Joe Ralko has written more than 200 nostalgia columns for The Senior Paper, one of Canada’s oldest nostalgia-focused periodicals for seniors. The Senior Paper records cultural history as seen and experienced by people who lived the time, events, and memories. Column themes were drawn from his own fond memories growing up in the northwestern Ontario logging and tourist town of Kenora, as well as his personal challenges coping with numerous health issues over the years (including cancer twice and open-heart surgery).