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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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Apple-pie order

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. "It was a neat little mansion, and every thing about it seemed, as Nancy said, in such grand...

Lower Brewers Lock 45

L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I’m guessing you’ve heard the expression, “Right under your nose!” Who hasn’t? Quaint little articulation, “Right under your nose!” We’ve...

Writing my diary

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. “For now, feeling as though my own brain were unhinged or as if the shock had come which...

Summer in Almonte

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Gazpacho Soup cherry tomatoes, English cucumber, celery, white or yellow onion, green pepper flat parsley, basil, Cilantro, dried Oregano, garlic,...

Bumps, scrapes, tarnishes and tears‏

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. As a general rule, bumps, scrapes, tarnishes and tears are unwelcome. Consider the illustration of a new car....

Drug Free

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. From what best I can recall my habit of taking an over-the-counter pain killer started in 1967 when...

Idem

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Are you one of those brainy birds predisposed to reflection? Do you idly muse upon your life and...

Speak with music in your voice!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. “The Platonists tell us, that the soul, during her residence in the body, contracts many virtuous and vicious...

New pair of socks

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Saturday morning!  I can't explain it, but even after retirement, Saturday morning still elevates me!  This is particularly...

Sandy Day on the Beach

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. As keen as I am on the beach and matters Maritime in general it was only today -...

Egg-in-the-Hole

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Several years ago we travelled to Sardinia and stayed on the coast at the north end of the...

Revert and Recoup

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Not long ago on Jekyll Island, GA I wandered into a local gift shop and spotted what I...

Should we choose our friends carefully?

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. To cast the choice of one's friends as a calculated selection process is to counsel a dangerous admonition....

Middle of the night

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It's 2:06 a.m. on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2016. We made the mistake of going to bed...
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