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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 18, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  The two Diomede Islands...

Outdoor chairs for sale

Two Faulkner 'zero gravity' chairs in navy,...

Caroline Yuill — obituary

Yuill (nee Drynan), Caroline Ann Peacefully at home...

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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 value of money

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. To countenance the expenditure of money naturally calls for some justification especially when the recommendation is...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Australia – Heading south

Ever hear of the Ozzie wave? It’s not a friendly greeting. Not even remotely sociable. But you see it a thousand times a day,...

Dealt a bad hand

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Dear reader, you may share with me the privilege of having witnessed the estimable conduct of...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Australia – Around the Rock

by Peter Nelson We had the whole place to ourselves for a few days, and that was one awesome experience. We spent a couple of days...

“We are all failures – at least the best of us are” (J. M. Barrie)

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Even if it is your good fortune not to have suffered greatly in life, I suspect...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Australia -On top

by Peter Nelson Okay, it’s pretty desolate up here on top of Uluru. About as sunbaked, windy and parched as a place can get. Certainly...

The Dutch Uncle

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Some truths are by nature unmerciful and therefore hard to withstand though their communication to the...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Australia – Ayers Rock -Uluru

And smack in the middle of this vast, empty, dead land rises this awesome great presence — The Rock.  What can you say about...

Withering Heights

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. When at last one has ploddingly attained the dizzying pinnacle of one’s career there is recognizably only one...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Australia – Great Red Center

by Peter Nelson A land of incredible contrasts — dust so thick you can drown in it, water so brown you can walk on it. ...

Clothes maketh the man

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Being adjudged by one’s appearance is nothing new. Nor is it something which most people would...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Australia – does it ever rain in Alice?

by Peter Nelson  Well, if it does, it sure doesn’t happen very often.  The Todd “River” runs right through the eastern edge of town.  A...

The entrepreneur

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The expression “entrepreneur” normally applies to rather common and generally unimpressive undertakings. Historically for example it pertained...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Australia – Up to Alice Springs

by Peter Nelson  Leaving Adelaide, we journeyed east under some misbegotten impulse to make money picking fruit.  Wound up in a pear forest in Renmark...
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