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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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What will you be doing Christmas morn?

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Forgive me if you will the cultural presumption that Christmas is on your agenda. I am further guessing that...

The Manhattan apartment

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It might to the uninitiated be an impertinence to pronounce our Almonte apartment one resembling a Manhattan apartment. Yet...

Ready!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B . During the past year or so I have sought to arrest my smouldering inclination to accumulate things...

Martini friendly

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The first martini I had in my life was in the sagging old Hôtel du Castor on Sussex...

Sex, gossip, bodily functions and shopping

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Years ago a dear friend of mine postulated there are four topics of conversation: sex, gossip, bodily functions and...

It’s beginning to look a lot like winter…

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The transition to winter in Canada is discretely incremental but nonetheless unmistakeable. After the autumnal cleaning of the...

Study & work habits

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Glancing back on a lifetime of educational studies and the practice of law I thought some reminiscence about...

Sunday dinner

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. A sodden grey Sunday is matchless for a roast beef dinner.  I recall a visit with my undergraduate friend Fred...

Renewing acquaintances

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. If ever you’ve had an acquaintance in the past which though fervent at the time eventually dwindled into...

What to do until the world ends?

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Considering its weightiness, the end of the world commands remarkably feeble engagement.  At least in the short run.  By which...

Good for you!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Quite by accident I have learned there is a remarkably simple way to be dismissive without being contemptuous or scornful (assuming...

I’ll never be a billionaire

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I recently heard it reported by an authoritative US news network that the American Dream no longer holds...

Quelle belle journée!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B Today went swimmingly! It was the confluence of a succession of tiny streams of beneficence upon which we...

A night at the concert

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. A first-class concert by the Ottawa Summer String Ensemble conducted by Mr. Donnie Deacon was held at the Ron...
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