
Looking Good Compared To You
July 13, 2012Ed, my neighbor next door, suggested we go for a game of golf out at Neudorf last week. Trying to get one step ahead of Ed, I agreed to go only if he brought his wallet and drove us out there. I’m…
Compilation from weekly newspaper faith column “Neighborly Advice According To Ed"
Ed, my neighbor next door, suggested we go for a game of golf out at Neudorf last week. Trying to get one step ahead of Ed, I agreed to go only if he brought his wallet and drove us out there. I’m…
Ed, my neighbor next door, feels the world is divided into two types of people. On one side, there are people like him who have never left home. Then there are people like me who have rolled around all over the country…
Ed, my neighbor next door, says I was just being paranoid when I didn’t stop for a hitchhiker who was trying to catch a ride the other day. It was raining a steady cold rain and I slowed down and considered stopping…
Ed, my neighbor next door, was disgusted with me again yesterday. It was my fault in that I forgot that Ed has a great feeling of disgust for poetry. He asked me what I was up to and I said that I…
Ed, my neighbor next door, heard we were at one of the seven ceremonies for this years’ spring convocation for the University of Saskatchewan. A couple of years ago, Ed and Ruby attended the convocation of graduates for the College of Veterinary…
Ed, my neighbor next door, was philosophical when there was a covering of snow everywhere on the morning of May 25th. “No point in even considering it,†Ed observed. “It will melt before lunch.†He was right. It melted away like butter…
Ed, my neighbor next door, has some seeding done, but the weather won’t co-operate so he can finish planting. He feels that he is an innocent victim of unpredictable Mother Nature. I said to Ed that we all face the force of…
Ed, my neighbor next door, can get all steamed up, especially when it is seeding time. “Waiting on the weather so you can get started at seeding can drive a person crazy. It’s like being all dressed up with nowhere to go, 
Ed, my neighbor next door, has his angry side like we all do. Recently, Ed’s been steamed up and ready to explode. Usually, Ed has a long fuse and can take a good amount of irritation before he blows up in anger,…
Ed, my neighbor next door, was a bachelor last week, as Ruby, his wife, was in Edmonton for some appointments and family matters. The rainy, dull weather forced Ed to work on his machinery out at his farm. Ed takes Ruby’s cell…