Poetreehugger

Poetreehugger

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14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Health reform with one... · 0 replies · +1 points

It’s not easy to be a farmer in southeast Manitoba the year we’ve struggled with cool wet conditions which have resulted in many neighbours having to chop their hay and green feed into mulch after having invested the usual hope and time and money in the uncrop (much like urbanites feeding their paycheques directly into a shredder).

It’s not funny being a middle aged woman, at that point in female life when ‘hot’ has a whole new meaning, and when my husband has concluded that global warming can be at least partly attributed to the many baby boomer women reaching a certain age.

So thanks for your column in the Aug. 31 Maclean’s, “Health reform with one angry mob”. It brought on the giggles at a couple of points: haven’t seen anyone this angry since the mirror after no Apple Jacks? Reducing wasteful clumps of stuck-together hard candies? Where do you get this stuff? Do you have a limitless supply of mental corrugated boxes stuffed with hilariously piquant flotsam and jetsam which you can just rummage around in and pull out whatever you need, stacked to the ceiling?

I’m always glad your column is conveniently near the back of the magazine, as it is so easy to find. Although I hardly ever read the whole issue, your column is one I never miss, for the joy of your super evocative language use, and your perfect balance of cynicism and humour, appreciated by anyone from the seventies.

Thanks.