1976 Sense and Nonsense Weddings are fun. They are also a big hassle for almost everyone involved. I know one mother who sewed every stitch for the girls in her daughter’s wedding party. She was still sewing madly a few hours before the wedding was supposed to begin. When I commented that she was working…

1974-75 Sense and Nonsense At a recent female gabfest the conversation changed from “what’s the matter with kids today” to “weird things we did when we were children.” One woman related how she would sometimes make chocolate fudge in her mother’s absense, clean the kitchen thoroughly to destroy the evidence, and stuff the candy in…

Sense and Nonsense: The Endako Mine Strike- 1979 Once upon a time Mother Goose laid an egg On a hill, near a tiny hamlet which nestled Beside a beautiful lake. The egg was not golden, (In fact it was a dirty grey in colour) but the people Were happy because the egg was valuable, And…

08 04 1977  Sense and Nonsense Most family magazines seem to have at least one page devoted to I.Q. tests. These tests contain a list of questions for the reader to evaluate his knowledge of, or aptitude for, certain things. Each I.Q. test is related to a topic, whether it be marriage, nutrition, the energy…

Sept 16, 1976 Sense and Nonsense Dear Mom: I hear on the weather news that it has been raining down there too. The weather man says this has been the wettest summer since 1955. The forecast has been so repetitious lately that they have been inventing new phrases to describe it. Did you hear the…

1974 10 17 Being poor is “in” now or at least the semblance of this condition, Not too long ago big cars, colour T.V., and expensive clothes were status symbols. The all Canadian dream was to have a nice house in the suburbs and the ultimate was a swimming pool in the backyard. The Jones,…

1974 10 10 Sense and Nonsense It Is now October which brings to mind that this is the month for two big days, Thanksgiving and Halloween. Some months have no special days in them but October is better than most with two. Anyway both occasions call for a pumpkin. The inside pulp to be made…

Sense and Nonsense, August 1, 1974.(from archives of Nechako Chronicle) An American expedition has recently been financed to enter the bush in search of the legendary Sasquatch, The Sasquatch is supposed to reside a lot near Harrison Lakes, BC but also has been spotted near Blue River and in Tweedsmuir Park. There have been many…

1974 Sense and Nonsense It is hot today and I would like to open the back door. But the swallows, who prefer our place to Capistrano, would consider this an invitation to fly in. This wouldn’t be too bad but they are very impolite and want to leave as soon as they arrive. They also…

Apr. 3/75Sense & Nonsense Spring is definitely in the air. It doesn’t really look like it, what with all the snow on the ground but the air does smell like spring. It is probably the faint aroma of old Fall things thawing out, but one can imagine it is really the scent of sap running…