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Keith Munro — Celebration of life, August 1

Come and celebrate the life of Keith "Greaser"...

Community breakfast at St. George’s Anglican Church, May 9

Free community breakfast on Saturday, June 13...

Come out for Almonte Celtfest’s 30th anniversary edition July 3-5!

Almonte Celtfest is celebrating their 30th anniversary...

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Letter from Paris: Hot Times for Seniors in Paris

by Keith Spicer Planning to let loose on that long-dreamt getaway to the City of Light? You can probably handle sightseeing yourself with a good guidebook or, better, a professional guide, but...

Who’s left on the right?

“Well, the one on the right was on the left And the one in the middle was on the right And the one on the left was in the middle And the...

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...
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Dining with Friends

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It will come as no surprise for me to relate that some of the happiest times I remember...

The piano

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I have always held it to be an unalterable truth that every home should have both books and...

New Year’s Perfection

The end of the year naturally promotes reflection and recapitulation. It is an embedded custom in our society.  Likely it stems from that arbitrary commercial undertaking -...

Turning points

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. There are some for whom life is a predictable trajectory, who are propelled by deep-seated family coercions, for example,...

Peter Nelson’s travels – more from Australia

 

What will you be doing Christmas morn?

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Forgive me if you will the cultural presumption that Christmas is on your agenda. I am further guessing that...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Australian photos

by Peter Nelson As winter has descended on us, it might be nice to think about a warmer clime.

The Manhattan apartment

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It might to the uninitiated be an impertinence to pronounce our Almonte apartment one resembling a Manhattan apartment. Yet...

Ready!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B . During the past year or so I have sought to arrest my smouldering inclination to accumulate things...

Peter Nelson’s travels – The end at Land’s End

by Peter Nelson “Hanging on for dear life” is a phrase you hear a lot, but it never applied to me until now. I had...

Martini friendly

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The first martini I had in my life was in the sagging old Hôtel du Castor on Sussex...

Peter Nelson’s travels: Land’s End Cornwall England

by Peter Nelson Ok, all systems go. Time for the big climb, the whole shebang. Starting from just above the ocean, where there’s a large...

Sex, gossip, bodily functions and shopping

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Years ago a dear friend of mine postulated there are four topics of conversation: sex, gossip, bodily functions and...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Cornwall, England

by Peter Nelson Hitchhiking can be very dangerous! But, no, not in the way you might think it’s dangerous. It’s not that the drivers who...
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