Contrarian Commentary: Honesty, Wry Humour and Clarity on Canadian Living

by Mel Fisher

Overview

How did bananas come to be? Who is the most useless member of society? What do language fads tell us about the history of human development? What would space aliens say about our well-kept lawns?

These short pieces and essays provide th...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781038306999
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	04/29/2024
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

Mel Fisher is an essayist, humorist, mechanical engineer, gardener, author, and activist from Northwestern Ontario. Along with his spouse of forty-three years, Mel raised a family (two sons and a daughter) on a small-scale hobby farm outside Dryden, Ontario, working half of his career as an engineer for a local paper mill, and the other half as Dryden's Director of Engineering and Planning. He is the author of The Third Way, a book written and published in the '90s when he was actively involved in the Reform Party, as well as several small local history books. Through his life, he has received honours such as a Jaycees Senatorship, two Paul Harris Fellow recognitions via The Rotary Foundation, and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada appointment for excellence in engineering.

Mel retired from active employment and became a farmer, then after loss of his wife moved to town. He now lives happily with his second spouse, a widow friend from their youth, in a seniors apartment, no more farm. As he puts it, he keeps busy trying to manage the entire universe through his writing hobby.