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114th Eastern Ontario Firefighter Games, Saturday, June 20

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Keith Munro — Celebration of life, August 1

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

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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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Complementary Relationships

“We never-ever argue, we never calculate
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent” Pet Shop Boys  by Bill Chapman Within the limitless array of personal...

Peter Nelson’s travels – What now – east or west?

In Phuket, we met the owner of a large trimaran who was looking for a couple of crew members. We did a tour of...

Gun Shy

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It won’t surprise you to hear that one is less than inclined to revisit whitewater rafting on the...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Back to Bangkok

by Peter Nelson After a week or so, we headed back to the city.  More shopping, more temples. Bangkok was getting hot and crowded, so...

To the sea

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Jungle village, northern Thailand, part 2

by Peter Nelson We only stayed in this village a week or so, and unfortunately, unlike in my other jungle travels, we never really...

Spontaneity

 by Bill Chapman It never fails! Whenever I respond spontaneously to my impulses, initial regret inevitably ensues! I suppose it shouldn’t surprise me. After all...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Jungle village, Northern Thailand

by Peter Nelson

Strawberries and Cream

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. In a world of surging intricacy it is still the simple things that grab me most.  This is...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand

by Peter Nelson We took a bus up to Chiang Mai in the far north of Thailand. Did the usual tour of markets and...

Within reach

by Bill Chapman As unfathomable and illusive as we so often contrive it, happiness is an unconcealed and front-line engagement. There is nothing mystical or...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Bangkok, Thailand

by Peter Nelson We never hitched in our time in Southeast Asia. Cars were small and always seemed to be full, and all the roads...

Success

by Bill Chapman One might reasonably note the creeping fashion to malign success, the preoccupation with which is viewed as the unintended cause of irreparable...

Peter Nelson’s travels – On into Thailand

by Peter Nelson Thailand is a Buddhist country, and in Bangkok, you’re never far away from a temple or a Buddhist shrine.  
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