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“It’s Not For Me”

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Not even Dale Hanson’s father could remember a spring as wet as 2011, and Ed was the second-oldest regular for coffee at Wongs Café every Thursday. “The northeast quarter’s still under at least a foot of water,” Ed said. “This was the wrong year to buy that new combine.” Ed kept talking while Dale’s wife […] Read more
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REFLECTIONS – for Sep. 1, 2011

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Reading Time: 2 minutes “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare’s words from his play “Romeo and Juliet,” written in 1596, express the dilemma of two young lovers. Romeo and Juliet love one another, but there is a serious barrier to their relationship. Their two families are […] Read more
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Hangover Misery

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Three-quarters of people who consume alcohol have experienced at least one hangover in their lifetime, or so the estimates say. But here is something that is much more certain. While it is true that there are any number of “cures,” including folk remedies, that are supposed to alleviate hangover symptoms, prevention is your best bet. […] Read more
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A New Wave

Reading Time: 3 minutes I joined the crowd in the corner booth of the Kingbird Café this morning and noticed a copy of the Globe and Mail lying open on the table. This is never a good thing. “75% OF FARMERS WILL RETIRE IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS,” announced the headline. I looked around the café and did a […] Read more
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Help Wanted

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Nobody at Hanson Acres saw a labour problem coming until the weekend of Donna’s birthday, back in March, when Trina came home from university to celebrate with her mom and tell the family about the great summer job she had landed. Dale wasn’t nearly as thrilled as his daughter must have hoped. Instead of asking […] Read more
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That Nagging Cough

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Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’re old enough to read this column, it’s a safe bet that you’ve had a cough. It’s also a safe bet that everyone you live with has had a cough too. You can’t get this far without knowing what a cough is. Knowing what a cough does, however, is a different matter. So here […] Read more
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REFLECTIONS – for May. 31, 2011

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Reading Time: 2 minutes “Why is income tax so complicated?” A friend puts my frustration in perspective. “The Chinese invented bureaucracy thousands of years ago. The government of Canada is perfecting it.” My wife Jacqueline and I appreciated Chinese bureaucracy during a recent tour. Her luggage was missing on arrival in Beijing. Pages of information were politely collected in […] Read more
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Myth Of Persephone

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Reading Time: 3 minutes It was not a marriage made in heaven. Petunia Valley’s fair board and the Persephone Little Theatre may have been hatched in the same log cabin 150 years ago, but they split up almost immediately and have lived separately for six generations. So when we heard that the two groups had joined forces to fundraise […] Read more
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It’s All In The Plan

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The transfer of farming operations is often the most difficult issue for producers. It is emotional and stressful, but also inevitable. Some producers have a natural succession plan with a child or children ready, willing and able to carry on the tradition. Others, for a variety of reasons, must look outside the family. It is […] Read more
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Reward Yourself

Farming can take all you've got, but don't burn out in the process

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Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s a good thing that farming is so all consuming. There is always something more to be done today, and something else that you know needs doing tomorrow, and both of them have to be done perfectly. There’s always another problem to be solved and a challenge to be met. And if all the field and […] Read more

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