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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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You’ve changed!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Changing one’s personality is something I would have thought as likely as a leopard changing its spots. However,...

Now There’s a Thought!

by L.G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Not so long ago the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation carried a story about a groundswell idea. While...

Money doesn’t disappear, it just changes hands

 by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The adage that “Money doesn’t disappear, it just changes hands” hardly passes for scholarly economic theory but it...

The tailgate party

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Although you would never know it from reading that USA iconic on-line dictionary Wikipedia, the "tailgate party", like...

Getting religion

by L. G. William Chapman, LL.B. It is inescapable especially to the Christian observer that the arrival of Spring is about more than the awakening...

The Anglican experience

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Although I was baptized in my father’s church, The United Church of Canada in Fredericton, New Brunswick...

You Don’t Say!

 by L.G. William Chapman B.A., LL.B. If ever we spoke the truth about one another, the conversation would be considerably more entertaining. To sterilize...

What If?

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Have you ever thought about what you'd wish yourself to be? Have you ever thought you'd like to...

The Sunday Drive

by L.G. Chapman B.A., LL.B. Inspired by a Sunday drive on a beautiful late winter day: March 11. Exactly forty years ago I worked as...

We’ll Meet Again

by  L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. In 1939, British singer Dame Vera Lynn made famous the song written by Ross Parker (music) and Hughie...

Darling, fetch the caviar for our guests, won’t you!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Some people enjoy the privilege of an exceedingly charmed existence. One can only hope...

Frugality

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Frugality I have lately discovered is not only about penny-pinching, prudence and economy. Tragically it’s also about abstinence...

Looney Tunes

 by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. When I was young, I imagined anyone who was especially odd or different as being dynamic and likely...

Funerals and Weddings

As stock as it is to observe that if it weren’t for funerals and weddings, family and friends might never get together, the ceremonies...
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