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It is February, and each year the first thing that enters our thoughts is love. Along with various meanings, Oxford dictionary says regarding love 鈥渁 strong feeling of affection.鈥� Merriam Webster adds to that 鈥渙ut of kinship or personal ties.

I forgot that Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan, has no stomach for bellyachers and whiners. When I phoned him yesterday, I launched into my story of a disastrous start to my day.

It鈥檚 well known that the origins of Valentine鈥檚 Day are varied but well documented. This was the first piece of information that I came across: 鈥淭he holiday has origins in the Roman聽festival聽of Lupercalia, held in mid-February.

Dear Editor We have witnessed, from south of the border, the terrible things one man can do when he gets the power. All the men like that are not located in other countries.

Dear Editor When the tumult and shouting dies, Donald Trump will be seen by all but the feeble-minded as the worst president in American history.

This is the perfect time of year to become an armchair gardener. There is enough snow outside that not much can actually be done, so there is time to sit and read, cover to cover, each seed catalogue that arrives in the mailbox.

鈥淭hen one of them when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell at the ground at Jesus鈥� feet and gave Him thanks.

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I told Ed that it鈥檚 a new term for me, and I wondered if he had heard of 鈥淐ancel Culture鈥� or 鈥淐all Out Culture?鈥� He said, 鈥淣o, I haven鈥檛 heard of either term, which is fine with me. Don鈥檛 feel that you need to enlighten me about them.

My father is a cattleman. He鈥檚 raised fine Charolais animals for the past 56 years near Marshall where I grew up. Of course, having a father who is a cattleman has often created humorous situations for me.