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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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15 minutes of fame for the country lawyer

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. In 1975 after having successfully completed the Bar Admission at Osgoode Hall in Toronto I practiced law at...

They

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Yesterday I suffered the most disturbing suspicion. Suddenly my complacency reverberated from an unidentified tremor. My entire life in...

Noblesse oblige

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. In spite of a patent veneer of respectability the maxim "noblesse oblige" should be regarded with reservation. It is time to excoriate the...

Lies, lies, lies!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Forgive me, won't you, if I say that mendacity is something I know more than a little about?...

There’s a message there

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Several days ago having nothing to do on a colourless Saturday afternoon and shamelessly yearning for retail therapy, I...

The Sounds of Summer (“Dies caniculares”)

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Whether because I play the piano by ear (perhaps promoting a heightened sensitivity to sound) or whether because there...

Accountability

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Philosophy, a term probably coined by Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), derives from "philosophia", literally "love of wisdom"....

Angry old bird

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It is not of course unthinkable that someone such as I who is precipitously close to 70 years of age...

Motion is lotion

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Human beings are social animals and the tenor of our social life is one of the most important...

The Cocktail Party

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Dresden pressed the doorbell and waited. He felt good about himself as he stood in the porch way...

The Greedy Hedonist

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It requires mile upon mile to bring a rolling freight train to a complete halt. There is similarly a remarkable...

Public Officials

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. A great deal has been said lately in the media and in private about the decorum expected of our...

The Honourable Man

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The Athenians erected a large statue to Æsop, and placed him, though a slave, on a lasting pedestal;...

40 years later

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It was exactly 40 years ago that I came to Almonte to live. The date was June, 1976 and I...
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