My wife Jean鈥檚 friend was telling her that when she goes to visit Elders, most people in the house are in the bedrooms on their phones or other devices, including the Elders and little kids. Not cool.

Well, some of the flowers are at the end of their seasons and have gone to producing seeds. As a kid my father鈥檚 hobby was gardening and one of my chores was to collect seeds from a variety of plants.

As we look toward another harsh winter in the North, the housing crisis continues to cast a shadow over our communities.

Every year when forest fire season starts, the Deep Purple song 鈥淪moke on the water鈥� fire in the sky, plays in my head. It鈥檚 a great song with a great story.

The 快盈v3 Indigenous Counselling 2 (NIC2) program is now being delivered in Yellowknife. All right! I don鈥檛 know about you, but I like sitting in a class with my classmates better than being home alone and seeing their faces on my computer.

Well, I see the rose hips, which are sometimes called itchy bums, are turning some amazing shades of orange and red. You know what that means? It will soon be berry picking time.

In my last series of articles I told the story about my son, Gage. He was hooked on opioids: Oxycontin, heroin and then fentanyl. He was addicted for many years. The good news is Gage has been clean and sober for six years. He鈥檚 doing great.