Opinion

Firstly, I’d like to thank the many readers of the Cochrane Eagle for honouring me with their votes in the Readers’ Choice Awards.

In last week’s column we celebrated the soul-rekindling return of robins to our winter-weary foothills.

There are only two ways people look at the best golfer in the game’s history, Tiger Woods. They love him or they hate him. And I’d say those feelings are split right down the middle.

They’re back! Yup, a whole flock of robins paid their annual springtime visit to our backyard apple tree the other day.

My quest continues in trying to find the most suitable trail horse for my husband.

Break out the champagne. Ring the bells. Tell the mayor and council we love them. It’s celebration time. No, I didn’t win a lottery.

Being third is not all that bad, but first or second is better. And Cochrane is presently in third place out of 218 towns across Canada competing for the honour of being the Ultimate Fishing Town in Canada.

When I tell people I write for the Cochrane Eagle, they immediately respond by saying “the first thing I do when I get the Eagle is open the first page and read the column written by Jack Tennant.” Well, I do too.

There seem to be two approaches to landscape photography, trophy hunting or immersion. Trophy hunters want grand scenes in great light. They plan the hunt carefully in advance and know when and where to go to find their trophies.

The fourth session of the very successful Voices of the Pioneer series will take place on May 1 in the multi-purpose room located just out of the Seniors on the Bow (SOTB) Centre. At 7 p.m.