Food Doesn’t Taste Right Without Lots of Salt, Pepper and Butter Ed, my neighbor next door, has had to go on some high blood pressure medicine. He is one to salt, to pepper and to butter his food generously. Ed claims that…

Don’t Ever Expect Exciting Behavior From a Boring Neighbor Ed, my neighbor next door, asked me, “What have you been so unpredictable the last two weeks? You haven’t been going walking at the track at eleven a.m. each day. You have missed…

Don’t blame being sleepy, grumpy and dopey on a sleep disorder! Ed, my neighbor next door, was sure that I wasted both my time and money in recent trips to the Sleep Disorders Centre at the Saskatoon City Hospital. Ed does not…

No Rules About Guns – Because People Ignore and Break Rules Ed, my neighbor next door, has a few subjects that you dare not mention, or he will talk both of your ears off. One subject, I have made every effort possible…

Wind Warnings Can Be Ignored Until the Wind Blows the Shirt Off Your Back Ed, my neighbor next door, went to his farm yesterday without paying any attention to the wind warning on weather reports. Ruby wasn’t to be home until nine…

To Improve Your Morale – Go Stand In the -50 Wind Chill Ed, my neighbor next door, has a remarkable constitution and attitude. This last week we had wind chills ranging from -40 to -50. It seemed to me that, in that…

Movie Confusion? Have Your Grandchild Explain, Smaug’s Desolation. Ed, my neighbor next door, admitted that it was a twist of fate that sat us beside each other at the movie theatre. Both of us had grandchildren staying for the holidays. Our grandchildren…

Retell Classical Children’s Stories with Happy Endings. During the holiday season, Ed, my neighbor next door, had a week of reading bedtime stories to a very young, visiting grandchild. Ed was pretty disappointed with the classic stories of the Gingerbread Man, and…

Predictions of Weather, Wealth, Sports and a Couple of Perpetual Beefs for 2014 Ed, my neighbor next door, celebrated the New Year’s Eve in style. He and Ruby always host a party that ushers out the old year, like a greased pig,…

Being Patient Comes from a Flexible Mind and Common Sense Ed, my neighbor next door, tends to be pretty relaxed about time. He has been five or ten minutes late, for more than a few appointments. Ed considers that nothing really needs…