Columns
All it took was one bad step. We were on assignment, as usual. The assignment? Cliffs. The angle? Steep. The stakes? Irregular but jagged.
We marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day last week with Holland holding various celebrations to commemorate the liberation of their country by Canadian soldiers.
Protection at all costs, Systemic failure, A historic find
Harmonious co-habitation with the microfauna of one's own yard is not achieved by happenstance. It is designed. This week, The Chaff offers an authoritative guide to the deliberate transformation of itself into stable, seasonal accommodation for ants...
You have to spend money to save money - or so the saying goes. I'm not quite sure on that, actually; rewatched Glengarry Glen Ross recently, so I'm entirely off of my financial investment axis.
Perhaps it was my column last week on the end of World War II or perhaps it's my reading currently of the novel The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, about the hardships endured by two sisters in war-time France...
Public, Independent; Rising Every Time We Fall; Burning Bridges
Until this week, leadership was widely misunderstood. Canadians thought it was about power, representation or, occasionally, results. But Pierre Poilievre, ever the disruptor, has liberated us from such outdated notions.
It was something of a surprise to me when I realized we would mark the 80th anniversary of the Second World War next week on May 8.
This week, I want to start here. If you or anyone you know has a "Bucket List" musician you have yet to see live and in concert, please e-mail and tell me your story.
You've got bills!, Come Together, The Art of Rejuvenation
There was surprising news recently that, in 2023, some Canadian cities had among the worst air quality in the world, as smoke from the worst forest fires in memory filled the air of southern cities.
There is an old saying that, in springtime, a young man's fancy turns to love. In the Huron County of a few generations ago, that saying could have been that a young man's fancy turns to harvesting...
Welcome back to The Chaff, your weekly wander within the wildly wanton and wonderfully whimsical world of wasting time and patience.
Greetings, my fellow Chaff-nadians! As everybody knows, The Chaff is completely committed and definitely dedicated to very real facts, and more importantly, facing them.