Profile of Ed Smith

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• Working the magic
  Ah, the sheer magic of Christmas! Not now, back then. Back when we were children and Christmas materialized out of the frosty air almost ...
• Judge not …
  I don’t like blue jays very much. In fact, I have a profound dislike for them. It amounts to a fundamental hatred of the little beggars.Actually, ...
• The double whammy
  I refer you to two recent occurrences filled with potential harm to our province.Both have occurred within the past few days. Let me mention the ...
• A writer’s dream
  Last week was a most beautiful time for us. We were in St. John's for several days, but that alone wasn't the main reason it was great. I enjoy ...
• The dynamic duo
  I don’t know if there are words to describe them or not. If such words do exist in the English language, I’m aware that I don’t have the skills ...
• The stuff of dreams
  Sorry, world, but you missed it. You had your chance and I blew it.I will always regret what didn’t happen, but the road to hell is laid out in ...
• Where east and west will never meet
  It’s a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack!We could substitute the word “interesting” for “strange,” or the word “curious,” as in “The ...
• Accidents of birth
  Just reading an interesting headline on the computer.Seems this black couple in Nigeria, I think, has just given birth to a white baby with blond ...
• Pet memories
  Oh, what a beautiful mornin’,Oh what a beautiful day!Many of you will recognize those lines from “Oklahoma,” that marvelous Broadway musical of ...
• Hello and goodbye
  Weddings and funerals have some things in common.Having attended a couple of the former and far too many of the latter in the not-too-distant ...
• The research shows …
  This is not a column about sex. OK, so I’ve lost half of you already. Those who remain are being rewarded by this interesting little tidbit: a ...
• Aging without grace
  I have a birthday tomorrow. I’ve been putting off writing about it. Truth be known, I’ve been putting off thinking about it.By the way, by the ...
• A simple saviour
  We humans like to think creativity begins and ends with us.It is we who write the poems, the novels, the symphonies and the columns (Keats, ...
• And the world still turns
  As I write, the date is 9/11. Nine years after the fact. Seems trite to say the world isn't spinning as it did before that. None of us ...
• Hawking disses God
  Stephen Hawking has changed his mind.When you have a mind like his, that takes some doing. I’ve often heard of rooms that were too small to ...
• Animal wars
  I’ve been out on my deck soaking up the rays of the blessed sun.The same blessed sun has been smiling down on us for eight days in a row. We ...
• Ah, sweet mystery of life
  Since our generation shows every indication of being the last humans, I thought I’d take a look. Never know when you might strike something with ...
• The silence of the lands
  The most noise you hear is on Randy Simms’ Open Line, but even Randy seems inclined to give the beleaguered elected lot a break for the summer. ...
• Fraught of it
  “Fraught” is not a word used much anymore. I thought I’d try to restore it to some of its former glory although I’m not even sure what it means. ...
• If wishes were horses
  That’s where you make your wishes known about what you want to see or accomplish or just do before you pass on to the realms of angels and ...
• Off the road again
  Last week, I drove to St. John's. And drove back again. No big thing. I've done it a thousand times at least. Now, before my friends, my ...
• Everybody loves a lover
  Springdale - a lover's paradise! That's according to VOCM radio news, I'm told. I didn't hear the item myself, but this lady is usually fairly ...
• Reigning cats and dogs
  I am a dog lover. Always was. Got my first dog what I was seven. My parents absolutely refused when I asked if I could have a puppy, so getting ...
• Not-so-common sense
  I think our society needs a strong injection of common sense. Daughter Number Three sent me an article and video from The Globe and Mail today. ...
• Manhood
  It is said that if a man didn't have to shave, he would, anyway. I find that somewhat offensive. It suggests that a man's sense of his unique ...
• Happy Birthday to you
  The view from here - Aunt Cassie is 90 years old today. Please don't refer to it as 90 years young. That's inordinately silly and quite obviously ...
• Who writes this stuff?
  "He plays the game the way it should be played. (Pause.) You know, when he plays it the right way." That's the latest from my friend Rance ...
• Scooping the poop
  Harper and the boys are missing the boat again. In their midst, or at least on the periphery of their midst, is a virtual genius, a man named ...
• Death be not proud
  I haven't yet decided whether I'll die sooner, later or at all. Some of you really get your drawers in a knot over little statements like that. ...
• Uncle Wiggily would not be amused
  Rabbits, rabbits everywhere, and no one with a snare. No trouble to play "Button, button, who's got the button" on the campus of the University ...