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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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The Hullabaloo of living

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I don’t know about you but at times I find the world is an endless uproar, a whirlpool...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Indonesia

by Peter Nelson There’s a great line in a very great movie, “The Year of Living Dangerously”. The narrator says, “A man becomes as a...

Downsizing

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.    A good deal of my life has been devoted to getting up in the world.  Now I find...

Peter Nelson’s travel – Leaving Oz, almost too soon!

by Peter Nelson  Well, after two years Downunder, the feet were getting itchy again.  After all that glorious warmth and hundreds of sunny days, we...

Technology

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.  At this point in time we have between the two of us, at home and at the office...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Western Australia – Rottnest Island

by Peter Nelson Rottnest Island is just off the coast of Western Australia, and here’s the little chap who gave the island its name....

The outing

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I have never been able to shake Samuel Beckett’s disturbing question in “Waiting for Godot” (the two-act play...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Around Perth, in Western Australia

by Peter Nelson Most of the time, we had these long, long beaches all to ourselves. I hate to make personal remarks about such a delightful...

People I Really Hate

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Strong word, hate, implying as it does odium, disgust and revulsion. Charged too it is with...

Peter Nelson’s travels western Australia – Kalgoorlie to Perth,

by Peter Nelson After a bone-dry train trip across the Nullarbor, we jumped ship in Kalgoorlie, right in the middle of a downpour!  Since it...

The hard business of thinking

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. No doubt there are those for whom the business of thinking comes effortlessly.  For me, not so.  I find thinking...

Peter Nelson’s travels – South Australia – Kingoonya and the Nullarbor

The soldier dropped us off at Kingoonya the next day.  A quiet little burg pretty much in the middle of nowehere, but it is...

In recovery

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Considering the changeable existence each of us leads and the often unwelcome drubbing we endure, I...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Australia – Coober Pedy

by Peter Nelson The only traffic we saw the rest of that afternoon were a couple of road trains.  That’s what they call the really...
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