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By The Way with Bill Chapman

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Bill Chapman weekly column By the Way to end

After 7 years of loyally contributing to the Millstone, Bill Chapman has decided to end his weekly columns. Bill was one of our first contributors, sending us weekly Friday...

Trust Your Instincts

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. There are many things in life which confound me.  Being caught off balance should not however be the springboard from which to leap...

Maritime Sally

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It requires little in the way of ambition to lapse into utter lassitude in Key West. Certainly first acquainting oneself broadly with the...

Bias

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. No matter how convoluted the arguments may become about what constitutes bias, when all is said the distilled...

Longboat Key Road

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Everyone knows Florida is a magnet for northern short-term vacationers ("tourists") and long-term sojourners ("snowbirds").  Apart from the...

Chillin’

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It is unthinkable that any authoritative and self-respecting lexicon would pretend to advance an authentic meaning of the...

News from the South Pacific

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.  Apart from Donald J. Trump's daily diet of the latest shamefully comic political misstep there is nothing that...

Disconcerting Day

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Though I am regularly plagued by the shadow of anxiety it is a stretch to say that when...

A day of reflection

 by L. G. William Chapman, B. A., LL.B.  Though I suppose it is impossible to get through any day without delving into at least some...

New Year’s Day

Though the weather is bleak - grey skies, driving rain and a cold wind out of the north - we're having a cheerful start...

I’m done with being frantic!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Really, I should have known better!  It has been years since we foregathered at a bar for a...

Conundrum at the North Pole

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.     The elves were having an awful time of it! The conveyor belt carrying the Teddy bears, model cars, train...

 Jill and Bill

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Not certain we’d qualify as either a Dynamic Duo or just a Nichols & May knockoff but either...

Getting in the groove!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Today we lunched at Boondocks Restaurant on the Halifax River, Wilbur-by-the-Sea. It is conveniently located exactly one mile...

Say it like it is!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Words can promote a harsh image. In some instances the usage is as alarming as attending a job...

Ponce Inlet

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Ponce Inlet whose name obviously reflects the historical Spanish influence which insinuates the entire State of Florida is...

American Cheese

By L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.  At one time it may not have been entirely unfounded to prefer a rendition of something European over...

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