.

Think I’m going to lay down now till the feeling about writing a column goes away.

Keep it up.

Wayne

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Healthy Eating

As I got older I found different things were starting to happen to the old body. The one thing that bothered me a wee bit was high cholesterol.  I don’t really know why I let it bug me as years ago no one even knew there was such a thing.  But new things come to be in todays world.  I also have found a lot of the doctors today send folks in for tests that aren’t even necessary,  or at least that is my way of looking at things.  If one sneezes today with a cold,  off to to the doctors they go when all they have to do is keep warm, eat right and rest.  Old Doctor a good friend of mine told me one time when I went in for a visit.  “George I can give you an antibiotic and the cold and it will last one week or so. Or I can send you home tell you to eat a bowl of chicken soup a day, rest and keep warm and the cold will last one week or so.  In other words he was telling me the cold will run it’s course and an antibiotic isn’t necessary unless you have an infection. So over the years I have done what he has said and never had a problem.  Just imagine the gas I save now a days not having to run to the doctors all the time. Thing I do today is  I  eat right and get my rest.  On the cholesterol part though I did find a way of naturally lowering mine and it was by eating crushed garlic with one or two meals a day. Not imported garlic though,  one that is grown locally or in my own garden.  I know one would say what about your breath.  I say well it’s either that or not being healthy. One way is just get your wife as in my case to have a piece of garlic too through out the day,  that will fix that problem, also good for her too.  Others, well that’s their problem.  I like to crush a clove or two and then let it set for fifteen minutes or so then eat it with my sandwich or what ever is on the menu at that time.  In six months my cholesterol was back to normal.  Amazing huh? Talk Soon

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Getting Colder

Well started off with a nice day but ended up getting a bit cold.  But we live in the north so it’s expected.   Even got a bit of snow starting to fall out there now.  Worked in the shop most the day on some Flutes and that will be the case I suspect for the next month or so.  Old wood stove in the shop is doing its job along with the one in the house.  Nothing to complain about here tonight.  Talk Soon

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Warm Day Here In Port Loring

Well a pretty nice day here again. Sunshine and temperatures got up to around 50 or so. Can’t beat that for this time of the year. Worked in the shop today on some Flutes and things. Darn old cedar still bugging me though. Oh well if that is all I have to complain about I am no to bad off. Tomorrow colder weather heading out way. Talk Soon.

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  1.3             Display:    Clock/0/0          Power: AC  Battery: ok
             ---------- Outdoor -----------  ----------- Indoor -----------
Temperature: 38.3 F Hi 61.5 F 31/10 14:24    73.0 F Hi 77.2 F  9/11 19:10
                    Lo 23.2 F  7/11 19:35           Lo 61.0 F  2/11  8:25
   Humidity:   68 % Hi   97 % 12/11 18:41      42 % Hi   46 % 31/10 13:12
                    Lo   35 % 31/10 14:31           Lo   34 %  6/11 21:27
  Dew Point:   32 F Hi   46 F 31/10 19:35      48 F Hi   52 F  2/11 17:46
                    Lo   32 F 31/10 14:50           Lo   36 F  2/11  6:39
Wind Gust:237WSW@  0.0 mph    Wind Gust Hi:288WNW@ 26.2 mph   31/10 19:54
      Avg:237WSW@  0.0 mph      Wind Chill:  39 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: Steady at 28.67 in  29.55 in  sea; 12-24hr forecast: Sunny

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