Opinion

Editor: On Friday, March 11, 2011 the world watched in a state of shock as the televisions and computer monitors streamed horrific images resulting from the massive earthquake and resulting Tsunami to hit the coast of Japan.

Editor: Seems to me the debris cleanup in Japan is more important than trying vainly to rescue the obsolete and unwelcome nuclear power system.

Here we go again.

Editor: Governing Canada reminds me of four Dumbo elephants pulling our country’s economic load and strategy, continually trumpeting amongst themselves as to which elephant should be in charge.v

Editor: It was World Water Day on Tuesday, March 22, and while some people were thinking about ways to conserve water, others obviously were not.

I know I’m a little late on this but I feel the need to spout my two bits on the patio issue.

With the recent appointment of a new cabinet under Premier Christy Clark, it occurred to me that I should share some of the “ins and outs” of government.

News of the damage done to people and places by earthquakes, floods, the oil mess in the Gulf of Mexico, and other disasters has been superseded by the news from Japan.

I’ve been planting some garden seeds. Getting my hands into the soil — even if it’s only the bagged kind — has been pure bliss.