Dylan Dale came home for a visit the summer before the COVID pandemic to tell me about a new direction for his life. I always love seeing my son, doesn't matter what surprise might be in store. He stood by me when my ship was dragging bottom a few years back, not the...
The 'Soaring Shadfly' gliding through the Small Town Times logo came to life on a sunny day on Manitoulin Island 40 years ago and not North Bay, where those strange creatures somehow became symbolic of my life. Back when I was 12 years old or so, our family was on...
Among the many things I picked up from my Dad was a firm belief there’s a time to be serious, a time to have fun and sometimes it’s best to just have some serious fun. And from what I could tell, Deirl Alvin Dale much preferred a good chuckle to anything more intense...