Stark 'Spec Headlines'

(September 10 Issue)

Daily receiving this newspaper, much I have enjoyed for many years.

There is always the Positive news...and always the Negative.

Such is Life!

These Elate Me

Majestic Forest once covered much of Hamilton ~ a rain forest of towering oak and walnut from Dundas to Lake Erie.

Flamborough Farmers Can Really Thresh – part of a successful Guiness World Records attempt ~ using a tractor and threshing machine.

Monarchs at Sam Lawrence Park were congregating among flowering trees

as they begin their migration.

Serena Sees a Lot of Herself in Emerging Star Anrescu. Bianca, the 19-year-old daughter of Romanian immigrants, won the title by defeating Serena Williams.

Jackson Bennett's Debut as 'running back' with the Tiger Cats on Labour Day, included scoring the game-winning touchdown.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moirwill be the judges at the first episode of Battle of the Blades at First Ontario Centre on September 19.

Nurse's Hoops Passion Shows Through. The day after the Toronto Raptors captured their first National Basketball Association championship in June, Nick Nurse received a video from the Chicago Cubs ~ the message was from Gary Pressy, the Cubs' organist for more than 3 decades :

Nick, great job on the great run to the championship.

And there's a song here that fits the moment.

Pressy, seated at his organ proceeded to play Take Me Out to the Ballgame.

Make sure I see you in the summer here at Wrigley Field!

Horoscopes: For Pisces, Robbie Robertson says he's not slowing down. The76-year-old's projects include musical scores, books, TV...and always writing. A Canadian rock legfend, he says,

I'm motivated to keep discovering and learning.

Being Pisces,I daily read ~ giving me enlightenment and goals for the day.

“A Year of Dreams “ for Tenille Towers. She was named 'female artist of the year

and won for 'single of the year' for her song, Somebody's Daughter.

At the Movies, I check out what's being shown...and if of interest, I wait 'til it arrives at the 'movie complex' in downtown Burlington ...and there view it for $5.00...flat fee!

Tips and Techniques for Garden Transplanting: Great advice by Jessica Damiano.

In the Living section, Paul Wilson writes about Entertainment...local plays and movies.

Food: Take advantage of the late-season bounty with corn soup,

finished with a contrasting swirl of green pepper puree.

Comics: Zits I always read...also Hi and Lois...Drabble...Mutts...Sherman's Lagoon...sometimes Dilbert...Hagar the Horrible...Pickles and occasionally Rhymes with Orange (sometimes confusing).

Crossword Puzzles I attempt to daily solve...and Sudoku when 1 to 3 stars, 4 and 5,too difficult!

Life News: Glancing at Death Notices, I agree with a friend who states,

“If my name 's not there, I'm really delighted!.”

The daily photo Eye on the Area fascinates me...often I remove for placement in a Scrap Book for my son, who when working out of country, totes along a book with local colur pics...and working staff is amazed 'how beautiful his home locale is'!

An aerial colour photo of Dundurn Castle on Burlington Bay

reminds us that the castle was restored as a centennial project 50 years ago.

Following a painting of this iconic scene, City Hall ordered 65,500 postcards for promotion.

Non-Elation That Make me Cringe!

Eight Puppies Found in Trash still have their umbilical cords attached.

Two Women Failed to stop for a school bus ~ which had activated its lights,

and extended its STOP sign.

A 29-year-old woman is charged with 'careless driving'

after police say she fell asleep at the wheel on Sunday.

“Why do I still have pain months after knee replacement surgery?”

(asked a writer to Mayo Clinic News Naional)

No one seems willing to help me.

From the Negative ~ to Positive!

Sunwing Plane Blows Tire on Landing in Toronto:

Passengers were aboard a flight from Mexico when a tire on the plane blew out.

All disembarked safely after a rough flight to Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Crews Tackle Dorian's Aftermath

Canadian soldiers armed with chain saws

fanned out across the Halifax area to clean up the tangled mess

of fallen trees and power lines left by post-tropical-storm, Dorian.

I close this writing with a Rhymes With Orange cartoon:

A wide-eyed orangy cat is racing along a green rug in his human household.

And being questioned why he was racing, replied in feline language,

“The Vet said to throw treats down the hall to give my cat exercise!”

Author: Merle Baird-Kerr...September 12, 2019

Comments welcome: mbairdkerr@cogeo.ca

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