Opinion

Do you know who you are? If someone took away what you did, be it a teacher, student or perhaps an athlete, would you still be able to define who you are? When I left teaching, after many years, to stay home with my daughter, I had to change my defin

It has been a wonderfully mild winter and still we are all itching for spring, warm weather and sunshine.

He approached my café table and spoke my name. I looked up and wondered for a moment if I was looking in a mirror. It was a chap I’d met briefly a couple of years ago at a silent auction. But there was no silence or brevity this time.

Winter is almost over and spring arrives March 20, at least according to the calendar. April will continue the busy schedule at Seniors on the Bow (SOTB). SOTB hours run daily, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m., closed for holidays.

A major factor in people getting along together in life concerns perspective and confusion over what is literal and what is metaphor in sacred writings.

It was an honour and pleasure for me to meet Hazel Walker, a remarkable lady who celebrated her 100th birthday at the Bethany Care Centre in Cochrane Feb. 4.

Dragons are the embodiment of fantasy. Mythical creatures flourish in today’s book world, but dragons seem to be the pinnacle of contemporary fantasy, embodying with their wings, scales and breath of fire, all of our apprehension and fascination.

Some years ago when I was feeling a bit lost in life’s wilderness, my Stoney Nakoda photographer/philosopher friend, the late Gerald Kaquitts, came to my rescue.