I’ve felt for a long time that the simple act of making tea can be a perfect metaphor for life.
After all, just as we all have different ways to live our lives, tea drinkers all have their own way...
By many accounts, 2016 was a year worth forgetting, but that overlooks the many positive stories which took place over the past year.
Richmond County was the site of one of the biggest stories of the past year as the...
As promised, here is my best and worst moments column. I likely won't have another column until the next year so I will ask that you do your best to keep one another safe over the holidays.
Worst moment of...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905.
After his classical studies from 1922 to 1928 at the seminary at Trois Riviere, he spent three years at agricultural school at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere. Here he earned bachelors’ degrees in arts and...
Some years ago I started photographing old houses and barns wherever I traveled.
After hundreds of photos, I realized that there were many different types, varying in size, shape, materials used, and the culture of the community in which they...
This time of year is usually about arrivals, not departures.
Little ones eagerly wait for Santa Claus to slide down the chimney or show up at the mall. Christians celebrate the arrival of God’s son in their world, while also...
Everyone does Christmas differently.
At our house, the kids go to bed Christmas Eve without a single present under the tree. Then, when they wake up at an ungodly hour, they come barreling down the stairs to see that Santa...
“Good evening everybody! Welcome to our first – and probably last – annual Province House Christmas Pageant. I’m your host, Karen Casey.”
“Boo!”
“Resign!”
“Yes, yes, it’s simply grand to see all of you here, too. As your Minister of Education, I...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970’s.
The following are excerpts from the Richmond County Record of...
Here we are with my best and worst of list for the year.
If you disagree with my choices, please let me know by e-mailing me at idon’tcare@seriouslygoaway.com.
Movie of the year: Deadpool. I don’t know if I could like this...