Jerry Iwanus, the Prairie Maritimer

Blistering hot today…

Reading time:5 mins read
Post published:2024-06-19
Post category:Friday pot pourri
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

Blistering…

The fly

Reading time:3 mins read
Post published:2024-06-17
Post category:Poetry
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

There’s a fly buzzing around my head as I inexplicably sit beside a fire on a 30°C day

Miramichi’s Ukrainians: The River’s Newest People

Reading time:9 mins read
Post published:2024-06-11
Post category:Ukraine-Ukrainians
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

“We came with our suitcases, our hope, and our credit cards,” was how community activist, Yuliia Kondtratska put it.

Unreturned messages: A New Brunswick particularity?

Reading time:6 mins read
Post published:2024-06-07
Post category:Friday pot pourri
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

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NB municipalities cry foul where there is none

Reading time:6 mins read
Post published:2024-06-03
Post category:New Brunswick
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

A piece done by Global News on March 21, 2024, entitled, “Some N.B. municipalities angered by extra property tax pamphlet, Union says” cries out for a response.

Ike Jime

Reading time:4 mins read
Post published:2024-05-27
Post category:Poetry
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

more humane than clubbing, it’s said, and it better maintains the quality of the meat...

“Zelensky” (the boat, not the man) has moved on to other seas

Reading time:5 mins read
Post published:2024-05-24
Post category:Friday pot pourri
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

Well,…

Who do you think you are?

Reading time:23 mins read
Post published:2024-05-17
Post category:Memoir
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

How we see ourselves - self-identification - is at the heart of everything we do. Can we operate outside our own self-image?

Jourard – Life has value as long as a person has “meaningful projects”

Reading time:5 mins read
Post published:2024-05-10
Post category:Friday pot pourri
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

The…

Moving to a new community: Take the first steps

Reading time:6 mins read
Post published:2024-05-03
Post category:Friday pot pourri
Post author:Jerry Iwanus

It’s…