Opinion

I love to watch my teenage sons swear up and down that Justin Trudeau is not ready. They also have the key points rehearsed of why this is the case. Hate to say it but Thomas Mulcair isn’t and won’t ever be ready either.

This Saturday, Oct. 3 will be the 4th annual Wishmaker Walk for Wishes in Okotoks.

You could say curling has been a family sport. My grandfather curled and so did both my parents. I was around the sport for much of my childhood. I have early memories of my dad trying to teach me how to sweep using his corn curling broom.

Line dancing resumed on Thursday, we welcomed two new dancers. There were 18 of us in attendance and four regulars are still away. Looks like this is a very popular activity this season. Thanks to the crabapple patrol.

It was up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta – just like the opening line of John Denver's “Rocky Mountain Suite” – where I came to terms with some big changes in my life.

This is Legion Week in Canada! The Okotoks Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is an exceptional group of people who make me proud. The recent history of this Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is quite remarkable.

Tickets for the annual Thanksgiving dinner are available, but there are very few left. The cost is $5 and tickets are for members only. The garden club will be winterizing the planters. I will take care of the courtyard and the redwood planter.

Sometimes it’s hard to get away from it all. I recently returned from two weeks holiday in the extremely under-rated Fredericton, NB, a beautify city on the banks of the St. John River.

Here we are embracing fall, in beautiful Alberta. It is only here we can go from +30 C degrees on Saturday to frost on Wednesday. What a busy times it has been, as September always proves to be.

Fall is well underway in our household, as evidenced by the leaves being tracked into the porch after a busy day at school, darker early mornings and the shock of busy evenings.