Opinion

In my April 23, 2015 column I wrote of the relaxing strolls I take among the beautiful blossoms at Anything Grows Cochrane Garden Store.

I have a Saturday morning tradition that includes a 10:15 AM visit to Guy’s Café and Bakery in Cochrane and a lunch-hour visit to Cochrane Coffee Traders. This past weekend baristas in both locations served me my usual small cups of light.

There’s an exciting year ahead in Cochrane When the New Year arrives I do something other than make resolutions, I like to reflect on all I have to be thankful for in the past year.

Happy New Year, Cochrane. Believing that our transportation issues with Highway 1A and 22 are on the top of the priority list for 2016, I thought it would be appropriate to share the email trail I had with the minister’s office just before Christmas.

Firstly, I would like to thank you for giving me the honour to continue to serve as your Member of Parliament. I hope you celebrated the Christmas season in good health with family and friends and I wish you a very Happy New Year.

Our readers really connected with this column's New Year's resolution to serve many more Cups of Light in 2016. Raj Patwardhan responded: “Hats off to you for the way you keep on inspiring people around the world.

A response I received to last week’s column took me back to my New Year’s resolution for 2015.