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Recently I was on one of the more notable social media sites and there was a post that was drawing a lot of attention, most of it citing disgust. The post was about baking bread containing flour made from ground cockroaches.

My honorary granddaughter, the first Canadian in her family, didn’t thank me for the gift of a tiny Canadian flag and lapel pin. She didn’t even look at me. In fact, she slept through the entire visit. I understood.

I guess I’m the latest snowflake of society to be offended by certain spoken terms. I’m going to outline two of them this week.

If you have your calendar out, be sure to circle Wednesday, Aug. 8; that’s the date of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society’s Annual Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Show at St. Gerard’s Parish Complex.

Last week we presented a story of York Lake which featured a picture of the lake and some recreational events of the long ago — over a hundred years — since York Lake was a leisure time destination of the very early settlers.

As we stepped out from the theatre, Saskatchewan slapped us in the face. Last Friday, as is tradition, I trekked to Yorkton Tower Theatre for my weekly movie review. The cinematic offering was Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

All too often in small town circles, I think we forget to look at the big picture when we’re presented with a topic or an issue that sits on the local, provincial or national levels of interest.

One year has passed so quickly since the Sask. Party completely destroyed bus service for the Saskatchewan people. In Saskatchewan history, not one political party has made such a blunder as the Sask.

There was a certain grim inevitability to the fire on Smith St. Thursday evening. Something bad was going to happen at that location, it was only a matter of time before we found out what it would wind up being.