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If there was ever a time when I needed four days off, it was this past weekend after one of my hairier weeks on the job at the paper.

There are some things about which it is best to be ignorant. Take bittersweet chocolate, for example. Of all my culinary sins, overindulgence in chocolate is not one of them but a friend recently introduced me to some mighty powerful temptation.

Each day, the news casts air accounts of the horrors in Syria. Each day there is talk of armed intervention by other nations to end the slaughter of the innocents. Each day the reasons for non-intervention are recounted.

At noon Sunday, June 10, a gentleman left the Mr. Ribs restaurant and paid for all the noon lunches that were СÀ¶ÊÓƵ eaten at the time. He was gone when the waitress explained what he had done.

I've been thinking lately about "the changing times." Events that are taking place around the world are having a profound effect on our future. Some changes are good of course, but some are definitely not. Time passes so quickly, too.

History and Commentary from a Prairie Perspective

History and Commentary from a Prairie Perspective

I was lucky enough to ask people to smile. It has been an amazing nine years for me. I took a risk with a part time job and every day since I've been so grateful for the opportunity.

Ok, we all know what this is. Call it what you like mindless, pointless, empty calories. Here are some tips to eliminate these tiny calories that can add up to several pounds each year. 1) Never eat while you're standing.

Ed, my neighbour next door, says I was just СÀ¶ÊÓƵ paranoid when I didn't stop for a hitchhiker who was trying to catch a ride the other day.