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You've all seen a television show or a film before that has a scene in which a photographer - maybe a journalist or a cop - is going through his or her pictures and spots something...
Yabba-dabba doomsday, e'rybody! The Chaff is back to snack on some facts while attracting some gnats to make stacks on stacks on stacks of gnats on gnats on gnats - Gnat Stacks - they make a great snack and that's a fact.
Two totally unrelated news items last week seemed to connect for me in a way that brought new relevance to the world in which we live.
Dome worry... about a thing, Another set of eyes, Hazardous to your health
For those who have been involved from the very beginning - look just to my left for an example of one of those people, Keith Roulston, one of the founders of the Blyth Festival - it must be amazing to see the Festival marking its 50th anniversary season.
X may mark the spot but, for some troubled teens on TikTok, ticks are marking the licks. The Chaff has been following a twisted new trend and we know that you're not going to like it: tick licking.
My two younger daughters and I will be attending the opening night of The Farm Show: Then and Now at the Blyth Festival's Harvest Stage Friday night, giving my daughters a chance to see a show that was first produced before they were born.
Promises kept, A golden anniversary, More alike than not
Just as Toronto has the iconic CN Tower to identify its cityscape, so too does Wingham with the stately twin sentinels that guard its main street.
Long-time readers of this column - and I know there are dozens of you - will never grow tired of my Seinfeld references. Even as young people try to make the claim - erroneously - that Friends is the superior show...
Whoopsies! The Chaff has gotten itself into a bit of a dangerous situation this week. We were supposed to be writing an insightful column about an issue that is relevant to the community
While yesterday, June 6, marked the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy during the Second World War, we're currently witnessing thousands die in a war in the Middle East that also owes its origins to another war.
The fight for airplay, Making history, Welcome to all
Video may have killed the radio star, but the internet will kill us all! And that is why The Chaff is proud to announce that we're going online!
Last week, Jess and I finished a Netflix documentary and, over the course of the three hours, we learned a lot before arriving at that most holy of documentary staples: the information dump at the end.
Checking the polls recently, it seems assured, unless things change wildly, that the next election will see Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as Canada's next Prime Minister.
Add friend?, With a cloth or something?, Farming into the Future
Before we leave the farmhouse kitchen, there is another item to take a look at and that is the sewing machine. Ours was a Raymond treadle model in a wooden cabinet.
If you're like no one, you're busy plotting out your strategy for the busy film season ahead. Whether it's summer blockbusters or film festival darlings, there is going to be a lot to see this year and surely you want to be on top...
Uh-oh, Chaff-o! The Chaff is back for another whack at the weasel. And as the Karate Kid's Karate man used to say, "Whack on! Whack off!"
Sometimes, if you're my age, it can seem like you're living history all over again. That's the way it seems when it comes to the medical situation these days.
Don't say climate change, Golden boys, Don't be scared, be prepared
The other day I was reminded of the sheer joy that a new discovery can yield when you're a young person. As we get older and it takes a lot more effort (and, often, money)
Tally-ho! Salutations, congratulations and laudations abound to all the Chaff-fans and wheat-freaks fortuitous enough to be reading a very special edition of The Chaff!