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I Wish - jim Young "When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, Anything your heart desires will come to you." - Ned Washington & Leigh Harline Generally speaking, older people don’t make as many wishes as children do. What’s ironic about that, is that one of the things that older people do wish for, is to be young again. Paradoxically, adults often wish to be young again, but with the added codicil of knowing then, what they know now. The very lessons that taught you the things you know now require the time that made you old in the first place. Older people will often still go through the motions of making a wish such as wishing on a star or blowing out candles on a birthday cake.  But their hearts are not really in it any more. While they are so intent on wanting to be young but knowing then what they know now, they have forgotten how to be old and knowing now , what they knew then . What many have forgotten that they knew as a child, was how to belie...

Liquor Lollipops - jim Young With or without a lollipop stick, in an abstract form or with moulded shape these are delightful little candies to enjoy. With Hallowe’en fast approaching, here’s a great little treat for some of your older trick or treaters. And by older, I mean adult. As in age 19 or over. These are definitely NOT for your regular trick or treaters, but they would be a nice novelty to hand out at an adult Hallowe’en Party.   You might also offer them to some of the parents that accompany their children door to door on Hallowe’en night. Maybe it will help keep them warm as they follow their children about the neighbourhood. But be sure you let the parents you give them to know there is alcohol content in the event they are driving or to be sure they don’t accidentally get slipped into one of the children’s treat bags.    Liquor Lollipops (~.04) (Yield: 90-100) Stuff You’ll Need: 4 oz Hard Liquor of your choice ¾ cup Water 3 cups Sugar ½ cup Corn Syrup Fl...

  Thanksgiving Chores © 2026 Lyrics by: jim Young Music by: Arthur Irving Performed by Arthur Irving

Terror In The Woods - jim Young “After watching horror movies, I realized that I’m afraid of the monsters because I don’t know what they are capable of and I’m afraid of people because I DO know what they are capable of.” - jim Young With Halloween approaching I started thinking about some real life scary events from my past. Do dreams count? Because this is where one of the scariest events of my life started. It should count when you consider that the original “Frankenstein” story was inspired following a nightmare of author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. “The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” came to Robert Louis Stevenson in a dream as did the plot for “Misery” by Stephen King. Anyway, my story doesn’t actually begin in a dream. But the setting for my soon to come nightmares started in a wood lot near Coldwater, Ontario. In the early 1980s I was temporarily out of work. I decided to join my brother-in-law Jim who was cutting firewood for a living at the time. Coincidentally Ji...

Examining The Tactics Of Power - jim Young Just how much respect can you have for a world leader that would use sarcasm, mockery and derogatory insults when referring to other world leaders? How would you judge the integrity of a world leader who would seek revenge against his political enemies? Would you support a world leader who would undermine and even go so far as to ban the media when they deemed their media coverage was less than complimentary? What world leader would claim election fraud just because he lost an election even after all legal challenges had ruled his claims of fraud were unsubstantiated. How appropriate would it be for this same world leader to make a public statement declaring that the United States would one day annex their Canadian ally and further suggest Canadians would accept the takeover without a struggle? If you think I’m talking about Donald Trump I will no longer entertain any accusations that my past comparisons between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler a...

  “from Santa with Love!” Published 2025 If you're a professional Santa, "from Santa with Love!" will be of particular interest to you. It's the same material as "Let's Ask Santa", but with all references to the author removed. "from Santa with Love!" is ghostwritten for YOU to personalize and present as your own. Add a modest markup to cover your costs and realize a small profit, this book will still be an affordable treasure that all your family, friends and clients will want to purchase to include in their Christmas Library. And at just $10 per book, this would also make a wonderful "thank you" gift for your special and favourite clients. With your contact information stamped on the inside cover, you won't have to worry that your client might have lost your business card when next year rolls around. Available at Amazon.

Letters Home: A WWII RCAF Navigator’s Journey Through the Eyes of a Teenager “Hitler was a bully, and he needed to be stopped.” When 18-year-old George Edward Young enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in September 1943, he was shipped over 3,000 kilometres away from his home in Stroud, Ontario, to train as a navigator. Like thousands of young men in the British Commonwealth Air Train Plan (BCATP), George left behind a world of innocence to take up the burden of a world at war. Letters Home brings to light a deeply personal, unfiltered collection of wartime correspondence written by George to his mother, Cora, and his younger brother, Jack, during his postings in Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg. Interspersed with these are precious letters from his father, Sapper William S. Young, serving overseas in England with the Royal Canadian Engineers. Unlike grand historical narratives of battlefield heroics, Letters Home captures the authentic, everyday voice of a teenager navigating m...