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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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Peter Nelson’s travels – North Island New Zealand – photographic preview

by Peter Nelson Unfortunately, I have no stories of my time in North Island.  I guess all my girlfriends of those days just turfed my...

The evolution of the species

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. We have a tendency when reading about those who came before us, especially if long ago,...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Goodbye to the islands

by Peter Nelson  Litia, the village teacher, speaks English, as does Koroi, of course, so once again, communication is not much of a problem.  Anyway,...

The person within

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Any scholarly study which addresses the meaning of human happiness includes without exception a reference to...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Going native in Fiji

 by Peter Nelson Somehow we find Asena, Koroi’s sister, and she makes space for us in her family’s hut.  No roads, no conventional buildings, no...

Summer Luncheon at the Golf Club

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The Mississippi Golf Club in the Village of Appleton has been for me the stage of...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Fiji

by Peter Nelson  The sky above, the mud below.  Quite literally.  A beginning most inauspicious. We got off the plane at Nadi (pronounced “NAN-dee”), and left...

Construction site dining

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.  At six o’clock in the evening we stood like two anxious dogs upon the edge of the River,...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Pacific Part 2 – Western Samoa

by Peter Nelson  Great luck right away.  Landed on Upolu, the main island, hitched into Apia, and after one look around at yet another dingy...

You cannot step into the same river twice

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Once again I find myself echoing the profound sentiments of that ancient (500 BC) Hellenistic philosopher, Heraclitus, known...

Peter Nelson’s travels – American Samoa

by Peter Nelson  In San Francisco, I bought a mileage ticket to Sydney, Australia.  With that kind of ticket, you can take up to a...

The Preprandial Drink

  L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It is well-timed that I should be putting together this particular piece about “the cocktail hour'' on July 4th,...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Alaskan notes – part 3

by Peter Nelson So the little critters weren’t much fun, but the big critters?  You might not believe this part of our tale.  Were there any...

Routine

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I don’t know about you, but most of us lead rather less than a dramatic existence.  I mean to say,...
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