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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken aim at every aspect of our way of living.

Rolling dice and relying on the fickleness of the fates is not a core game mechanic appreciated by all, myself perhaps СÀ¶ÊÓƵ a candidate for president of the ‘anti-dice’ lobby.

A day which should be more significant than it is came and went recently with hardly any notice at all. You might blame COVID-19, but honestly the pandemic is not the only reason Earth Day generates limited interest.

Our Amazon Green parrot, Ernie, lives with someone else now, one of the hardest downsizing decisions of our recent move. I found a tiny green feather on the kitchen floor the other day. I stooped, picked it up.

If you’ve been out in your yard raking, snipping branches, and generally cleaning up, you’re probably discovering all those muscles that get their first good work-out with spring yard work! Ouch! Take a break, and let’s catch up on the news from the

Left to right: Bert Lexier, proprietor, Alexander Hrynchuk, clerk and Eric Osborne, a salesman for Tuckett Tobacco Company. Stag Billiards — a long time enterprise that endured from 1919 to 1976.

Endangered species day was established 15 years ago. It is a day for us to learn about the wildlife, plants, animals and insects that are at risk of disappearing and perhaps most importantly, what we can do about it.

You’d be amazed at the power that having one fine day can have on the human psyche. Or maybe you wouldn’t, considering where we are in the world right now. I was fortunate enough to have such a day this past weekend.

One of the many things I look forward to this time of year is the smell of freshly mown grass. It may not be one of the more pleasing aromas on the spectrum for some, but because of its association with other activities, I really like it.

The novel coronavirus is under control and the curve is СÀ¶ÊÓƵ flattened … except where it isn’t. And the plan to re-open Saskatchewan is proceeding in a sensible, methodical way … except where that’s not happening.