Opinion

One of our newest coffee companions raised the topic the other day about how The Cochrane Eagle, host newspaper for these columns, got its high-flying name. Well, I can’t resist retelling that story once more.

The days are already getting shorter and the nights are getting colder, which means the end of summer is just around the corner – and with it, the resumption of school for both K-12 and college/university students is nigh.

One of our faithful coffee companions was so inspired by last week’s column on the wisdom of St. Francis in our garden, she just had to respond with her own encounters with some very special guests in her garden – skunks, to be exact.

Dear editor, In my opinion, tearing down hills and animal habitat is cruel.

Despite a plethora of breaking news stories about wildfires in recent weeks (first Maui in Hawaii, then multiple fires near Yellowknife and West Kelowna) you won't be able to see stories about these incidents on your Facebook feed.

The beautiful gardens around town have sure been speaking to me. In fact, they’ve invited me to revisit sacred moments in Mary Anna’s garden.

Some 90 years after U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt uttered his famous “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” populist politicians are not afraid to fan the flames of anxiety if it means getting elected.

Dear editor, I wholeheartedly agreed with the concerns letter-writer Judy Stewart recently raised regarding the circumstances surrounding our Town CAO, Mike Derricott, taking a second job – a breach of his employment contract.

Cochranite Elizabeth Short ’s recent visit to California’s Redwood Forests left her with experiences of senses and soul ( last week’s column ) that really resonated with several of our other coffee companions.