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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 Church Wedding

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. When I casually mentioned to an elderly relative of mine that we were going to a...

My Dream

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Everyone has, I suspect, a dream, an ideal vision.  Mine is one I’ve had for many...

The evolution of the species

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. We have a tendency when reading about those who came before us, especially if long ago,...

The person within

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Any scholarly study which addresses the meaning of human happiness includes without exception a reference to...

Summer Luncheon at the Golf Club

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The Mississippi Golf Club in the Village of Appleton has been for me the stage of...

Construction site dining

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.  At six o’clock in the evening we stood like two anxious dogs upon the edge of the River,...

You cannot step into the same river twice

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Once again I find myself echoing the profound sentiments of that ancient (500 BC) Hellenistic philosopher, Heraclitus, known...

The Preprandial Drink

  L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It is well-timed that I should be putting together this particular piece about “the cocktail hour'' on July 4th,...

Routine

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I don’t know about you, but most of us lead rather less than a dramatic existence.  I mean to say,...

The much needed vacation

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The arrival of summer has got me thinking about vacations.  You will agree, I am sure, that during...

The snob

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Hoi polloi (Greek: οἱ πολλοί, hoi polloi, “the many”), a Greek expression meaning "the many" or, in the strictest sense, "the majority",...

Life’s lessons and aphorisms

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Lately I have privately lamented that the typical education of our children does not include what I call...

A History of Mississippi Lodge No. 147 Almonte, Ontario

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Burials The three degrees of Masonry exemplify birth, life and death respectively. It is not surprising, therefore, that death...

Two ways to travel: first class and with kids

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Anyone who weighs in upon the delicate subject of children must do so, while not with trepidation, at...
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