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Taking the Learning Curve Too Fast

November 28, 2022 by Dan Needles

Learning Curve

For the past two years, everybody has been talking about the invasion of small-town Ontario by refugees from the city. The traffic in town is now just like Toronto; in fact, it is a little bit worse. … [Read more...]

Suddenly There Came a Tapping

September 13, 2022 by Dan Needles

Nevermore image

As a writer I rely heavily on the neighbours for inspiration. They have always been a reliable source of suspect information. When I bought the place nearly 50 years ago, Kenny Jardine, the old … [Read more...]

Animal Rights in the Laundry Room

June 24, 2022 by Dan Needles

Dan Needles Laundry Room

I was in a little arts and craft shop last week when I heard an earnest young woman with two children in tow grilling the saleswoman about a basket of “densely felted organic dryer balls” sitting … [Read more...]

Learning to Visit Again

March 29, 2022 by Dan Needles

In the Hills story

A few weeks ago, two old friends of mine turned up at the farm unannounced for a visit. Without thinking, I invited them into the house and they sat on the couch in the living room – the first … [Read more...]

OPINION: Today, everyone is an expert but I see red flags unless expert talk includes humility that inspires confidence and trust

December 17, 2021 by Dan Needles

Last month my cardiologist put me on a beta blocker to lower my blood pressure and asked me to take daily readings with the little Chinese-made monitor I keep on my desk. After a week, I was alarmed … [Read more...]

Like Manna From Heaven

November 29, 2021 by Dan Needles

Like Manna From Heaven illustration

About five years ago my eldest son developed a keen interest in mushrooms, and suddenly our front yard and garden were littered with stacks of logs he had inoculated with various strains of edible … [Read more...]

OPINION: Got the supply chain blues that only a guy from Georgia with a garbage can bacon smoker can cure

November 23, 2021 by Dan Needles

This whole past year has given us a steady diet of bad news about supply chain issues, with hungry factories, tight inventories, shipping bottlenecks, resource shortages and thousands of people who … [Read more...]

OPINION: What is it about rural living? Moments of clarity for the exhausted

October 25, 2021 by Dan Needles

I have a friend who moved out of the city with his wife 30 years ago to pursue a career as an editor and a shepherd on a small farm near Peterborough. He was thoroughly urban and, I would assume, … [Read more...]

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Taking the Learning Curve Too Fast

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Suddenly There Came a Tapping

As a writer I rely heavily on the … [More...]

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Animal Rights in the Laundry Room

I was in a little arts and craft shop … [More...]

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Dan is frequently asked to speak at conferences and banquets across the country, making us laugh about the old rural community and the way it meets the modern world.....read more

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Latest Posts

  • Taking the Learning Curve Too Fast November 28, 2022
  • Suddenly There Came a Tapping September 13, 2022
  • Animal Rights in the Laundry Room June 24, 2022
  • Learning to Visit Again March 29, 2022

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