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For sale: Brompton e-bike in mint condition

I have a Brompton e-bike in mint...

For sale: Bedroom set

BEDROOM SET $250.  Double bed, dresser, mirror and...

Carleton Place Porchfest–putting young musicians and entrepreneurs centre stage

Carleton Place Porchfest returns August 22 –...

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...
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The boarding school experience

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. While there are many private schools of every description in Canada and elsewhere, when I attended St. Andrew's...

Edit function

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Quite by accident during our winter stay on Hilton Head Island, SC I have uncovered the delight of the...

Family Squabbles

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I certainly won't be the first to whine about confrontation with blood relations. The frequency and strength of family squabbles...

Small private income

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. We've all heard it said, "If you've got it, you don't talk about it".  It is a comment...

Resounding nothings

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I enjoy writing. It's unfortunate my productions are resounding nothings. Writing isn't a labour for me.  It's instinctive. Like my piano playing....

After midnight

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It wasn’t all that long ago that when the clocks began chiming midnight I began to think about...

Luncheon at the Club

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. As one who regularly submits to the egregious economic folly of driving a late model luxury car, I confess...

Throw away your life

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. There likely isn't anyone who would characterize life as expendable. Yet one has to wonder at those who treat...

Mara Palmer

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Published: December 2, 1996 Mara Palmer, an interior decorator who worked on yachts and offices as well as private...

I’m sleepy

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Until my recent retirement I never enjoyed an afternoon nap unless it were the less glamorous recomposition following a...

Dining with Friends

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It will come as no surprise for me to relate that some of the happiest times I remember...

The piano

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I have always held it to be an unalterable truth that every home should have both books and...

New Year’s Perfection

The end of the year naturally promotes reflection and recapitulation. It is an embedded custom in our society.  Likely it stems from that arbitrary commercial undertaking -...

Turning points

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. There are some for whom life is a predictable trajectory, who are propelled by deep-seated family coercions, for example,...
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