Without a doubt 2020 has been the most trying year in the life of everyone living today. This is also the time of year when people reflect back on the year that is almost gone and take stock of how

The U.S. election results — a hoax? COVID-19 ­— a hoax? Climate change — a hoax? Are these the same group of people? Now that I have your attention, let’s look a little closer. The U.S. election involved recount after

When I was a kid in the 1950s, it was common for my dad to stop and give the horse a rest beside the line fence and our neighbour would do the same. This was not only appreciated by the

Everyone is important. When the clocks changed back an hour to standard time, the farmers were the first to be reminded by their animals that they were an hour late bringing feed, starting the milking and all other farm chores

This was really what happened in the days when a country with the best navy ruled the seas and often held control of the world. When an intruding ship was infringing on the sea close to another country, a cannon

We regularly see caution flags or those bright orange cones along the roads that we travel. We have also bounced through a deep pothole or deep cut-out in the pavement where work is only partly done but the paving gang

2020 has been a year of very fast learning. Our first lesson was that technology gave us a way to learn from home.  It took our schools and universities a while to adjust from in person to learning from a

The most dreaded train of death in past history took a race of people to the concentration camp at Auschwitz, which was merely a holding pen until people were sent to one of the gas chambers and their bodies evaporated

Kids like to tinker. Parents have noticed that the kids from an early age who liked to take things apart just to see and build stuff, will likely be mechanically inclined. Girls as well as boys like to tinker.  Kids

I have always been amazed at how birds can navigate their way south, thousands of miles for the winter and then come all the way back to nest in the same tree or barn loft each year.  Astronomy has been