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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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Men and jewellery

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. You can bet the Ivy League crowd won’t tolerate more jewellery on a man than a watch and a signet...

Sense of community

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Living in a small community is being part of a family. As in a family the different members of a community are...

The Entertainment factor of politics

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very...

Baseball bat and ball puzzle

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. If a baseball and a bat cost $1.10 together, and the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball,...

Full moon

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Say what you will, I am convinced the recent disruption of my life was linked to the full moon. In...

If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Have you ever said something unpleasant and afterwards regretted it?  Did you kick yourself  because you knew you...

Private Conveyance

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. While it may astound young people to hear it, many older people are still adjusting to the presence...

Complementary Relationships

“We never-ever argue, we never calculate
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent” Pet Shop Boys  by Bill Chapman Within the limitless array of personal...

Gun Shy

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It won’t surprise you to hear that one is less than inclined to revisit whitewater rafting on the...

To the sea

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask...

Spontaneity

 by Bill Chapman It never fails! Whenever I respond spontaneously to my impulses, initial regret inevitably ensues! I suppose it shouldn’t surprise me. After all...

Strawberries and Cream

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. In a world of surging intricacy it is still the simple things that grab me most.  This is...

Within reach

by Bill Chapman As unfathomable and illusive as we so often contrive it, happiness is an unconcealed and front-line engagement. There is nothing mystical or...

Success

by Bill Chapman One might reasonably note the creeping fashion to malign success, the preoccupation with which is viewed as the unintended cause of irreparable...
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