SENSE AND NONSENSE

  • DEAR MOM – IT’S WET OUT THERE!

    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…

  • BEING POOR IS “IN”

    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,…

  • INTELLIGENT PUMPKINS?

    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…

  • SASQUATCHES

    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…

  • BIRDS ‘N BUGS

    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…

  • SPRING IS IN THE AIR!

    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…

  • THE EATON’S CATALOGUE

    1970s  Sense and Nonsense I see in the paper that the Eaton’s catalogue will soon be a thing of the past. The catalogue was such an important part of my childhood – every page was put to good use. In the late 1940s we lived in a rural area of the BC Interior. A team…

  • Unidentified Flying Objects

    Nov. 7, 1974 Sense and Nonsense I have never seen a U.F.O. Almost everyone I know has either seen one or else has a friend who knows someone who has seen one. Apparently they come in various shapes and sizes, the most popular being cigar and saucer shaped. I have peered at both the noonday…

  • CHRISTMAS WISH-BOOKS

    Oct 23, 1974 Sense and Nonsense The Xmas ”wish” books are out and are definitely on the best seller list for the little kids. I think they get more fun out of looking at the pages of lovely toys than they do out of the toys themselves on Christmas Day. At least “looking.” and “wishing”…

  • THE BREAKUP BLUES

    My husband and I composed the following song. I wrote the lyrics and he composed the tune. It’s about the misery endured by some of the old time bachelor loggers I met while residing in the bush. [circa 1975]  Sense and Nonsense I worked through the cold, And worked when it snowed, Knockin’ those spruce…