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Colleen Green
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Puppies and Kitties Love Christmas Too
I love this time of year, when everything around us is festive, and people tend to be friendly and cheerful. I also enjoy all the special...
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Colleen Green
Dec 2, 20212 min read
Santa Claus is Coming to Town… At Last
This marks the third year I have had the pleasure of hosting the Santa Claus parade in Scugog, and I am really looking forward to it. The...
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Colleen Green
Nov 25, 20212 min read
Finally, Some Form of Normalcy
I had a taste two Saturdays ago of how life used to be. The Scugog Memorial Library is featuring an exhibition of mine, and Saturday was...
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Colleen Green
Nov 18, 20212 min read
It Was Indeed an Honour
I recently had the pleasure of attending a reception, where the guest of honour was Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor. I was a bit...
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Colleen Green
Nov 18, 20214 min read
GEOFF CARPENTIER: 35 Trips to Antartica & Counting
I recently had the pleasure of having Geoff Carpentier on my television show and was so impressed by his travel tales; I thought I would...
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Colleen Green
Nov 11, 20213 min read
Where it began
I have noticed that not every country wears poppies on Remembrance Day. It made me wonder where and how the idea originated. Remembrance...
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Colleen Green
Nov 4, 20212 min read
I’m in the air again
At last, it has happened. After two years and one month of being earthbound, I have finally flown again, four times. The only concern I...
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Colleen Green
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Is the world really flat?
I just finished watching a film called ‘Denial’, in which a professor was sued for discriminating against an activist. The interesting...
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Colleen Green
Oct 21, 20212 min read
Wow, I never knew…
Many of us have travelled extensively, and something I always look for when I’m in lineups at airports is other people’s passports. I am...
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Colleen Green
Oct 14, 20212 min read
Who Owns the Money?
I am about to finish another turkey sandwich while reading a report by Visual Capitalist, a firm out of Vancouver. It deals with the...
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Colleen Green
Oct 8, 20212 min read
Welcome back
I recently saw an ad for the Town Hall Theatre in Port Perry and a new production they were putting together. I was extremely intrigued,...
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Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Good Old Cures
Most people have medicine cabinets in their house, where they keep anything from eye drops to skin creams and bandages to cotton swabs....
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Colleen Green
Sep 23, 20212 min read
Something I Haven’t Done in Thirty Years
I find it extremely interesting how we source different, sometimes unique and usually cool things to do during this pandemic. Although I...
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Colleen Green
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Mike Dunn: If You Can Take it Out, We Can Make it
North Durham is very fortunate to have many services which assist us in our daily lives. One such business, has a strong presence is the...
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Colleen Green
Sep 16, 20213 min read
September Mourn
September has always been one of my favourite months, as leaves begin to slowly transform into bright reds and yellows. The need for a...
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Colleen Green
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Full of hot air
Last week, while searching through a few of my photographs from a couple of years ago, I realized how much of life we actually forget....
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Colleen Green
Aug 26, 20212 min read
What Were They Thinking?
The first time I heard anything about Canadian interpreters in Afghanistan, was June of this year. I quickly understood there could...
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Colleen Green
Aug 19, 20215 min read
SCOTT RILEY: HE VALUES OUR PETS
Many of us are the proud owners of pets, which have become part of our family. In a number of cases, our furry friends are treated very...
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Colleen Green
Aug 19, 20212 min read
Recurring Nightmare
Many of us pay our bills with automatic withdrawals, which is OK, as long as you are fairly comfortable with corporations accessing your...
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Colleen Green
Aug 12, 20212 min read
The Grand Number of 10,000
Everyone I know is concerned about health, living longer, but more importantly, living well. Eating right is an important factor in the...
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